Serial Girlfriend (1998)

About this title: Recorded while still a member of Thee Headcoatees (she would leave the following year), Holly Golightly's sixth solo release is another winner from start to finish. If the production is a little rougher and more garagey than on subsequent efforts, her earthy charm, sardonic -- sometimes feisty -- attitude, and sure way with a catchy chorus are in full effect. As usual, there's a cool cover -- in this case a languid, reverb-drenched duet with Billy Childish on Ike Turner's "Your Love Is Mine" -- and a couple of angry numbers, "Come the Day" and opening track "I Can't Be Trusted" ("Why won't ... read more

Tracks:

1. I Can't Be Trusted [Golightly]
2. You Shine [Golightly]
3. Want No Other [Golightly]
4. Your Love Is Mine [Turner]
5. Grandstand [Golightly]
6. Clean in Two [Golightly]
7. Down, Down, Down [Golightly]
8. Come the Day [Golightly]
9. Serial Girlfriend [Golightly]
10. My Own Sake [Golightly]
11. Where Can I Go [Golightly]
12. 'Til I Get [Golightly]
13. Now [Golightly]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.