Mental Illness
by Aimee Mann
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Aimee Mann bestography
Mental Illness is ranked 5th best out of 14 albums by Aimee Mann on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Aimee Mann is Bachelor No. 2, Or The Last Remains Of The Dodo which is ranked number 3404 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 437.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| 03/08/2026 11:35 | TonySayers61 | 24,207 | 64/100 | |
| 02/11/2026 22:06 | Pluto11 | 12,138 | 72/100 | |
| 04/19/2025 14:43 |  EyeKanFly | 8,544 | 65/100 | |
| 11/21/2023 16:55 | Cyrax | 1,786 | 61/100 | |
| 11/17/2023 17:45 | zomg101 | 2,228 | 69/100 |
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Brad1770 05/19/2020 05:14 | #251703
Stripped down and darn good‘Mental Illness’ remains Aimee Mann’s most recent album some 3 years post as I write this in 2020
Origin of opening track “Goose Snowcone”: whilst touring in Ireland a friend sent Aimee a photo of her pet cat GOOSE who just so happened to be wearing one of those plastic cone devices around its neck . It reminded Aimee of home and a snow cone, she meant to change the Snow Cone lyric but couldn’t think of an alternative so it remained. The song is ultimately about missing home. Oh and if you check out the video to this track said cat not only appears but makes a starring role
I love this album so much!
I've come to expect great tunes from Aimee Mann but not normally so many on the same album. This is a very pretty and satisfying album. Great for fans of good old-fashioned songwriting.
Aimee Manns latest album, "Mental Illness" is her hitherto most subdued; almost unplugged acoustic. There is a marked change compared to its predecessor "Charmer" from 2012 and in particular in relation to the album released as "The Both" with Ted Leo, which could be labelled as power-pop ala Foo Fighters or The Cardigans.
As always Aimee Manns excels with great songs; melodic with insightful lyrics, which usually have high durability.
Two "singles" were pre-released; "Snow Goose Cone" and "Patient Zero". Logically these two belong among the most immediately catchy and will probably be favorites among many listeners. Besides these two I will also highlight the almost bare and piano accompanied "Poor Judge", which rounds the album off. Also outstanding is "Simple Fix", which is one of the few tracks featurings drums; would ne a nice choice for a third single.
Great to notice that the album has been very positively received, and that it has already been hailed as her best since the classic "Bachelor No. 2 "
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