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Aimee Mann

Aimee Mann

Born:
Sep 08, 1960

Representative Songs:

"Save Me," "Wise Up," "That's Just What You Are"

Representative Albums:

Bachelor No. 2, Whatever, I'm With Stupid

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Worked With:

Robert Holmes, Michael Hausman, Mike Denneen
  • Genre: Rock
  • Active: '80s, '90s, 2000s
  • Instruments: Vocals, Guitar, Bass

Biography

During the '80s, Aimee Mann led the post-new wave pop group 'Til Tuesday. After releasing three albums with the group, she broke up the band and embarked on a solo career. Her first solo album, Whatever, was a more introspective, folk-tinged effort than 'Til Tuesday's albums, and received uniformly positive reviews upon its release in the summer of 1993. However, the album was only a small hit, spending only seven weeks on the American charts, where it peaked at 127. Nevertheless, Whatever rejuvenated her career -- after its release, critics were praising her songwriting, as were peers like Elvis Costello, Difford & Tilbrook, and Andy Partridge.

Early in 1995, Mann had a modest hit with "That's Just What You Are," a song included on the soundtrack to the television series Melrose Place. Following the success of the single, Mann was set to release her second solo album in the spring of 1995, but her record label, Imago, filed for bankruptcy before its release. She signed a contract with Reprise Records after Imago went under, but Imago prevented her from releasing any records. For most of 1995, Mann battled Imago in an attempt to free herself from the label, eventually winning her independence at the end of the year. After her dispute with Imago was settled, she signed with DGC Records. Mann's second album, I'm with Stupid, was released in England in the late fall of 1995 and in January of 1996 in America. Again, it was greeted with positive reviews yet weak sales.

Mann's career got a kick-start in early 2000, however, when she released her soundtrack for the critically acclaimed film Magnolia; the song "Save Me" was later nominated for an Academy Award. Originally available only at live dates, the solo Bachelor No. 2 received national release in the spring. In the summer of 2002, Mann returned to the forefront with the self-released Lost in Space. Late 2004 saw the release of Live at St. Ann's Warehouse, a CD/DVD package recorded during her summer tour. It was followed in 2006 by the critically acclaimed Forgotten Arm, a concept album built around the return from Vietnam of a drug-addicted boxer. Mann released a collection of Christmas songs called One More Drifter in the Snow in 2006. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
 
 
Actor:

Aimee Mann

  • Born: Sep 08, 1960 in Virginia
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '90s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Music, Comedy
  • Career Highlights: Magnolia, Arctic Tale
  • First Major Screen Credit: Magnolia (1999)

Biography

Singer/songwriter Aimee Mann is probably best known for her fights with major record labels regarding her artistic freedom, but she's also made a name for herself by scoring or taking small roles in quirky, acclaimed films. Mann was born in Virginia on September 8, 1960. After dropping out of the Berklee School of Music in the early '80s, Mann formed a few bands, most notably 'Til Tuesday, and launched a solo career after that band folded in 1989.

But her solo career found her constantly at odds with various record labels (Imago, Geffen, Interscope) and she ended up buying back her master recordings. This left Mann with a lot of animosity towards the music industry and some spare time, wherein she took a memorable role as a German nihilist who sacrifices her toe for a big payoff in the Coen brothers' 1996 screwball-noir The Big Lebowski. Her most memorable contributions to cinema, however, were the haunting songs she penned for the soundtrack to pal Paul Thomas Anderson's Altman-esque multi-character opus Magnolia (1999). An unabashed fan, Anderson writes in the soundtrack's liner notes that his dysfunctional ensemble drama is basically an interpretation of Mann's music. The album earned Mann commercial and critical success, and resulted in a Best Song Oscar nomination for "Save Me", which was passed over in favor of popster-turned-Disney-troubadour Phil Collins. ~ Stephanie M. Kuenn, All Movie Guide

 
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Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann in concert on 15 October 2005.
Aimee Mann in concert on 15 October 2005.
Background information
Born September 8 1960 (1960--) (age 47)
Origin Flag of the United States Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Genre(s) Rock
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s) Guitar
Bass guitar
Years active 1982–present
Label(s) SuperEgo Records
Website Official website

Aimee Mann (born September 8, 1960) is an American rock guitarist, bassist, singer, and noted songwriter.

Biography

Aimee Mann was born in Midlothian, Virginia, graduated from Open High School and attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, but dropped out to sing with her first punk rock band, the Young Snakes; the band released the EP Bark Along with the Young Snakes in 1982, and a compilation album was issued in 2004.

