2 Nice Girls

2 Nice Girls
Studio album by
Released1989
GenreCountry rock
Length48:00
LabelRough Trade
Two Nice Girls chronology
2 Nice Girls
(1989)
Like a Version
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Hi-Fi News & Record ReviewA:1/2[1]

2 Nice Girls was the self-titled debut album of Two Nice Girls, released on Rough Trade Records in 1989.[2] This album contains the track "I Spent My Last $10 (On Birth Control & Beer)" which gained the group some commercial success. The album also features the track "Sweet Jane (With Affection)" that combines The Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" with Joan Armatrading's "Love and Affection".[3]

The album was re-released in 2007 and received a 4-star review from the Austin Chronicle.[4]

Track listing

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  1. The Sweet Postcard (Barbara Hofrenning/Gretchen Phillips)
  2. Follow Me (Jane Siberry)
  3. Goons (Phillips)
  4. Money (Laurie Freelove)
  5. I Spent My Last $10 On Birth Control & Beer (Phillips)
  6. Sweet Jane (With Affection) (L. Reed/J. Armatrading)
  7. My Heart Crawls Off (Phillips/Sara Hickman)
  8. Looking Out (Freelove)
  9. Heaven On Earth (Freelove)
  10. Kick (Freelove)
  11. The Holland Song (Kathy Korniloff)
  12. Getting Close (CD reissue bonus track)
  13. Cristi's Song (CD reissue bonus track)

"The Holland Song" was omitted from initial vinyl and cassette releases save for the UK release; all CD releases of the album reinstate it as the closing track.

Personnel

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  • Gretchen Phillips – guitar, bass, mandolin & vocals
  • Kathy Korniloff – guitar, bass, violin, percussion & vocals
  • Laurie Freelove – guitar, bass, percussion & vocals

References

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  1. ^ "Review: Two Nice Girls — 2 Nice Girls" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 9. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. September 1989. p. 105. ISSN 0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021 – via World Radio History.
  2. ^ Racine, Marty (May 7, 1989). "Records". Zest. Houston Chronicle. p. 13.
  3. ^ "Two Nice Girls", Trouser Press (accessed July 18, 2018).
  4. ^ Beets, Greg (22 June 2007). "Two Nice Girls". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 9 October 2018.