Matthew Sweet is an American singer-songwriter and rock musician. He was part of the burgeoning music scene in Georgia during the '80s, before gaining commercial success in the '90s. In 1991 Matthew Sweet released Girlfriend, the pop-rock album which was widely considered an artistic breakthrough. It quickly garnered impressive sales, spawning a top 10 single with the title track. The music video for "Girlfriend" featured clips from the anime film Space Adventure Cobra and was heavily aired on MTV, MuchMusic and Night Tracks. Girlfriend is Sweet's most commercially and critically successful album to date. Both the title track and "Divine Intervention" did well on the charts. The album was included as number 61 on Paste's list of "The 90 Best albums of the 1990s". Available as a limited edition of 1.000 individually numbered copies on pink vinyl.
