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Bachelor No. 2

by Aimee Mann

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Overall Rating: 3.2983 Bachelor No. 2 is ranked overall as 3.2983 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.4627 Bachelor No. 2 has an avg. critic score of 3.4627 out of 4 stars

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Entertainment Weekly

More than two years after she began work on it, Aimee Mann's Bachelor No. 2 (or, the last remains of the dodo) is finally slinking into record stores. ...more

Entertainment Weekly

A genuinely winning collection of sublime, old-school pop. ...more

All Music Guide

It's no shock thatBachelor No. 2, or the last remains of the dodosounds identical to her songs forPaul Thomas Anderson'sMagnolia, since it was written and recorded at roughly the same time (the two records share four songs). YetBachelor No. ...more

All Music Guide

To call Bachelor No. 2 a masterpiece may be overstating the matter somewhat, since an album this intimate and unassuming (but not unconfident) doesn't call attention to itself the way self-styled masterpieces do. However, it isn't hyperbole to call it the finest record Mann has made to date. ...more

Rolling Stone

It's an album of tuneful, intimate pop-rock songs... ...more

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Ink Blot Magazine

Yet another emotion-evoking masterpiece....read the complete review at Ink Blot Magazine

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CDNow

What dignifies her from the pack is her ability to blend accessible and likeable arrangements with messages that are simultaneously straightforward and enigmatic, jovial and pained....read the complete review at CDNow

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The A.V. Club

Pity poor Aimee Mann: Her career has experienced more pitfalls than the similarly put-upon Mekons. Yet Mann is no punk provocateur, and her shimmering pop hooks should have elevated her beyond high-profile cult status by now. The former 'Til Tuesday...read the complete review at The A.V. Club

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