Girlfriend LP

Girlfriend was Matthew Sweet's breakthrough, out in 1991 on Zoo Entertainment, and it became the biggest record of his career up to that point despite only creeping to No. 100 on the Billboard 200. The title track did better on its own, hitting No. 4 on the Modern Rock chart, like two judges scoring the same fight differently, and it went gold anyway. It also topped year-end polls like the Village Voice's Pazz & Jop. Built on jangly power-pop guitars and plain heartbreak, this copy is a Music on Vinyl import pressing.