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, 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

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Track listing

#The Sweet Postcard ( Barbara Hofrenning/Gretchen Phillips) #Follow Me (Jane Siberry) #Goons (Gretchen Phillips) #Money (Laurie Freelove) #I Spent My Last $10 On Birth Control & Beer (Gretchen Phillips) #Sweet Jane (With Affection) (Lou Reed, L. Reed/Joan Armatrading, J. Armatrading) #My Heart Crawls Off (Gretchen Phillips/Sara Hickman) #Looking Out (Laurie Freelove) #Heaven On Earth (Laurie Freelove) #Kick (Laurie Freelove) #The Holland Song (Kathy Korniloff) #Getting Close (CD reissue bonus track) #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.

Personnel

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

References

{{Authority control 1989 debut albums Two Nice Girls albums Rough Trade Records albums