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}} allmusic ((( whitechocolatespaceegg > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))]</ref> As of July 2010, the album had sold 293,000 copies.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Unlike her previous two albums, with themes of sex and relationships, Whitechocolatespaceegg focused more on motherhood and family, as Phair had recently gotten married and given birth to a son.

Reception

The album received generally positive reviews. Rolling Stone called it "engagingly intimate" while at the same time "playful and pop-y, with just enough dry humor". The magazine also praised the album for its storytelling-esque lyrics.<ref>Whitechocolatespaceegg : Liz Phair : Review : Rolling Stone</ref> The Washington Times wrote that Phair had successfully proved she was "no longer an unbridled twentysomething but now, at 31, a wife and mother, [who] has grown as an artist as well as a woman."<ref>Liz Phair grows confident about music. (Arts) | Article from The Washington Times Template:Dead link</ref>

Billboard praised the album, noting "droll in her truth-telling, devastating in her offhand insights, and dazzling in her homespun rock dominion, Liz Phair is arguably the most original talent of the decade, as Whitechocolatespaceegg powerfully reaffirms. For track-to-track subtlety, poignant wit, and no- bullshit pronouncements that carry real poetic weight, Phair is the backstairs bard without peer...Phair is a truly affecting songmaker. Moreover, she can take the pop vernacular in all its jukebox/folk-pop/dancefloor familiarity and make it subversive again on superb material like "Uncle Alvarez," "Only Son," "Ride," and "What Makes You Happy." <ref name="Billboard19610828">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Personnel

• Liz Phair – guitar, piano, vocals
• Leroy Bach – acoustic bass
• Scott Bennett – organ, bass guitar, drums
• Bill Berry – bongos
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Jason Chasko – bass, guitar, piano, drums, background vocals
• Nathan December – guitar, electric guitar
• Tommy Furar – bass
• John Hiler – organ, piano, keyboards, background vocals
• Scott Litt – acoustic guitar, bass, harmonica, violin, drums, keyboards, background vocals
• Scott McCaughey – guitar
• Mike Mills – bass
• Troy Niedhart – accordion
• Ed Tinley – guitar, clapping
• Randy Wilson – keyboards
• Brad Wood – organ, bass, guitar, drums, keyboards, background vocals, clapping, drum machine

Production

• Producers: Liz Phair, Jason Chasko, Scott Litt, Brad Wood
• Engineers: John Hiler, Liquid Grooves, Chris Sabold, David Schiffman, Ed Tinley, Brad Wood
• Assistant engineers: Victor Janacua, Matt Judah, Brad Kopplin, Julie Last, Chris Sabold, Al Sanderson, David Schiffman
• Mixing: Victor Janacua, Tom Lord-Alge, Brad Wood
• Mastering: Ted Jensen, Katrin Thomas
• Programming: John Hiler, Randy Wilson
• Loops: Liquid Grooves
• Treatments: Scott Litt
• Art direction: Liz Phair, Frank Longo, Jon Mathias, Mark O.

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
US Billboard 200<ref name="US" />	35
Canada Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	69