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Aimee Mann - The Forgotten Arm Audio CD

A fair review of the Aimee Mann "The Forgotten Arm" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Aimee Mann reviews here, or go back to the Aimee Mann tabs.

Aimee Mann Band: Aimee Mann
Title: The Forgotten Arm
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Release Date: 2005-05-03
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Dear John 2: King of the Jailhouse 3: Goodbye Caroline 4: Going Through the Motions 5: I Can't Get My Head Around It 6: She Really Wants You 7: Video 8: Little Bombs 9: That's How I Knew This Story Would Break My Heart 10: I Can't Help You Anymore 11: I Was Thinking I Could Clean Up for Christmas 12: Beautiful

Among Aimee Mann's Best
2" but you have to have patience. This is every bit as good as "Bachelor No. The story, music, vocals, and brilliance of the song sequence didn't start sinking in until about my seventh listen. It's deceptively complex, and absolutely beautiful. A start-to-finish pleasure from a true artist.


not one good song :(
You can keep your concept albums I'll take the random collection of songs anyday. I'm a huge Amiee Mann fan but was soooo disapointed by this one. This felt forced. .


The arm might be forgotten, but this album won't be.
The songs all contribute to one continuous theme - the story of the long dysfunctional relationship of a couple drifting further and further into the fringes of society. Mann created a concept album in the true sense of the term with "The Forgotten Arm". I found the work provocative - but as another reveiwer suggested, I think you have to be middle-aged (40 plus) to really get it. It's not that I don't love it, because I do, but being 32, it seemed some of the themes were a little out of my grasp. I still think Lost in Space is her best work to date - probably because the anger and loss it expresses is closer to the phase of life I am currently experiencing. I look forward to growing older and re-visiting this work. FYI - "Little Bombs" was the high-light of the album.


Someone stop Joe Henry before he "produces" again!
Boy, does it show! For the record, I own and enjoy most of Joe's CDs and all of Aimee's CDs (including Till Tuesday but not including the Magnolia soundtrack). I'm serious, get this guy out from behind the mixing console!!

Aimee says (on her web site) that Joe Henry only spent a few days recording this album, and that he went for minimalist arrangements. But the production here is just strange, with lots of instruments in mono panned hard right or left, and every track has the trailing sound of some instrument dragging on for too long before the fadeout - gaaa!!

Joe H. also ruined the latest CD from Susan Tedeschi - she doesn't even play guitar on it for cripe's sake! I mean think of it: a CD by a blues guitarist upon which said guitarist doesn't play? What were they thinking?

Another gripe: seems like singers who do more studio work than live performing are prone to end up mumbling their words quietly into the mic. I'm sad to say that Aimee is now solidly in this camp, which is a shame. I prefer dynamic singers, the energy they lend to the song is part of what I really enjoy.

Lastly, I like sad depressing songs, but "I was thinking I could clean up for Christmas" isn't the good kind of sad - it's a huge soul-sucking downer that I could have done without.

OK, I give this 3 stars because it is better than most stuff out there, but not up to Aimee's usual excellent level.


Aimee Mann is the Stuff!!
What can I say? Aimee Mann is brilliant and her music is, too! A big fan since Til Tuesday and she keeps getting better!.


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