Jill Sobule (album)

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Jill Sobule
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 7, 1995
RecordedAlex The Great Recording
Nashville, Tennessee
Length46:08
Label Lava / Atlantic
Producer Brad Jones, Robin Eaton
Jill Sobule chronology
Things Here Are Different
(1990)
Jill Sobule
(1995)
Happy Town
(1997)
Singles from Jill Sobule
  1. "I Kissed a Girl"
    Released: May 2, 1995
  2. "Supermodel"
    Released: August 22, 1995 [1]

Jill Sobule is the second album by the American singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, released on April 7, 1995. The disc contained the singles "Good Person Inside", "Supermodel" and "I Kissed a Girl". The album sold 100,000 copies in the US, making it her most commercially successful record.

Contents

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly A– [3]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The New York Times (favorable) [5]
The Village Voice Scissors icon black.svg [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jill Sobule & Robin Eaton, except as noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Good Person Inside"Sobule3:12
2."Margaret"Sobule, Nicky Holland3:18
3."(Theme From) The Girl in the Affair"Sobule3:53
4."Karen by Night" 3:58
5."Houdini's Box" 4:00
6."Trains" 3:44
7."I Kissed a Girl" 3:13
8."The Jig Is Up" 4:14
9."Resistance Song"Sobule2:59
10."Supermodel" David Baerwald, David Kitay, Brian MacLeod, Kristen Vigard 3:08
11."The Couple on the Street" 3:24
12."Vrbana Bridge" 4:16
13."Now That I Don't Have You" 3:49

The first release of the album does not contain "Supermodel". After "Supermodel" appeared on the Clueless film soundtrack and was released as a single, the album was reissued with the song.

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album

YearChartPosition
1995 Heatseekers 11

Singles

YearSingleChartPosition
1995"I Kissed a Girl" Modern Rock Tracks 20
Billboard Hot 100 67
Australian ARIA Singles Chart [7] 36
1996"Supermodel"Australian ARIA Singles Chart [8] 53

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