Liz Phair on Revisiting Classic ‘Exile in Guyville’ Album for Anniversary Tour, 30 Years After Thinking, ‘Oh No, What Have I Done… Holy S—!’

variety.com:

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Liz Phair remains larger than life, in a way — even taller than 6’1”, if you will — as a result of her utterly down-to-earth yet myth-making first album, “Exile in Guyville,” in 1993.

Thirty years after it changed the course of rock ‘n’ roll, that debut is being celebrated on a cross-country tour in which Phair is playing the entirety of the album for the main part of her set, delighting houses full of Gen-Xers, and not a few boomers or Gen-Z-ers who also recognize the record as one of the all-time great freshman efforts.

Phair has done a fair amount of great work in the subsequent three decades, including her most recent release, “Soberish,” which landed on Variety’s list of the best albums of 2021.

But the singer-songwriter obviously has a comfort level with knowing how strong she started right out of the gate, and her audience’s romance with how it hit them at a crucial time in their lives.