Bachelor No. 2 (Or the Last Remains of the Dodo)

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Aimee Mann
Bachelor No. 2 (Or the Last Remains of the Dodo)

[ Superego Records / CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 2 May 2000

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Further honing her wordplay to a razor-sharp edge

Always an incisive lyricist, the eloquent singer-songwriter, Aimee Mann, further hones her wordplay to a razor-sharp edge.

Her subjects are so adroitly sliced and diced that little blood is shed, though they're permanently cut down to size. "Calling It Quits" targets some cad who is "numbering himself among the masterminds 'cause he's hit upon the leverage of valentines."

Not that Mann spares herself from a steely assessment: "I know I had it coming / From a Caesar who was only slumming" she admits in "The Fall of the World's Own Optimist."

Though this 13-track collection borrows three songs from its immediate predecessor, Mann's soundtrack to Magnolia, its musical ingenuity and consistency (notable considering five different production teams are credited here) make the scattered redundancies irrelevant. Mann's artistic growth has been evident with each new release, and Bachelor marks her biggest leap forward to date.

Tracks:

How Am I Different
Nothing Is Good Enough
Red Vines
The Fall of the World's Own Optimist
Satellite
Deathly
Ghost World
Calling It Quits
Driving Sideways
Just like Anyone
Susan
It Takes All Kinds
You Do