Aimee Mann

Whatever

Very weak compared to "Lost In Space"

Review Score:

(4/10)
I only recently got into Ms. Mann's music, in the form of her latest CD "Lost In Space." I was so much impressed with that disc that I decided to go out and purchase an earlier album of hers - but was very disappointed with "Whatever." Compared to her later work, "Whatever" has weak vocals, cheap lyrics and needlessly complex key changes just for the sake of trying to be musically different or impressive. I've listened to this CD perhaps a dozen times since getting it (I sometimes tend to make hasty decisions about an album, and only revise my opinion after repeated listenings), and can honestly say that I just don't like this release.

I'm happy to say that her voice is much more powerful, mature and stable on "Lost In Space," which has become one of my favorite albums by a female vocalist. But on "Whatever," I think that perhaps only one song is worth listening to ("I've Had It"). I'm interested to find out exactly where along the line between 1993 and 2003 she started to really come into her own as a vocalist!

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