| Product Summary | | Label: Superego Records | | UPC: 00698519000224 | | Release Date: 5/2/2000 | | Buy.com Sku: 60407121 | | Item#: MJT3SS | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25530 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. How Am I Different ~ Aimee Mann |  | | 2. Nothing Is Good Enough ~ Aimee Mann | | | 3. Red Vines ~ Aimee Mann | | | 4. Fall Of The World's Own Optimist, The ~ Aimee Mann | | | 5. Satellite ~ Aimee Mann | | | 6. Deathly ~ Aimee Mann | | | 7. Ghost World ~ Aimee Mann | | | 8. Calling It Quits ~ Aimee Mann | | | 9. Driving Sideways ~ Aimee Mann | | | 10. Just Like Anyone ~ Aimee Mann | | | 11. Susan ~ Aimee Mann | | | 12. It Takes All Kinds ~ Aimee Mann | | | 13. You Do ~ Aimee Mann | |
| Fresh on the heels of her Golden Globe and Acedemy Award nominations for her work on the soundtrack for Magnolia, Aimee Mann releases No. 2.
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Aimee Mann (vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, hi-hat, tambourine); Michael Lockwood (12-string acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards, background vocals); Michael Penn (electric & slide guitars, background vocals); Jon Brion (electric guitar, keyboards); Clayton Scoble, Jen Trynin (electric guitar); Brendan O'Brien (slide guitar, bass); Michael Panes (violin); Patrick Warren (accordion, piano, chamberlain, celeste, keyboards); Mark Flanagan (trumpet); Benmont Tench (piano, chamberlain); Buddy Judge (Wurlitzer piano, programming, loops, background vocals); John Sands, Ric Menck, Dan MacCarroll (drums); Michael Hausman (tambourine, percussion); Hank Linderman (programming); Grant Lee Phillips, Juliana Hatfield (background vocals). | | Producers: Jon Brion, Buddy Judge, Aimee Mann, Mike Denneen. | | Personnel: Aimee Mann (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, hi-hat, tambourine, background vocals); Michael Lockwood (guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, electric guitar, electric 12-string guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Michael Penn (guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, background vocals); Jon Brion (electric guitar, keyboards, drums, background vocals); Jennifer Trynin (electric guitar); Brendan O'Brien (slide guitar); Michael Panes (violin); Patrick Warren (accordion, piano, celesta, chamberlin, keyboards); Mark Flannagan (trumpet); Benmont Tench (piano, chamberlin); Buddy Judge (Wurlitzer organ, programming, drum programming, computer, background vocals); Ric Menck, John Sands (drums); Michael Hausman (tambourine, percussion, drum programming); Hank Linderman (drum programming); Grant Lee Phillips, Juliana Hatfield (background vocals). | | Audio Mixers: David Boucher; Ryan Freeland; Bob Clearmountain. | | Recording information: Aimee's House; Bobby Wood's House; Hook; Mad Dog; O Division; Q Division; Sound Chamber. | | Introduction by: Michael Penn. | | Given her surprise success with the soundtrack to the 1999 film MAGNOLIA, Aimee Mann seems more assured than ever on BACHELOR NO. 2, OR THE LAST REMAINS OF THE DODO. The album builds on the steam of her first two solo releases, refining their intelligent melodic songcraft to greater complexity and grace. While the production on her previous records could seem a bit middle-of-the-road, BACHELOR NO. 2 boasts a sound that, while still clean and straightforward, is full of layered detail. | | But beyond the excellent arrangements and backing vocals are Mann's songs themselves. With her penchant for winding, Beatlesque melodies and her literate, captivating lyrics (she deftly combines narrative detail, metaphor, puns, and emotionally resonant images), Mann's songwriting impresses. Whether on desultory folk ("Deathly"), groove-driven pop ("Red Vines"), or music-hall musings ("Nothing Is Good Enough"), Mann is at home here, and her lovely voice, which charms with its unaffected subtlety, is the icing on the cake. BACHELOR NO. 2 finds this fine singer/songwriter at the top of her powers, and is easily one of her strongest offerings. |
Engineer: Hank Linderman; Dustin Jones; Mike Denneen; Nick DiDia; Ryan Freeland; S. Husky Hoskulds; Brian Scheuble; Buddy Judge |
Musical Guests | | Michael Penn | | Benmont Tench | | Grant Lee Phillips | | Juliana Hatfield |
| | Artist Overview | | After rising to prominence as the leader of Boston's Til Tuesday and scoring a huge hit with "Voices Carry," Aimee Mann left behind her old band for a solo career that typified the struggles of musicians to survive in an increasingly market-driven industry. Despite the prodigious songcraft evident in WHATEVER and I'M WITH STUPID, Mann found herself in record-deal purgatory throughout much of the '90s. It was not until her breakthrough compositions for the film MAGNOLIA earned her an Academy Award nomination that Ms. Mann had the chance to take a breather and savor her long-awaited, well-deserved success. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 05/02/2000 | | Original Release Date : 2000 | | Catalog ID : 2 | | Label : Superego | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 49m : 21s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00698519000224 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (1/4/01, p.113)
- Included in Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of 2000".Rolling Stone (6/8/00, p.126)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...An album of tuneful, intimate pop-rock songs....The highs - including 'The Fall Of The World's Own Optimist', a collaboration with Elvis Costello, and the exquisite 'Red Vines' - are stunning..." Entertainment Weekly (12/29/00, p.138)
- Ranked #3 in EW's Top 10 Albums of 2000 - "...The craft and subtle elegance combine to make for the kind of music Burt Bacharach hasn't cut since the '60s..." Q (7/00, p.120)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...an album of intimate pop songs....[her] songs concentrate on life gone wrong - but this is timeless stuff." CMJ (1/08/01, p.16)
- Included in CMJ's "Best of the Year" for 2000. CMJ (7/00, p.55)
- "...[An] accomplished, appealing disc..." Mojo (Publisher)
(5/00, p.105)
- "...Scintillating brilliance..." |
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