A few angles of the Smilers packaging:

http://www.garytaxali.com/images/index/mann.jpg

I wish all artists would put as much thought into their packaging as Aimee does. I almost look forward to the artwork as much as I do her music.

Me too. The new Elvis Costello package is pathetic. The notes are written in a font that's too small to read without a magnifying glass and the pictures are too small to even tell who's in them.

I guess we'll have to wait for 2 or 3 reissues of Momofuku for a readable version.

It's out today. It's 9.99 at Best Buy for the regular packaging. Don't know how much the SE will be. Looking forward to hearing this.

edit: Looks like it's $14.99. Will probably get that.

Really solid album. Great songs. I think Aimee is an artist like James Taylor who will be pretty much the same throughout her career. She is not the type to change a lot. But her albums are great for Sunday mornings.

My LE shipped from Amazon!

None of the stores around here have the special edition and they wonder why people shop online. I just ordered it from Amazon.

Only listened once so far but I love it.

I found a potential problem with "moving" this album.

Me : I was looking for the new album from Aimee Mann
CS: OK, what's the name?
Me: I can't really say it?
CS : You can't?
Me: It's "A-with-a-circle, number-sign, ampersand, asterisk, exclamation mark Smilers", I guess.
CS: We'll look it up by aritst.

Anyway, the BB only had one copy of the LE and none of the regular. The LE rang up $16.99, not $14.99 like online. I told the check out guy that it should be on sale. Fortunately, it looks just like the $9.99 version in this week's print ad. Got it for that price. Sweet. I like the packaging. It's not too fancy, but it is fun to hold and look at (if not exactly essential). Wish it had a bonus track or something. So far I'm loking it, especially the more up-tempo numbers.

Got and it love it!

It's really just being called "Smilers" in the press, and you can look it up that way too.

And, yes, it's a great album. I'm just less than thrilled that the "deluxe" is deluxe in packaging only and it's Itunes that gets the bonus tracks. Aimee runs her own label so that was her decision, not some big, nasty label. Fairly uncool decision, but not too surprising given how she handled Lost In Space: "exclusive" three-song bonus disc from her site to be bought through Mu$ictoday, which was found bundled with the album on release day in Best Buy for essentially half the price (after shipping/handling from Musictoday was added in,) then not a year later she releases the deluxe version with the same exclusive songs and a few more (which admittedly was beautiful packaging and an excellent second disc, but still . . . ) I love her music but I don't think either of these moves was particularly fan-friendly.

You can download four free live tracks off the @#%&! Smilers album from Aimee Mann's Daytrotter Sessions here.

Aimee Mann's Christmas Carol (starring Michael Cera, John C. Reilly, and more)
 

Good stuff. Check it out:
http://www.avclub.com/content/newswi...hristmas_carol

I seem to recall the one last year being funnier, but I still liked it.

Aimee Mann intro help
 

I Need the Aimee Mann fans here to chime in with recommendations, either rank her top 10 songs or list a best of CD you'd make from the following CDs:

- Smilers
- Bachelor #2
- Magnolia
- Lost In Space
- I'm With Stupid
- The Fogotten Arm
- Whatever
- One More Drifter In The Snow

Thanks!

ps -did I miss any? what songs?

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My favorite of hers has always been "Lost In Space". Lots of great tunes on that album. Magnolia is a collection of songs taken from the film of the same name. It has "Save Me" and "Wise Up" which were minor hits.

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A quick best of (I'm probably forgetting something):

Save Me
It's Not
Little Bombs
Calling on Mary
This Is How It Goes
Wise Up
Red Vines
Humpty Dumpty
Phoenix
Lost In Space

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A 2 Song EP

Voice Carry
Time Stand Still ;)

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I Should've Known

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Bachelor #2 and I'm With Stupid are the first two to get.

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I've always loved the duet with Michael Penn, "Christmastime."

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Favorite Aimee Mann song - "Long Shot" from I'm with Stupid
Favorite Aimee Mann album - Bachelor No. 2

And most of my favorite songs of hers would be taken from those two albums. This is not to say that there aren't some really good tracks on her other albums, though.

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I'd throw in the last 'Til Tuesday album, "Everything's Different Now". Basically a solo Mann album and quite good.

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A difficult task to pick favorites, but these would definitely be on my "Best Of":

You Do
Red Vines
Save Me
Build That wall
Wise Up
Deathly
Driving Sideways
This Is How It Goes

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I also liked Magnolia and her cover version of "What the World Needs Now (is Love Sweet Love)". Plus her 'Til Tuesday stuff also.

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I love all of her albums. My personal favorite is The Forgotten Arm. Now that the holidays are here, it's time to pull out One More Drifter in the Snow. :)

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"Two of Us" Beatles cover w/ Penn on the "I am Sam" soundtrack

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The Magnolia soundtrack is awesome, IMO. I think she has 9 songs on there and they are all really good.

I think it's the best thing she's ever done.

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Save Me
The Other Side of the Telescope
Nothing Is Good Enough (with lyrics, from Bachelor #2)
Wise Up
Humpty Dumpty
This is How it Goes
That's Just What You Are
Choice In The Matter
Amateur
Long Shot
Going Through The Motions
That's How I Knew This Story Would Break My Heart

etc, etc, etc. :D