This week's album of the week is Matthew Sweet's masterpiece, Girlfriend.
Released in October 1991, I first learned of Matthew Sweet when I heard the single Girlfriend on the radio (it reached #4 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart). Oddly enough, I somehow missed the video which was played quite a bit on MTV the following year. The album ultimately peaked at #100 on the Billboard Albums chart.
I didn't discover the album until early in the 2000s after picking up a copy of Sweet's greatest hits compilation Time Capsule. That album contained 4 tracks off the Girlfriend album that really impressed me, so I had to find out what else was going on here. At that point in my life, this album, for lack of better words, really got through to me.
You always hear about people making their desert island list... well, this album would definitely be on my list.
Enjoy!
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