In 1983, seeking a return to "sweetness and melody", she co-founded with Berklee classmate and boyfriend Michael Hausman the new wave band 'Til Tuesday, which achieved success in 1985 with its first album, Voices Carry. The title song is said to be inspired by Hausman and Mann's breakup; the video became an MTV staple, winning the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist, although Mann's then-signature spiky hair would lead some to dismiss the group. Mann performed with the rock band Rush on the song "Time Stand Still" (from Hold Your Fire, 1987), singing backup vocals and appearing in the music video. With Mann playing an increasingly important role in songwriting, 'Til Tuesday released two more albums, Welcome Home and Everything's Different Now. On the final album and tour, musician Jon Brion joined the band, which broke up in 1990 when Mann left to start her solo career.

Around the time of the first album's release, Mann began a romantic relationship with Jules Shear; they broke up before the final 'Til Tuesday album, which contained the song "J For Jules." Professional relationships from the band would continue: Hausman later became Mann's manager, and Brion produced her first two solo albums, along with the Magnolia soundtrack.

Solo career

In 1993 Mann released Whatever, her first solo album. Promotion suffered due to the collapse of her label, Imago. While only a small hit, the album was critically praised, and paved the way for her next release, 1995's I'm with Stupid, through Geffen Records. Again, reviews were positive, but sales were weak.

Mann met fellow singer-songwriter Michael Penn in the late 1980s and with comparable songwriting styles and record-industry woes to share, they struck up a friendship during the recording of Stupid (to which Penn contributed vocals), which blossomed into romance and their 1997 marriage. Penn and Mann live in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. They have no children, but Penn has a son from a previous marriage.

Mann recorded Bachelor No. 2, but Geffen saw no hit singles in the material and ordered her back to the studio. The album languished while Mann and the label fought.

Meanwhile, film director Paul Thomas Anderson, for whom Penn and Brion had composed a soundtrack, became a close friend. Mann gained greater public recognition in 1999 — indeed, more than anything else since "Voices Carry" — when she contributed eight songs to the soundtrack of Anderson's Magnolia, including the Academy Award-nominated song, "Save Me." Anderson deliberately worked from Mann's lyrics to create the film's characters and situations. Mann soon became sought after as a soundtrack contributor.

Independence

Disillusioned with both the ineffectual promotion and artistic meddling by her record label, an experience documented in her song "Calling It Quits", she struck out on her own and founded SuperEgo Records in 1999. Mann self-released Bachelor No. 2 in 2000, having negotiated a contract release from David Geffen, and though initially only sold at concerts and via her website, the album became successful, allowing her to secure retail distribution through SuperEgo. The album, which included some songs from Magnolia and new material, was widely admired and Mann's "more indie than indie" success was carefully noted by other musicians.

Mann, Penn, Brion, Fiona Apple, and other musicians had by this time developed a subculture around the Largo nightclub in L.A. Penn and Mann formed a concept called Acoustic Vaudeville to recreate it on tour in California and eventually on an irregular, ongoing national tour. The Acoustic Vaudeville shows intermix music and stand-up comedy; among the comedians joining them for individual shows were Janeane Garofalo, Patton Oswalt, and David Cross. Mann continued her solo career with Lost in Space (2002), a somewhat more sombre album in the same vein as Bachelor No. 2. In 2003 her website released the Lost in Space Special Edition, which featured a second disc containing six live recordings, as well two B-sides and two previously unreleased songs. In November 2004, Live at St. Ann's Warehouse, a live album and DVD recorded at a series of June 2004 shows in Brooklyn, came out; the two discs were sold packaged together in either a CD jewel case or a DVD case.

Mann described her next album, The Forgotten Arm (2005), as a concept album set in the 1970s about two lovers who meet at the Virginia state fair and go on the run. The Joe Henry-produced album, which was recorded mostly live with few overdubs, was released May 3, 2005. The album's illustrations and title reflect Mann's interest in boxing. The album title derives from a boxing move in which one arm is used to hit the opponent, causing him to "forget" about the other arm, which is then used to deliver a harsher blow. The album received weaker reviews overall, with critics impressed at the totality but unimpressed with any individual songs.

Mann also released an EP for Christmas in 2005 as a cover single of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" for sale through her website and iTunes. It also included "Christmastime", the 1996 duet she recorded with Penn for the Hard Eight soundtrack, and a cover of "The Christmas Song". The iTunes version replaced "Christmastime" with a cover of Joni Mitchell's "River" and "I Was Thinking I Could Clean Up for Christmas" from The Forgotten Arm.

