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Music CD - Aimee Mann: Bachelor No. 2
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Music CD: Bachelor No. 2
Artist: Aimee Mann
List Price: $11.98
Our Price: $8.43
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Manufacturer: Superego Records
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Tracks:
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1. How Am I Different
2. Nothing Is Good Enough
3. Red Vines
4. The Fall of the World's Own Optimist
5. Satellite
6. Deathly
7. Ghost World
8. Calling It Quits
9. Driving Sideways
10. Just like Anyone
11. Susan
12. It Takes All Kinds
13. You Do
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0698519000224
Label: Superego Records
Manufacturer: Superego Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publication Date: 2001
Publisher: Superego Records
Release Date: 2000-03-28
Studio: Superego Records
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Ignore The Review Below--This is a Timeless Classic
Comment: This CD never gets old. I love a lot of the stuff that Aimee has done, but this is my favorite from start to finish. "Red Vines", "How Am I Different" and "Deathly" (to name 3) rank with Aimee's finest work--thoughtful, original lyrics set against highly melodic, catchy, almost Beatlesque rock. What strikes me about Bachelor #2 is how it stands up to repeated (and repeated) play. I buy a lot of music, and this is definitely one of my Top Ten of the last ten years or so. Take my word for it. If you like good music, you'll love Bachelor #2.
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Summary: Her songs exhibit an excellent voice who is betrayed by the quality of these songs.
Comment: I am pretty sure that Ms. Mann considers her lyrics/songs on Bachelor No.2 to be profound and poetic, but in reality her songs are relentlessly repetitious and simplistically negative, not to mention virulently and bluntly anti-male. She really needs to listen to the songs of Mindy Smith and Patty Griffin to get a handle on how to write songs.
Ms. Mann has a lovely voice and her Christmas album is good and even brilliant at times. But this album buries emotions, truth, love, hate, sorrow, hurt etc under a mountain of negativity.
I understand that Ms. Mann has quite an assertive and strong personality who fights record companies and probably anyone else who disagrees with her. Nevertheless, she should take some advice and start singing songs written by other writers--her lovely voice is betrayed by the mediocrity of her own songs.
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Summary: Aimee's Best Plus "Different"
Comment: Aimee Mann has on a regular basis provided fantastic songs, but yet uneven albums. Despite being under the name of her former group, Til Tuesday, the album Everything's Different Now really was a solo album and is among the best break-up albums ever. Since then she has shun on occasions but the albums have often been lacking a few good tracks to be labeled as being great.
Bachelor no. 2 is an exception. From the very first tones on the first track, very Beatles like production, to the end of the record, there is not a single weak note. The production is mostly sparse but yet a sonic 3 dimension feel is still present. This may be due to the old fashioned stereo image used, something that has become maybe sort of a lost art.
The standout tracks for me are How Am I Different, Driving Sideways and Deathly. The other songs would in most cases, however, be standout tracks on other albums. I recommend this album and Everything's Different Now for anyone interested in Aimee Mann material, those albums simply do not disappoint.
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Summary: Amazing album always changing
Comment: This is a truly amazing record that just grows on you. Upon first listening my favorite track was How Am I Different. After awhile I liked Red Vines best and later Satellite.
Currently my favorite track is Ghost World, a song I put aside at first as trite. This album is always changing, evolving with each listen. Those of you not impressed on first listen or thinking this material is light weight or all sounds the same please give it a chance.
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Summary: 10 of the best ever
Comment: Aimee Mann will likely go down in history as one of the best songwriters of her generation. There is no question that she has a scholarly wit and a devilish sense of humor. We're all lucky that she shares her talent with the world. Bachelor No. 2 is the best example of Aimee's endless talent. Practically every line of every song is a poem, a story, a song if its own. When Aimee sings "Now that I've met you, would you object to never seeing each other again" to begin Deathly, you know she means business. "Just Like Anyone" is less than 2 minutes long, but Aimee's tender words and vocals are regretful, bitter, desperate, denying, and honest. "Red Vines" is yet another standout on an album of standouts, and quite possibly her best overall song ever. Thank you Aimee for such a wonderful catalog of music, particularly the last remains of the dodo.
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Editorial Reviews:
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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 Stolder
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