2 Nice Girls

2 Nice Girls was the self-titled debut album of Two Nice Girls, released on Rough Trade Records in 1989. This album contains the track "I Spent My Last $10 (On Birth Control & Beer)" which gained the group some commercial success. The album also features a track that combines The Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" with Joan Armatrading's "Love and Affection".[2]

2 Nice Girls
Studio album by
Two Nice Girls
Released1989
GenreCountry rock
Length48:00
LabelRough Trade Records
Two Nice Girls chronology
2 Nice Girls
(1989)		 Like a Version
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Hi-Fi News & Record ReviewA:1/2[1]

The album was re-released in 2007 and received a 4-star review from the Austin Chronicle.[3]

Track listing
  1. The Sweet Postcard (Barbara Hofrenning/Gretchen Phillips)
  2. Follow Me (Jane Siberry)
  3. Goons (Gretchen Phillips)
  4. Money (Laurie Freelove)
  5. I Spent My Last $10 On Birth Control & Beer (Gretchen Phillips)
  6. Sweet Jane (With Affection) (L. Reed/J. Armatrading)
  7. My Heart Crawls Off (Gretchen Phillips/Sara Hickman)
  8. Looking Out (Laurie Freelove)
  9. Heaven On Earth (Laurie Freelove)
  10. Kick (Laurie Freelove)
  11. The Holland Song (Kathy Korniloff)
  12. Getting Close (CD reissue bonus track)
  13. Cristi's Song (CD reissue bonus track)

"The Holland Song" was omitted from initial vinyl and cassette releases save for the UK release; all CD releases of the album reinstate it as the closing track.[4]

Personnel
  • Gretchen Phillips – guitar, bass, mandolin & vocals
  • Kathy Korniloff – guitar, bass, violin, percussion & vocals
  • Laurie Freelove – guitar, bass, percussion & vocals

References
  1. "Review: Two Nice Girls — 2 Nice Girls" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 9. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. September 1989. p. 105. ISSN 0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021 – via World Radio History.
  2. "Two Nice Girls", Trouser Press (accessed July 18, 2018).
  3. Beets, Greg (22 June 2007). "Two Nice Girls". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  4. "Two Nice Girls". Discogs. 22 June 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
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