Jill Sobule (album)

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.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyA–[2]
Los Angeles Times[3]
The New York Times(favorable)[4]
The Village Voice[5]

Jill Sobule
Studio album by
Jill Sobule
ReleasedApril 7, 1995
RecordedAlex The Great Recording
Nashville, Tennessee
GenreAdult alternative
Length46:08
LabelLava / Atlantic
ProducerBrad Jones, Robin Eaton
Jill Sobule chronology
Things Here Are Different
(1990)		 Jill Sobule
(1995)		 Happy Town
(1997)

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 Vigard3:08
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.

Katy Perry song

The singer Katy Perry used the title "I Kissed a Girl" for her own song, "I Kissed a Girl", which appeared on her 2008 album One of the Boys. The song received a mixed reception, and was unfavourably compared to Sobule's original by some commentators: Hiponline.com wrote that the song is "not nearly as interesting or exciting as you’d expect. It’s not even half as good as Jill Sobule’s song 'I Kissed a Girl'".[6] Glitterati Gossip wrote that Sobule's song "was ten times better, because there was actual emotional content to her lyrics".[7] Sobule shared her feelings about Perry's song and use of the title in a July 2009 interview with The Rumpus:

When Katy Perry's song came out I started getting tons of inquiries about what I thought. Some folks (and protective friends) were angry, and wondered why she took my title and made it into this kind of "girls gone wild" thing....

As a musician I have always refrained from criticizing another artist. I was, "Well, good for her." It did bug me a little bit, however, when she said she came up with the idea for the title in a dream. In truth, she wrote it with a team of professional writers and was signed by the very same guy that signed me in 1995. I have not mentioned that in interviews as I don't want to sound bitter or petty...

Okay, maybe, if I really think about it, there were a few jealous and pissed-off moments. So here goes, for the first time in an interview: Fuck you Katy Perry, you fucking stupid, maybe 'not good for the gays,' title-thieving, haven't heard much else, so not quite sure if you're talented, fucking little slut.

God that felt good.[8]

Sobule later said that the interview in The Rumpus was tongue in cheek. In an article for The Huffington Post, she wrote,

I thought maybe this time I would have fun with it and goof on what many of my fans were hoping to hear over the last year. I prefaced my reply with a wink, and then rambled on with a string of over the top dumb-ass profanities, purposely out of character and completely in jest ... I may be a touch cynical about the business, but I have never really been angry or had ill feelings towards Katy herself. I was actually in a small way happy to not be the "Kissed a Girl" girl anymore.[9]

Personnel

Production
  • Production: Brad Jones & Robin Eaton
  • Engineering: Brad Jones
  • Mixing: Roger Moutenot
  • Mastering: Greg Calbi

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1995 Heatseekers 11

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1995 "I Kissed a Girl" Modern Rock Tracks 20
Billboard Hot 100 67
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[10] 36
1996 "Supermodel" Australian ARIA Singles Chart[11] 53

References
  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Jill Sobule". AllMusic. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  2. Frost, Deborah (April 7, 1995). "Jill Sobule". EW.com. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  3. Gardner, Elysa (May 14, 1995). "In Brief". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  4. Altman, Billy (July 30, 1995). "A Storyteller With a Sensitive Wit". The New York Times. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  5. Christgau, Robert (July 11, 1995). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  6. Raegun (2008). "Katy Perry – One of the Boys – review", HipOnline.com. Posted: June 16, 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2008.
  7. "Katy Perry Irritates The Hell Out Of Me", Glitterati Gossip. March 24, 2008.
  8. "The Rumpus Interview with Jill Sobule". The Rumpus. July 30, 2009. Retrieved July 30, 2009.
  9. Sobule, Jill (August 19, 2009). "My "Feud" With Katy Perry". The Huffington Post. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  10. "I Kissed a Girl – Australian chart run". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
  11. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
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