comeandgetit is the second EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 released by American

United States

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 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Liz Phair

Liz Phair

Phair's entry into the music industry began when she met guitarist Chris Brokaw, a member of the band Come. Brokaw and Phair moved to San Francisco together, and Phair tried to become an artist there...

 composed of 5 out-takes from her self-titled album

Liz Phair (album)

Liz Phair is the eponymous fourth album by American singer-songwriter Liz Phair, released June 24, 2003 on Capitol Records. "Why Can't I?" and "Extraordinary" were released as a singles...

. It was available as bonus material for those who purchased the album.

Release

The CD-ROM

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 portion of the Liz Phair CD contains links to the comeandgetit site where the tracks and cover art are available for download. The tracks are DRM

Digital rights management

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 protected, rendering them theoretically unrecordable. comeandgetit was available as a hard copy at select 2004 Liz Phair live shows after purchasing merchandise. Some tangible copies are still scarcely available.

As of 2006 the EP is no longer available for download, even if you have a copy of the album. However, if you did download the EP, Windows Media Player is still able to locate and download the necessary license to play the file.

Additionally, in 2004 Capitol Records

Capitol Records

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 prepared a regular manufactured CD of the EP, with the same tracks, but different cover art. This CD was not intended for commercial sale, but instead for promotional distribution.

Songs

The EP contains five songs, running just over 14 minutes in length. In the first song, "Jeremy Engle," (b-side of 'Why Can't I' ) Phair breathlessly recounts a mundane scene of a well-to-do Manhattan family and their overgrown children sitting around a dinner table arguing, filling the listener in on random details about said table. "Bouncer's Conversation" is written from the perspective of a male bouncer as he critiques, and occasionally fantasizes about, the female clubgoers coming to and going from the bar. "Fine Again" (also a b-side of 'Why Can't I') is a ballad in which Phair reflects on an on-again-off-again relationship currently "on". "Hurricane Cindy" (Different version of the import track on whitechocolatespaceegg

Whitechocolatespaceegg

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) is a song originally by Phair in 1995. Phair herself said the song is about Cindy Crawford

Cindy Crawford

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. It is known that Phair has changed the lyrics several times. The dark lyrics are sung to an acoustic guitar. Finally, the haunting "Shallow Opportunities" features Phair reflecting on a disturbing relationship with a man she has difficulty communicating with.

Track listing

All songs written by Liz Phair

Liz Phair

Phair's entry into the music industry began when she met guitarist Chris Brokaw, a member of the band Come. Brokaw and Phair moved to San Francisco together, and Phair tried to become an artist there...

 and produced by Phair and Michael Penn

Michael Penn

Michael Penn is an American singer, songwriter and composer. He is the eldest son of actor/director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan, and the brother of actors Sean Penn and the late Chris Penn.-Career:...

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1. "Jeremy Engle" – 3:07
2. "Bouncer's Conversation" – 3:20
3. "Fine Again" – 2:43
4. "Hurricane Cindy" – 2:20
5. "Shallow Opportunities" – 2:35