Mann's independence from the industry led to more overt political stances. She joined Artists Against Piracy, a group formed to act against the illegal downloading and file sharing of copyrighted music from the Internet. Mann, Penn and Hausman took their experience with SuperEgo to found the independent music collective United Musicians, which is based on the principle that every artist should be able to retain copyright ownership of the work he or she has created, in contrast to normal music industry contracts.

In July 2006, Mann announced that she would be releasing One More Drifter in the Snow, a full-length Christmas album. The album featured primarily covers of Christmas standards, as well as a new version of "Christmastime" and an original song, called "Calling On Mary", written by Mann and bassist Paul Bryan, who produced the record. It was released on October 31 in the US, and late November 2006 in the UK. [1]

In July 2007, the music video for a song entitled '31 Today' (which featured comedienne Morgan Murphy alongside Mann) was posted on the internet.[2] The song will presumably be featured on Mann's sixth studio album, tentatively titled Smilers, which has been slated for an early 2008 release.

July 31, 2007 saw the release of the soundtrack for the motion picture Arctic Tale featuring two new Mann songs, "The Great Beyond" and "At the Edge of the World."

Discography

With The Young Snakes

With 'Til Tuesday

Solo

Virtual albums

  • iTunes Originals - Aimee Mann

Guest appearances and covers

  • 1987 - "The Faraway Nearby" by Cyndi Lauper (backing vocals) on the album, True Colors.
  • 1987 - "Time Stand Still" by Rush (backing vocals) on their album, Hold Your Fire
  • 1995 - "One", a Harry Nilsson cover for the "For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson" tribute album. Later appears on the "Magnolia" soundtrack.
  • 1996 - "Christmastime" with Michael Penn, played over the credits for the film, Hard Eight
  • 1996 - "Christmastime" with Michael Penn, appears on the holiday compilation album "Just Say Noel."
  • 1996 - "Baby Blue", a Badfinger cover, appears on the tribute compilation, Come and Get It: A Tribute to Badfinger
  • 1997 - "Nobody Does It Better", a cover of the Carly Simon theme for The Spy Who Loved Me on the compilation, Shaken & Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project
  • 1999 - "The Christmas Song," a cover of the Mel Torme/Robert Wells song popularized by Nat "King" Cole, appears on the holiday compilation "Viva Noel: Q Division Christmas."
  • 2000 - "Reason to Believe" with Michael Penn, a Bruce Springsteen cover on the tribute album, Badlands: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
  • 2001 - "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" duet with her husband, Michael Penn during A Tribute To Brian Wilson
  • 2002 - "Two of Us", a Beatles cover with Michael Penn for the I Am Sam soundtrack
  • 2002 - "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", a Beatles cover for the I Am Sam soundtrack, European Edition
  • 2004 - "What the World Needs Now", a Burt Bacharach cover. First appeared in a Calvin Klein commercial, and was later available on a Starbucks compilation titled Sweetheart Love Songs.
  • 2004 - "The Scientist", a Coldplay cover, appears on the second disc for the Lost in Space Special Edition
  • 2004 - "Static on the Radio" with Jim White on his album Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See
  • 2004 - "That's Me Trying" by William Shatner (backing vocals) on his album, Has Been
  • 2005 - "Where's the Party?" by Jim Boggia (backing vocals) on his album, Safe in Sound

Promos

(directors in parenthesis)

  • Stupid Thing (1993)
  • I Should've Known (Katherine Dieckmann) (1993)
  • Say Anything (1993)
  • That's Just What You Are (1995)
  • Amateur (Bobby Woods) (1995)
  • Save Me (Paul Thomas Anderson) (1999)
  • Ghost World (Michael Panes) (2000)
  • Calling It Quits (Robert Cohen) (2000)
  • Red Vines (Evan Mather) (spec video) (2001)
  • Pavlov's Bell (James Frost) (2002)
  • How Am I Different (Naoki Mitsuse) (2002) (in fact a short film called "Joe's Story 01")
  • Pavlov's Bell (Evan Mather) (spec video) (2003)
  • Video (James Frost) (spec video) (2005)

Acting

Trivia

  • Mann is a fan of the comic book writer Seth who drew the cover for her album Lost in Space.
  • She has a tattoo of a large anchor on her right upper arm as a tribute to her father, who served in the United States Navy.

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