Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend CD Rip - Flac and MP3 @320 for Ipod Copy

Track List Studio album by Matthew Sweet Girlfriend Released October 22, 1991 Recorded 1990 at Axis Studios, New York City 1 Divine Intervention 5:37 2 I've Been Waiting 3:36 3 Girlfriend 3:40 4 Looking at the Sun 4:17 5 Winona 5:01 6 Evangeline 5:07 7 Day for Night 2:55 8 Thought I Knew You 2:58 9 You Don't Love Me 5:22 10 I Wanted to Tell You 4:31 11 Don't Go 3:26 12 Your Sweet Voice 4:36 13 Does She Talk? 3:28 14 Holy War 3:25 15 Nothing Lasts 3:39   _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________   "It’s remarkable how strong Girlfriend remains to this day, sounding like it could have come out yesterday. Along with its follow-up, 1993’s even stronger and darker Altered Beast, Girlfriend marked Sweet’s emergence as one of mainstream alternative rock’s more vibrant artists. It’s an album that struck a chord on its release, and one that should have the same effect on any unsuspecting new listeners. Well worthy of the deluxe treatment." http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/matthew-sweet-girlfriend/ Matthew Sweet: Girlfriend By Andrew Gilstrap 15 June 2006 PopMatters Associate Music Editor Matthew Sweet had been around for a number of years before captivating fans of great pop with this masterpiece. Whereas his early works had hinted at his ace songwriting chops, subsequent releases were never this cohesive, and often were marred by over-the-top production and a lack of a sure sense of identity.   On GIRLFRIEND, everything came together. The mix has just the right amount of crunch and texture, and masterful accompaniment from the likes of Robert Quine and Richard Lloyd (guitarists from seminal punk-era groups the Voidoids and Television respectively), provides an incisive, much-needed edge that perfectly plays off Sweet's easy vocal style. More than anything, though, the songs carry the day. The title track, "Divine Intervention," "Evangeline," and several others have the earmarks of perfect post-Beatles pop: soaring hooks, great arrangements, and impassioned playing. There are some down-and-dirty garage sounds on tracks like "Does She Talk," and elsewhere the mood is leavened by gentle, eloquent ballads like "Winona" (about a certain "little movie star"), "Your Sweet Voice," and bittersweet acoustic snapshots like "Thought I Knew You." Audio Mixer: Jim Rondinelli.   Recording information: Axis Studios, New York, NY (1990); Battery Studios, New York, NY (1990).   Editor: Scott Hull.   Photographer: Michael Lavine.   Personnel includes: Matthew Sweet (vocals, guitar, bass); Greg Leisz.   Personnel: Matthew Sweet (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano); Matthew Sweet; Johnny Six (vocals); Lloyd Cole, Robert Quine (guitar, electric guitar); Fred Maher (acoustic guitar, drums); Richard Lloyd (electric guitar); Greg Leisz (steel guitar); Ric Menck (drums).   Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.50) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's." Rolling Stone (1/23/92, p.47) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...irresistable... musically, Sweet is equally adept at balancing the tough and the tender... as a writer, he's a one-man factory of hooks..."