Aimee Mann --- Discussion Thread
03-04-08 | 01:57 PM
#127
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Originally Posted by cungar
That girl in the video looks like Eric Stoltz in Mask.
03-04-08 | 04:22 PM
#128
Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
I only listen to a few artists....Aimee Mann is one of them and I'm super excited for this album. I love The Forgotten Arm and Lost in Space, and the Magnolia soundtrack is what got me into her. Not a big fan of Bachelor #2, but I'll be spinning this in my car this week. Simply cannot freaking wait for this.
Looking forward to the new record. Feels like it's been forever since Forgotten Arm.
03-04-08 | 10:13 PM
#129
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Originally Posted by MWB
You got into her because of the Magnolia soundtrack, but don't like Bachelor #2? Half the songs she did on Magnolia wound up on Bachelor. (Not "Wise Up" or "Save Me", though, I guess.)
Looking forward to the new record. Feels like it's been forever since Forgotten Arm.
Looking forward to the new record. Feels like it's been forever since Forgotten Arm.
03-12-08 | 01:06 AM
#130
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How the @#%&! did I miss this news? I guess I've been slacking on the Aimee front lately. Loved that song and thought the video was at least interesting, if a little annoying (in her entire carreer she's only made two great videos -- Voices Carry and Save Me). I'm very excited for this album; the new U2 album with Rick Rubin just dropped to #2 on my most-wanted list.
I hope she tours to support this. She hasn't played Vegas since 2003, it's time to come back.
I hope she tours to support this. She hasn't played Vegas since 2003, it's time to come back.
03-20-08 | 10:24 PM
#132
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A post from the management at the Aimee Mann website gave the track listing, info on the packaging as well as info on her appearance airing on a new music series this weekend:
http://www.aimeemann.com/messageboar...d.php?tid=6945
I'm getting even more excited about the new CD. Also looking forward to the packaging of the limited edition release - which was great for her last 2 releases (TFA winning a Grammy for "Recording Package"). Kinda brings me back to my youth when it was fun to examine every detail of the album artwork.
Gary Taxali did the artwork for @#%&! Smilers. You can check out his portfolio on his website:
http://www.garytaxali.com/home.php
http://www.aimeemann.com/messageboar...d.php?tid=6945
AIMEE MANN'S NEW ALBUM
@#%&*! SMILERS OUT JUNE 3rd!
Aimee’s anxiously awaited 7th studio album comes out June 3rd and features 13 incredible new tracks. And for everyone who says the CD is dead, think again, in addition to the standard CD package, Smilers will be available in a limited edition package that has to be seen to be believed, a book-bound cover with a die-cut 32 page book, illustrations from renowned artist Gary Taxali, and held together with steel screw binding. Yowza! You’ll be able to listen to songs from Smilers on April 1st at AimeeMann.com
SMILERS
1. Freeway
2. Stranger Into Starman
3. Looking for Nothing
4. Phoenix
5. Borrowing Time
6. It’s Over
7. Thirty One Today
8. Great Beyond
9. Medicine Wheel
10. Columbus Ave.
11. Little Tornado
12. True Believer
13. Ballantines
AIMEE ON TV TONIGHT!
Can't wait to hear the new songs? Watch Aimee on the Artist's Den, a new music series featuring "acclaimed artists performing in extraordinary settings." This weeks episode features Aimee at the Cathedral of St. Vibiana in downtown Los Angeles. It will be broadcast tonight and again this weekend on OvationTV, check local listings for time and channel.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/...ctid1463244792
@#%&*! SMILERS OUT JUNE 3rd!
Aimee’s anxiously awaited 7th studio album comes out June 3rd and features 13 incredible new tracks. And for everyone who says the CD is dead, think again, in addition to the standard CD package, Smilers will be available in a limited edition package that has to be seen to be believed, a book-bound cover with a die-cut 32 page book, illustrations from renowned artist Gary Taxali, and held together with steel screw binding. Yowza! You’ll be able to listen to songs from Smilers on April 1st at AimeeMann.com
SMILERS
1. Freeway
2. Stranger Into Starman
3. Looking for Nothing
4. Phoenix
5. Borrowing Time
6. It’s Over
7. Thirty One Today
8. Great Beyond
9. Medicine Wheel
10. Columbus Ave.
11. Little Tornado
12. True Believer
13. Ballantines
AIMEE ON TV TONIGHT!
Can't wait to hear the new songs? Watch Aimee on the Artist's Den, a new music series featuring "acclaimed artists performing in extraordinary settings." This weeks episode features Aimee at the Cathedral of St. Vibiana in downtown Los Angeles. It will be broadcast tonight and again this weekend on OvationTV, check local listings for time and channel.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/...ctid1463244792
Gary Taxali did the artwork for @#%&! Smilers. You can check out his portfolio on his website:
http://www.garytaxali.com/home.php
Last edited by Coral; 03-20-08 at 10:28 PM.
03-21-08 | 12:29 AM
#133
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<---------- Guy who will spend extra $$$$$ for that special edition
03-23-08 | 05:21 PM
#136
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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
Ill go for the LE. I wonder if it will be available in stores or only at her web site?
June feels like a long time away.
03-24-08 | 02:56 PM
#137
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Originally Posted by Coral
The limited editions for her last two CDs were available at stores on the release date, so I'm guessing it'll be the same in this case. The funny thing is I've never seen the non-LE version for her last two CDs until a year after their release - so I assumed those were the only versions available.
June feels like a long time away.
June feels like a long time away.
03-24-08 | 03:08 PM
#138
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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
What were her last two LE's? My Forgotten Arm is in a cardboard style case...is that it?
