Jill Sobule (album)

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Jill Sobule
Jill Sobule cover
Studio album by Jill Sobule
Released October 1995
Genre Adult Alternative
Length 46:08
Label Lava / Atlantic
Producer(s) Brad Jones
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 3/5 stars link

Jill Sobule chronology
Things Here Are Different
(1990)
Jill Sobule
(1995)
Happy Town
(1997)


Jill Sobule is the second album by American singer/songwriter Jill Sobule, released in 1995. (see 1995 in music). The disc contained the singles "Good Person Inside," "Supermodel," and "I Kissed a Girl."

The song "I Kissed a Girl" was banned from many radio stations in southern American states due to its controversial lyric where Sobule describes her character cheating on her boyfriend with a female friend. In response to the banning, Sobule reminices, joking: "I felt like Ice-T "Cop Killer." Cop Killer was a rap song that drew national fame and infamy due to its description of a gang beating and killing a police officer.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Good Person Inside" (Sobule) – 3:12
  2. "Margaret" (Holland, Sobule) – 2:18
  3. "(Theme From) The Girl in the Affair" (Sobule) – 3:53
  4. "Karen by Night" (Eaton, Sobule) – 3:58
  5. "Houdini's Box" (Eaton, Sobule) – 4:00
  6. "Trains" (Eaton, Sobule) – 3:44
  7. "I Kissed a Girl" (Eaton, Sobule) – 3:13
  8. "The Jig Is Up" (Eaton, Sobule) – 4:14
  9. "Resistance Song" (Sobule) – 2:59
  10. "Supermodel" (Baerwald, Kitay, MacLeod, Vigard) – 3:08
  11. "The Couple on the Street" (Eaton, Sobule) – 3:24
  12. "Vrbana Bridge" (Eaton, Sobule) – 4:16
  13. "Now That I Don't Have You" (Eaton, Sobule) – 3:49

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

Producer: Brad Jones Mixing: Roger Moutenot

[edit] Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1995 Heatseekers 11

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1995 "I Kissed a Girl" Modern Rock Tracks 20
1995 "I Kissed a Girl" The Billboard Hot 100 67

[edit] Song History Reference

"Vrbana Bridge" is a musical rendition of Kurt Schork's signature dispatch from siege of Sarajevo, which is also known as the Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo.