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 Tall, elegant and with striking blond hair, Aimee Mann makes an unlikely harbinger of music-industry doom. She ought to be an A&R man's dream; as indeed she was, from fronting Eighties pop group 'Til Tuesday though to early solo records Whatever and I'm With Stupid. Trouble emerged with recordings for her third album. Record company execs asked Mann to return to the studio to provide them with a hit. Instead, she walked out and found sanctuary with film-maker Paul Thomas Anderson, who used her songs to inspire his hit movie Magnolia.Since then, Aimee Mann has had no cause to look back, having set up her own label, SuperEgo, which now has its own distribution deal in the UK as well as in the States. While Mann has enjoyed creative freedom, she has struggled to match the success of the soundtrack that earned her Oscar and Grammy nominations for the track "Save Me". Now she has returned with her best album since indie label debut Bachelor No 2. Her latest album fizzes with variety and invention, both in her writing and musical backing. It also comes with an eye-catching title – @#%&*! Smilers. |
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