03-24-08 | 06:26 PM
#139
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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
What were her last two LE's? My Forgotten Arm is in a cardboard style case...is that it?
Wow, that was confusing. I won't even go into the SACD release of LIS.
03-25-08 | 07:19 AM
#140
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Originally Posted by Coral
It's cardboard style, but with a booklet inside (as LiquidSky mentioned) with really nice artwork... the same for both LIS and TFA. LIS Limted Edition came with an 2nd disc with 3 tracks (not to be confused with the Special Edition with those tracks and Live tracks on the 2nd disc). I think at first the LIS LE was the exact same as the non-LE except for the 2nd disc. Then I saw it in a jewel case many months later. Same thing happened for TFA LE except it didn't have a 2nd disc.
Wow, that was confusing. I won't even go into the SACD release of LIS.
Wow, that was confusing. I won't even go into the SACD release of LIS.
My mind is spinning after reading all that. I need my coffee this morning. 
03-26-08 | 11:11 PM
#141
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Originally Posted by Coral
It's cardboard style, but with a booklet inside (as LiquidSky mentioned) with really nice artwork... the same for both LIS and TFA. LIS Limted Edition came with an 2nd disc with 3 tracks (not to be confused with the Special Edition with those tracks and Live tracks on the 2nd disc). I think at first the LIS LE was the exact same as the non-LE except for the 2nd disc. Then I saw it in a jewel case many months later. Same thing happened for TFA LE except it didn't have a 2nd disc.
Wow, that was confusing. I won't even go into the SACD release of LIS.
Wow, that was confusing. I won't even go into the SACD release of LIS.
Edit: Both Lost in Space and Bachelor #2 were released on SACD...ugh. Since my PS3 plays SACD I now need to purchase both of these. Crap.
Last edited by Gizmo; 03-26-08 at 11:24 PM.
03-27-08 | 06:41 AM
#142
Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
There was a LIS SACD released? Ugh. I need it.
Edit: Both Lost in Space and Bachelor #2 were released on SACD...ugh. Since my PS3 plays SACD I now need to purchase both of these. Crap.
Edit: Both Lost in Space and Bachelor #2 were released on SACD...ugh. Since my PS3 plays SACD I now need to purchase both of these. Crap.
03-27-08 | 08:56 AM
#143
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Originally Posted by JAA
Rest assured, both are still pretty easy to find and (thankfully) affordable.
03-27-08 | 09:08 AM
#144
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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
There was a LIS SACD released? Ugh. I need it.
Edit: Both Lost in Space and Bachelor #2 were released on SACD...ugh. Since my PS3 plays SACD I now need to purchase both of these. Crap.
Edit: Both Lost in Space and Bachelor #2 were released on SACD...ugh. Since my PS3 plays SACD I now need to purchase both of these. Crap.
I have both, and they sound great, but I don't know if I'd pay $30 for them. For me, the whole SACD and DVD-Audio thing is all about the surround sound versions.
03-27-08 | 11:27 AM
#145
I want this album. But I still haven't gotten around to getting Bachelor No. 2. I have Lost in Space and The Forgotten Arm, both of which are excellent albums. Aimee Mann is an exceptional musician.
03-27-08 | 11:32 AM
#146
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Originally Posted by GenPion
I want this album. But I still haven't gotten around to getting Bachelor No. 2. I have Lost in Space and The Forgotten Arm, both of which are excellent albums. Aimee Mann is an exceptional musician.
NOW!
03-29-08 | 11:45 PM
#147
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Well, I threw caution to the wind and ordered but Lost in Space and B#2 SACD's on Amazon for $60 shipped. My PS3 is an SACD player so I am looking forward to hearing them, even if they are minute differences.
I'd hate to derail this thread, but I'm not a big music fan. I typically listen to Aimee Mann, Fionna Apple, Sheryl Crow and some older stuff like Simon & Garfunkel and Cat Stevens. Any other musicians I should listen to? I'd like to fill my iPhone with a bit more music then what I already have, I'm just not a big music fan.
I'd hate to derail this thread, but I'm not a big music fan. I typically listen to Aimee Mann, Fionna Apple, Sheryl Crow and some older stuff like Simon & Garfunkel and Cat Stevens. Any other musicians I should listen to? I'd like to fill my iPhone with a bit more music then what I already have, I'm just not a big music fan.
03-30-08 | 09:11 AM
#148
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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
I'd hate to derail this thread, but I'm not a big music fan. I typically listen to Aimee Mann, Fionna Apple, Sheryl Crow and some older stuff like Simon & Garfunkel and Cat Stevens. Any other musicians I should listen to? I'd like to fill my iPhone with a bit more music then what I already have, I'm just not a big music fan.
Back on topic... an article about the meanings of the songs on Smilers:
http://www.michaelhausman.com/artists/aimee.htm
(ignore any praise since it's probably biased)
03-30-08 | 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
I'd hate to derail this thread, but I'm not a big music fan. I typically listen to Aimee Mann, Fionna Apple, Sheryl Crow and some older stuff like Simon & Garfunkel and Cat Stevens. Any other musicians I should listen to? I'd like to fill my iPhone with a bit more music then what I already have, I'm just not a big music fan.
Also check out Til' Tuesday (aimee mann's 80's band)
03-30-08 | 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
I'd hate to derail this thread, but I'm not a big music fan. I typically listen to Aimee Mann, Fionna Apple, Sheryl Crow and some older stuff like Simon & Garfunkel and Cat Stevens. Any other musicians I should listen to? I'd like to fill my iPhone with a bit more music then what I already have, I'm just not a big music fan.
You might like the wonderful new CD by Zoery Deschanel & M. Ward called She & Him: Volume 1. Really great stuff.
Also give Josh Ritter a try, his last album is fantastic.