Album
Bachelor No. 2 Or, The Last Remains Of The Dodo
1999 · Rock
11 collectors on Gatefold own this
Bachelor No. 2 Or, The Last Remains Of The Dodo is an Alt/Indie album by Aimee Mann, originally released in 1999. On Gatefold: 21 pressings tracked, owned by 11 collectors.
About
After releasing the excellent but understated <i>Whatever</i> in 1995, Boston-based songwriter Aimee Mann decamped to Los Angeles, vowing, at least for a time, to have nothing more to do with the music industry. When a new Aimee Mann effort, <i>Bachelor No. 2 Or, the Last Remains of the Dodo</i>, finally appeared in 2000, Mann made sure it came out on her terms, initially self-releasing it and selling it through her website, before its eventual success let her secure a favorable distribution deal. The album itself is decidedly more complex than the spare folk-pop that characterized Mann’s earlier work. This is, after all, a Los Angeles album, and though Mann’s melancholic reflections on failed relationships and emotional desperation may not be brimming with West Coast optimism, they're draped in rich production flourishes courtesy of producer Jon Brion. Brion’s lush but never overindulgent production adds a stunning Beatlesque sheen to <i>Bachelor No. 2</i>, transforming songs like “How Am I Different” from introverted confessionals into perfectly calibrated evocations of the golden age of Los Angeles studio pop.
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Tracklist
- 1How Am I Different?5:03
- 2Nothing Is Good Enough3:09
- 3Red Vines3:44
- 4The Fall of the World's Own Optimist3:07
- 5Satellite4:10
- 6Deathly5:36
- 7Ghost World3:30
- 8Calling It Quits4:09
- 9Driving Sideways3:49
- 10Just Like Anyone1:22
- 11Susan3:51
- 12It Takes All Kinds4:06
- 13You Do3:45
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Alternative Rock
- clean
- bittersweet
- art school
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Aimee MannVOCALS ACOUSTIC GUITAR, BASS ACOUSTIC GUITAR, PIANO
- Benmont TenchKEYBOARDS PIANO PIANO, CHAMBERLIN
- Brendan O'BrienBASS, SLIDE GUITAR
- Buddy JudgeACOUSTIC GUITAR BACKING VOCALS DRUM PROGRAMMING
- Butch NortonDRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Chris DiffordBACKING VOCALS
- Clayton ScobleELECTRIC GUITAR
- Dan McCarrollDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Glenn TilbrookBACKING VOCALS
- Grant Lee PhillipsBACKING VOCALS
- Hank LindermanDRUM PROGRAMMING
- Jebin BruniPIANO
- Jennifer TryninELECTRIC GUITAR
- John SandsDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Jon BrionBACKING VOCALS BASS, KEYBOARDS, INSTRUMENTS BASS, PERCUSSION, MARIMBA, VIBRAPHONE, CHAMBERLIN
- Jon LupferBARITONE SAXOPHONE
- Juliana HatfieldBACKING VOCALS
- Keith BrionPICCOLO BANJO
11 collectors on Gatefold own this · 21 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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