Aimee Mann - Bachelor No. 2
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Artist: Aimee MannEdition: Music CD
Published: 2001
CD Release Date: 2000-03-28
Music Label: Superego Records
Soundtracks:
- How Am I Different
- Nothing Is Good Enough
- Red Vines
- The Fall of the World's Own Optimist
- Satellite
- Deathly
- Ghost World
- Calling It Quits
- Driving Sideways
- Just like Anyone
- Susan
- It Takes All Kinds
- You Do
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Free Music Review: America's Answer to Sarah McLachlan
Hit: 5 Stars
Bachelor No. 2 was a comeback album for one of the breakout hits of the 80's, Til Tuesday's Aimee Mann. With hits like "Love in a Vacuum" and "Voices Carry," the Boston-based band seemed to be on the verge of superstardom; however, the band broke up and Aimee tried for years to establish herself as a solo act more interested in artistic merit rather than commercial success. It wasn't until 1999 when Aimee, after establishing her own record label, broke through and succeeded in her goal. The intricate detail in her writing is evident in every track on this album, particularly on the song, Deathly, my personal favorite due to its moving orchestration and the way she uses her voice like an instrument to draw the listener into the emotion of the piece. Other standouts are Cigarettes and Redvines, The Fall of the World's Own Optimist, Save Me, the song nominated for an Oscar from the soundtrack of the movie "Magnolias," and Calling it Quits. If you haven't heard much from Aimee and are looking for some sort of comparison, I believe that she and Sarah McLachlan have a lot in common. They tend to take a long time in between producing albums, they try new approaches when they do produce their music, and they are both geniuses as writers as well as performers which their albums plainly demonstrate. Aimee Mann is a fantastic artist who writes deadly-accurate lyrics. You would do well to purchase this album along with her other, "Lost in Space."
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Bachelor No. 2 is the product of a woman whose 40th birthday looms months ahead, and it illustrates how a little seasoning has paid off creatively for Aimee Mann. Always an incisive lyricist, the eloquent singer-songwriter further hones her wordplay to a razor-sharp edge. Her subjects are so adroitly sliced and diced that little blood is shed, though they're permanently cut down to size. "Calling It Quits" targets some cad who is "numbering himself among the masterminds 'cause he's hit upon the leverage of valentines." Not that Mann spares herself from a steely assessment: "I know I had it coming / From a Caesar who was only slumming" she admits in "The Fall of the World's Own Optimist." Though this 13-track collection borrows three songs from its immediate predecessor, Mann's soundtrack to Magnolia, its musical ingenuity and consistency (notable considering five different production teams are credited here) make the scattered redundancies irrelevant. Mann's artistic growth has been evident with each new release, and Bachelor marks her biggest leap forward to date. --Steven StolderAlternative Rock Music CDs
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