Copyright 2000 The Seattle Times Company
The Seattle Times
June 15, 2000, Thursday Final Edition
SECTION: ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT; Pg. E3
LENGTH: 968 words
HEADLINE: A whole new spin
BYLINE: J.D. Considine; The Baltimore Sun
BODY:
"Bachelor No. 2, or the Last Remains of the Dodo"
Aimee Mann (Superego)
They say the Lord works in mysterious ways, but He's got nothing on the
inner workings of the recording industry. When Mann finished what should
have been her third album, the disc was rejected by her record company,
which claimed the songs were too uncommercial to release. Then, after many
of those songs wound up on the soundtrack to "Magnolia," Mann
not only netted an Oscar nomination but got a huge publicity boost. So now
that she has released the rejected album on her own, "Bachelor No.
2, or the Last Remains of the Dodo" seems an act of courage instead
of a vanity project. As well it should. Few songwriters anywhere are capable
of delivering songs as smart, poignant and tuneful as Mann does here.
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