I Enjoy Being a Girl | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1989 | |||
Recorded | 1989 | |||
Genre | Folk, folk rock | |||
Length | 34:56 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Producer | Victor DeLorenzo | |||
Phranc chronology | ||||
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I Enjoy Being a Girl is an album by the American musician Phranc, released in 1989.[1][2] She supported the album with a North American tour.[3]
The album was produced by Victor DeLorenzo.[4] "I Enjoy Being a Girl" is a cover of the 1958 Rodgers and Hammerstein composition from Flower Drum Song.[5][6] "M-A-R-T-I-N-A" is about Martina Navratilova.[7] "Bloodbath" criticizes Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.[8] "Myriam and Esther" is dedicated to Phranc's grandmothers.[9] "Rodeo Parakeet" is about Phranc's bird that enjoys riding on dogs.[10] "Toy Time" is a tribute to Toys "R" Us.[11]
The album cover art was in part inspired by a photo of Alice Faye.[12] Orson Bean wrote the liner notes.[13]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [14] |
Robert Christgau | B[15] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [16] |
Houston Chronicle | [17] |
Orlando Sentinel | [7] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 6/10[18] |
The Calgary Herald determined that the "heavy-handed protest anthems are the album's weaker entries."[19] The Globe and Mail deemed the album "a delightful piece of work: funny, committed, romantic and charming."[20]
The Washington Post wrote that Phranc "has a warm but not particularly lovely voice, and her strumming is basic at best, but she's a folk singer in the true sense of the word—she seizes her inspiration of the moment and makes music about it."[21] The Houston Chronicle praised the "earnest, endearing quality not unlike Jonathan Richman."[17]
AllMusic wrote that "'Myriam and Esther', a traditional folk ballad with a distinctly female perspective, is the type of earnest song that only Phranc seems able to pull off in post-modern times."[14]
All tracks composed by Phranc; except where indicated
Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
1989 | Island | CD | 422–842 579-2 | |
LP | 422–842 579-1 | |||
Cassette | 422-842-579-4 | |||
1990 | PolyGram | CD | 842579 |