Become What You Are (1993)
The Juliana Hatfield Three
- Supermodel
- My Sister
- This Is The Sound
- For The Birds
- Mabel
- A Dame With A Rod
- Addicted
- Feelin' Massachusetts
- Spin The Bottle
- President Garfield
- Little Pieces
- I Got No Idols
The biggest selling album of Juliana's career.
Released with commercial appeal rising following the critical success of Hey Babe and her association with the Lemnonheads, this was the most anticipated JH release to date. There are many sublime moments (Feelin’ Massachusetts, This Is The Sound) and it closes with stronger songs including the PJ Harvey influenced Spin The Bottle. Final track I Got No Idols remains one of Juliana’s classics.
A record which remains many fans' favourite album, not least as it was the record that introduced them to Juliana.
Personnel
Juliana Hatfield – guitar, vocals
Dean Fisher – bass
Todd Philips – drums
Denny Fongheiser – percussion
Peter Holsapple – keyboards
Select Magazine - September 1993
NME 1993
Q 1993
Lime Lizard - September 1993
A clip of Jules signing stuff to promote the album at Rhino Records, Westwood, CA, in October 1993. Via Eric Wolfe on YouTube.
About the above video:
Alternate Artwork
In August 2012 Juliana released hitherto unseen images of proposed/ alternate artwork for the album. The first is a photograph of her brother.
2020 Acoustic Performance
On December 19, 2020, Juliana performed the album in full (twice!) in a solo acoustic livestream from Q Division Studios in Somerville, MA. This was available on a pay as you want basis, free to watch on YouTube.
The stream was available for a couple of weeks over the following holiday period but removed as planned in January 2021.
2023 Vinyl Reissue
American Laundromat Records, in October 2022:
We are stoked to reissue Become What You Are on vinyl to celebrate its 30th Anniversary. This exclusive reissue is limited to 2,500 units worldwide. Reissue artwork prepared by Aaron Tanner at Melodic Virtue from the original art. Our good friend Sean Glonek at SRG studios handled remastering, Levi Seitz cut metal, and the fine folks at Furnace pressed the vinyl. It looks and sounds amazing! We are very proud of this reissue and hope you enjoy it.
Pre-orders are up now for 3 variants with a further yellow splatter variant to be available from indie stores. The release date is planned for January 2023.
www.alr-music.com/collections/catalog/products/jh3-become-what-you-are
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