Jill Sobule (album)

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Jill Sobule
Studio album by Jill Sobule
Released	October 1995
Genre	Adult Alternative
Length	46:08
Label	Lava / Atlantic
Producer	Brad Jones
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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 lyrics wherein Sobule describes her character cheating on her boyfriend with a female friend. In response to the banning, Sobule jokingly reminisced: "I felt like Ice-T [with his song] '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 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Production 4 Charts 5 Song History Reference

[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

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

[edit] Personnel

• Jill Sobule - guitar, sound effects, vocals, background vocals, tambo drums
• Sam Bacco - percussion, tympani
• Richard Barone - vocals, background vocals
• Pat Bergesson - harmonica
• J.D. Blair - snare drums
• Chris Carmichael - violin, cello
• Sue Davis - background vocals
• Robin Eaton - bass, guitar, vocals, background vocals
• Buddy Emmons - pedal steel
• Mac Gayden - banjo
• Byron House - bass
• Brad Jones - organ, synthesizer, bass, flute, guitar, mandolin, piano, keyboards
• Wayne Kramer - bass
• Craig Krampf - drums
• Viktor Krauss - bass
• Kenny Malone - percussion, drums
• Jerry Dale McFadden - accordion, sound effects
• Eric Moon - keyboards
• Al Perkins - pedal steel
• Ross Rice - drums, electric piano
• Kirby Shelstad - drums, talking drum
• Jim Wizniewski - flute

[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.