Two years later, "Somebody's Miracle", Phair's fifth album (and final album with Capitol Records), was released. The album returned to a more traditional rock sound as opposed to the pop rock-oriented style of the previous album. The album received mixed reviews, with Amy Phillips of "Pitchfork" writing: "Now this is a terrible Liz Phair record. "Somebody's Miracle" is mostly generic pap that any number of next-big-has-beens could have cranked out, a useless piece of plastic poking a pointy heel in the eye of the carcass of the artist Liz once was." Phillips also suggested it was worse than her largely critically derided previous album. A review published by MSNBC noted that the album is "less blatantly commercial her previous, but still smooth, reflecting her increasing shift toward a clearer sound."