Blender (The Murmurs album)

Blender is the third studio album released by American alternative pop band The Murmurs; it was released in 1998 on MCA. The album was produced by Larry Klein, k.d. lang and Matthew Wilder.[1] Blender includes tracks from their second album Pristine Smut (one of them, "I'm A Mess", remixed), and three new songs that were written around the time Pristine Smut was released in 1997.[2][3] All of the tracks were written by band members Leisha Hailey and Heather Grody. One, "Smash", was co-written with members of rock band The Go-Go's, Jane Wiedlin and Charlotte Caffey.[4]

Blender
Studio album by
The Murmurs
ReleasedAugust 4, 1998 (1998-08-04)
Recorded1997–1998
GenreAlternative pop
Length33:37
LabelMCA
ProducerLarry Klein
k.d. lang
Matthew Wilder
The Murmurs chronology
Pristine Smut
(1997)		 Blender
(1998)

Reception

In a review for Allmusic, Alex Henderson gave Blender a star rating of four out of five, calling it "power-pop heaven". Henderson compared the sound of the album to that The Go-Go's and praised "Underdog", "Sucker Upper" and "La Di Da" in particular as "first-class ... fun, melodic offerings".[4] Robert Christgau gave the album a B- rating and compared it negatively to its predecessor, Pristine Smut. He criticized the band's "pusillanimity", and said "they were cuter with slime on their pudenda".[5]

In 2011, Pride.com ranked it 35th on their list of "The 100 Greatest Lesbian Albums of All Time".[6]

Track listing
  1. "La Di Da" — 2:57
  2. "I'm a Mess" — 3:13
  3. "Big Talker" — 2:58
  4. "Misfit" — 4:03
  5. "Smash" — 2:35
  6. "Genius" — 3:42
  7. "Don't Lie" — 2:56
  8. "Underdog" — 2:56
  9. "Sucker Upper" — 3:00
  10. "Country Song" — 2:28
  11. "About Nothin'" — 2:49

Personnel

References
  1. "Blender — Murmurs — Credits", Allmusic, Rovi Corporation, retrieved June 12, 2011
  2. The Murmurs press kit. MCA Records, 1998.
  3. "Overlooked 'Smut' Gets Second Shot", Daily News, Kentucky, p. 5, August 26, 1998, retrieved June 12, 2011
  4. Henderson, Alex, "Blender — Murmurs — Review", Allmusic, Rovi Corporation, retrieved June 12, 2011
  5. Christgau, Robert, "CG: The Murmurs", robertchristgau.com, retrieved June 12, 2011
  6. https://www.pride.com/box-office/100-greatest-lesbian-albums-all-time-50-26
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