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Cockamamie is the debut album from Boston-based musician Jen Trynin. First released in 1994, the album failed to do well on the charts when re-released by Warner Bros. Records in 1995, in spite of positive reviews. The track "Better Than Nothing" was released as a single from the album.
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Aimee Mann’s first new solo album in five years arrives with a title loaded with possible meanings and intent. For her, its provocative branding comes down to something akin to truth in advertising.
- Formation, Early Appearances, Rock ‘N’ Roll Rumble
- Epic Signing, “Voices Carry” Pronoun Change
- Voices Carry
- MTV Video Music Award
- Welcome Home, Lineup Change
- Everything’s Different Now
- Disbanding, Post-Split Activity
- Mann’s Comments on ‘Til Tuesday Years
The band was formed in early 1983 at a place one might expect, Berklee College of Music, by Virginia-born-and-raised Mann (lead vocals, bass), Joey Pesce of New Jersey (keyboards, piano, vocals), Michael Haussman of Indiana (drums, percussion) and guitarist-vocalist Holmes, who moved to Boston from England at age seven due to his father’s job with ...
In early 1985, ‘Til Tuesday signed with Epic and headed to RPM Studios in New York to record their 11-track debut album, Voices Carry, re-recording “Love in a Vacuum” to make it catchier than the original, laid-back rendition and wanting either that or “Looking Over My Shoulder” to be their first single. The LP’s executive producer, Epic A&R man an...
Released in April 1985, the debut made it to #19 in the Billboard 200, #29 in Canada and #81 in Australia, with “Voices Carry” shooting to #8 in the Billboard Hot 100; neither one charted in the UK and the band never appeared live there or in Europe. The follow-up single, “Looking Over My Shoulder,” stalled at #61 in the Hot 100 and the third, “Lov...
Regardless of the follow-up singles’ lukewarm chart performance, the video for “Voices Carry” was a smash, winning 1985’s MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist and making Mann’s voice and bleached, spikey, rat-tailed hairstyle among the era’s most defining. Filmed at the Strand Theatrein Dorchester, Davio’s Restaurant in Boston and on the city’...
In the fall of 1986, Epic issued the band’s sophomore effort, Welcome Home, a dramatic departure from its predecessor in that Mann is credited as the sole writer of most of the songs and its overall sound is organically grounded in folk tradition, light years removed from synthed-up, slicked-out pop. The album peaked at #49 in the Billboard 200 whi...
In 1988, the band cut its third and final album, Everything’s Different Now, partially recorded at Blue Jay Recording Studio in Carlisle, Massachusetts, and Q Division Studios in Boston. Though the LP was a comparative commercial dud – #124 in the Billboard 200 with the single “(Believed You Were) Lucky” barely eking into the Hot 100 at #94 – most ...
The band splintered apart soon after the supporting tour, but Mann performed under the ‘Til Tuesday name until 1993, using session musicians including Brion and Scoble while legal wrangling with Epic prevented her from recording solo work. Robert Holmes formed the blues/rock quartet Ultra Blue, Vermont-based cover band Love Bomb and now he teaches ...
Asked in a 2021 interview with The Guardianwhat she remembers most about the ‘Til Tuesday years, Mann said it was the unrelenting demands of some Epic execs that the band keep delivering humongous hits. “Their attitude towards artists is they have a stable of horses and they want to hitch a couple up to a wagon,” she said. “And if one of them dies ...
Aimee Elizabeth Mann (born September 8, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter. Over the course of four decades, she has released more than a dozen albums as a solo artist and with other musicians. She is noted for her sardonic and literate lyrics about dark subjects.
Cockamamie, an Album by Jennifer Trynin. Released in 1994 on Squint (catalog no. 45931-2; CD). Genres: Singer-Songwriter, Alternative Rock. Rated #1710 in the best albums of 1994.
