AIMEE MANN
Bachelor No.2 or The Last Remains of the Dodo
[SuperEgo-2000]
Co-produced by the great Jon Brion, it was made with no record company backing (Interscope didn't hear a single and let her buy back the album's masters) and was initially sold on her website and at shows, garnering enough attention to be released worldwide and achieve respectable sales figures. (That it shares 4 songs with the Magnolia soundtrack, released 5 months prior, didn't hurt.)
Highly acclaimed and featured in many year-ending and decade best-of lists, it was re-released in a 20th anniversary, double vinyl edition in 2020.
On a personal note, 'Til Tuesday aside, I've never been much partial to this lady's work before or since this album. But this one is, undoubtedly, one of my fave albums of the 21st century, so far.
Released May 2, 2000.
