Английская Википедия:Charmer (Aimee Mann album)
Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox album Charmer is the eighth studio album by singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, released by SuperEgo Records in the UK on September 17, 2012, and in the US on September 18.[1]
The album was produced by Mann's bassist, Paul Bryan, and features a guest appearance by The Shins frontman James Mercer, who duets with Mann on the track "Living a Lie." It debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 33.
Laura Linney and John Hodgman star in the music video for the first single, "Charmer."[2]
The video for the second single, "Labrador," is a shot-for-shot remake of the video for "Voices Carry," the 1985 hit of Mann's former band, 'Til Tuesday, with the exception of Town Hall replacing Carnegie Hall.[3]
Reception
Шаблон:Album ratings Charmer so far has a score of 73 out of 100 from Metacritic based on "generally favorable reviews".[4] Jody Rosen, in Rolling Stone magazine, criticized its lyrics and production concluding "[T]here's little new here, and even less charm".[5] Allmusic, however, was more positive, citing its hooks as "spiky and precise", and concluding that it was "an immediate, engaging pop record".[6]
Other reviews are positive: Filter gave the album a score of 84% and stated that "Thirty years in, Mann continues to charm, a hidden glint in her eye."[7] Mojo gave the album four stars out of five and called it "an Americana and power-pop confection with piano and tasteful guitars swaddled in the choicest vintage tones."[4] The Independent gave it a favorable review and called it "Another sweet viper's bite of post-Freudian dyspepsia from the singersongwriter who loves to mistrust."[8] Paste gave it a score of 7.8 out of ten and stated: "The simple fact that Aimee Mann continues writing songs around these distressing observations and putting them out on such achingly beautiful records seems proof that-despite all the twisted, cutting truths she's spied under the lens of her artistic microscope—she still somehow clings to the sable cloud's silver flash."[9] The A.V. Club gave it a B and said that Mann "is able to match her ideas to music with real kick."[10]
Other reviews are average or mixed: Q gave the album three stars out of five and called Mann "good and snarky".[4] The New York Times gave it an average review and said it "represents a sunny term for [Mann], at least in relative terms."[11] The Boston Globe, however, gave it a mixed review and stated: "Too many tracks flirt with flat inconsequentiality, and too often the lyrics slip by without the sting of Mann's normally incisive wordsmithery."[12]
Track listing
All songs written by Aimee Mann, except where noted.
- "Charmer" – 3:25
- "Disappeared" – 3:24
- "Labrador" – 3:49
- "Crazytown" – 3:21
- "Soon Enough" (Mann, Tim Heidecker) – 3:59
- "Living a Lie" (featuring James Mercer) (Mann, Paul Bryan) – 3:26
- "Slip and Roll" – 4:12
- "Gumby" – 2:53
- "Gamma Ray" – 3:00
- "Barfly" – 4:00
- "Red Flag Diver" – 2:29
- "Brother's Keeper" (Bonus Track) – 4:06Шаблон:Efn
- "Mea Culpa" (Bonus Track) – 2:29Шаблон:Efn
- "Swanee River" (Bonus Track) - 4:08Шаблон:Efn[13]
Personnel
- Aimee Mann – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
- James Mercer – vocals on "Living a Lie"
- J. J. Johnson – drums
- Jay Bellerose – percussion
- Chris Bruce – electric guitar
- Paul Bryan – bass, Mellotron, background vocals
- Jebin Bruni – piano, keyboards
- Jamie Edwards – electric guitar, piano, keyboards, tubular bells
Notes
References
External links
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не указан текст - ↑ Aimee Mann gets a Laura Linney robot double in her new video for "Charmer". The A.V. Club (August 16, 2012). Retrieved on September 24, 2012.
- ↑ Aimee Mann remakes "Voices Carry" with help from Ted Leo, Jon Hamm, Tom Scharpling, and Jon Wurster. The A.V. Club (September 18, 2012). Retrieved on September 19, 2012.
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