Mental illness - Sacks & Co.

CRITICAL PRAISE FOR

Aimee Mann’s

Mental illness

“MENTAL ILLNESS CAN BE PUNISHINGLY SAD, BUT ALSO BREATH-TAKINGLY PRETTY.”

“WHILE THE ARRANGEMENTS, MOST FOR ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND STRINGS, FAVOR THE GENTEEL, HER POESY IS BRUTAL AS EVER, AN EXQUISITELY HARMONIZED CATALOGUE OF HUMAN FAILINGS WHOSE MELODIC SWEETNESS HERE ONLY MAGNIFIES THE PATHOS.”

“FOLK-ROCK MASTER”

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“EVERY DOOMED SYLLABLE IS SACRED AND EVERY TRAGIC RHYME FITS, AS THOUGH EACH SONG WERE A PUZZLE TO WHICH ONLY MANN KNOWS THE SOLUTION.”

“MENTAL ILLNESS IS AIMEE MANN’S QUINTESSENTIAL STATEMENT, TEMPERING THE DISCORD OF LIFE WITH ELEGANT CHAMBER FOLK. MANN FILLS HER SONGS WITH ORDINARY PEOPLE STRUGGLING AGAINST OPERATIC LEVELS OF PAIN.”

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CRITICAL PRAISE FOR

Aimee Mann’s

Mental Illness

“MENTAL ILLNESS IS PROUDLY, UNAPOLOGETICALLY SAD AND WISTFUL FROM START TO FINISH.”

“AIMEE MANN IS A RARE AMERICAN PIONEER.”

“...A SERENE ALBUM OF DELICATE, MOURNFUL SONGS.”

“AIMEE MANN HAS EARNED A STELLAR REPUTATION AS A PURVEYOR OF INTROSPECTIVE, SOFTLY-STRUMMED ACOUSTIC BALLADS THAT WILL MAKE YOU REFLECT AND POSSIBLY WEEP.”

“THE PATRON SAINT OF GLOOMY FOLK POP.”

“... EXQUISITE MINIMALISM...”

“THE MIX IS MELANCHOLY IN TONE, YET GORGEOUSLY SWEET AND SIMPLE.”

“AIMEE MANN ALLOYS SOFT ROCK’S METICULOUS SONGCRAFT WITH LYRICAL THEMES THAT CAN HOLD AN EDGE.”

“LORD KNOWS THE CHARACTERS IN MANN’S SONGS ARE OFTEN HOPELESSLY EARTHBOUND BY PLODDING TEMPOS AND THE SINGER’S TRADEMARK PAINFULLY HONEST, CLOSET-SUNG VOCALS. BUT LISTENERS FIND HOPE IN THEIR TALES OF UPLIFT AND REDEMPTION IN THE SINGER’S FANTASTIC CATALOG OF POP SONGS.”

“A SHOWCASE FOR HER CONSIDERABLE CRAFT AND HER KNIFE-EDGE WIT, MENTAL ILLNESS IS ONE OF MANN’S SHARPEST ALBUMS OF THE CENTURY.”

“MANY OF HER SLOW, BRUISING, CRAFTY, AND CATCHY SONGS MAY SHINE WITH SADNESS ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT AS EVER, THEY BRISTLE WITH SMART OBSERVATIONS AND INTRIGUING PERSPECTIVES.”

“AIMEE MANN’S QUIETLY INTENSE SONGS HAVE ALWAYS PAINTED EMPATHETIC PORTRAITS OF TORMENTED CHARACTERS—WHO LEAVE AN IMPRESSION ON HER, AS WELL AS LISTENERS.”

“THE SINGER-SONGWRITER PLAYS INTO HER MELANCHOLIC REPUTATION WITH GRACE AND CONVICTION.” “...SHOWCASES HER INCISIVE AND WRY MELANCHOLIA.”

“A CAREER PINNACLE, MENTAL ILLNESS SHOWCASES AIMEE MANN’S BEST WORK YET.”

...THIS IS AIMEE MANN AT HER ABSOLUTE BEST: MELODICALLY FLAWLESS, SUBDUED YET SULTRY, WISTFUL YET WORLDLY AND MAKING IT ALL SEEM EASY.”

“HER INTELLIGENT LYRICS AND MELANCHOLY VOCALS MAKE MENTAL ILLNESS A SUPERB ALBUM.”

“AIMEE MANN CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE MOST GRIPPING STORYTELLERS WRITING MUSIC TODAY.”

“THE SINGER-SONGWRITER WHO VERGES ON ICONIC IS ALSO A BONA-FIDE INDIE GODDESS.”


CRITICAL PRAISE FOR

Aimee Mann’s

Mental Illness

“...SONGS THAT ARE SUBDUED AND SPACIOUS, YET INTIMATE ENOUGH THAT YOU FIND YOURSELF HOLDING YOUR BREATH SO AS NOT TO MISS A NOTE.”

“ON WHAT IS, PERHAPS, HER FINEST RELEASE OF THE PAST 15 YEARS, MANN WANDERS IN AND OUT OF STORIES THAT REVOLVE AROUND THE HUB OF DYSFUNCTION THAT IS THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING HUMAN.”

“MENTAL ILLNESS SOUNDS VERY MUCH LIKE A MINIMALIST AIMEE MANN RECORD, PLAYING TO HER STRENGTHS WITH CAREFULLY SHAPED, DISCONSOLATE SONGS MARKED BY SHARP WIT AND ENTICING MELODY.”

“MOST ARTISTS CAN ONLY HOPE TO MAKE MUSIC THIS VITAL OVER 30 YEARS INTO A MUSICAL CAREER.”

“ASTUTE OBSERVER OF THE HUMAN CONDITION.”

“MENTAL ILLNESS IS A FULLBODIED ALBUM WITH GREAT LYRICAL AND INSTRUMENTAL COMPLEXITY AND UN-EXPECTED RICHNESS OF SOUND AND MOOD.”

“ULTIMATELY, MENTAL ILLNESS COULD BE CALLED MANN’S MASTERPIECE, AN EMOTIONAL TOUCHSTONE IN A CAREER THAT’S HAD NO SHORTAGE OF PURELY MESMERIZING MOMENTS.”

“...THE ALBUM REFLECTS HER MATURITY AND, LYRICALLY, DELIVERS MORE INTROSPECTION.”

“SUBTLE YET SMART, WITTY YET WISE, MANN THE LYRICIST REMAINS INDISPENSABLE IN DESCRIBING THE HUMAN CONDITION.”

“CREDIT HER DARKLY WRY SENSIBILITIES, HER CRISP WORDPLAY, AND THE FACT THAT FEW IN MODERN MUSIC HAVE AS INNATE A GRASP OF THE CHAMBER POP AESTHETIC AS MANN DOES.”
