Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot are big fans of Aimee Mann’s songwriting, so they’ve asked her to choose five albums that shaped her artistic outlook. She shares those albums and what they meant to her at different points in her life on this episode.
On the occasion of her tenth solo album, “Queens of the Summer Hotel,” Aimee Mann walks Jim and Greg through five albums that made a big impact on her at different stages of her life. From Neil Young to Elliott Smith, Mann makes connections between her work and the albums she was listening to over the years.
Aimee’s Albums
Neil Young, Harvest
Steely Dan, Can’t Buy A Thrill
Elvis Costello, Imperial Bedroom
The Loud Family, Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things
Elliott Smith, XO
Featured Songs:
Aimee Mann, "Save Me," Magnolia (Music From the Motion Picture), Warner Music, 1999
Neil Young, "Heart of Gold," Harvest, Reprise, 1972
Neil Young, "A Man Needs A Maid," Harvest, Reprise, 1972
Neil Young, "Are You Ready For The Country," Harvest, Reprise, 1972
Neil Young, "The Needle and the Damage Done," Harvest, Reprise, 1972
Aimee Mann, "Burn It Out," Queens of the Summer Hotel, SuperEgo, 2021
Neil Young, "Old Man," Harvest, Reprise, 1972
Neil Young, "Alabama," Harvest, Reprise, 1972
Steely Dan, "Do It Again," Can't Buy A Thrill, ABC, 1972
Steely Dan, "Only a Fool Would Say That," Can't Buy A Thrill, ABC, 1972
Steely Dan, "Reelin' In the Years," Can't Buy A Thrill, ABC, 1972
Steely Dan, "Dirty Work," Can't Buy A Thrill, ABC, 1972
Steely Dan, "The Boston Rag," Countdown to Ecstasy, ABC, 1973
Elvis Costello And The Attractions, "Beyond Belief," Imperial Bedroom, Columbia, 1982
Elvis Costello And The Attractions, "Almost Blue," Imperial Bedroom, Columbia, 1982
Elvis Costello And The Attractions, "...And In Every Home," Imperial Bedroom, Columbia, 1982
Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet, "I Thought I'd Write to Juliet," The Juliet Letters, Warner Bros, 1993
The Young Snakes, "Not Enough," Bark Along With The Young Snakes, Ambiguous, 1982
Aimee Mann, "At The Frick Museum," Queens of the Summer Hotel, SuperEgo, 2021
The Loud Family, "Sword Swallower," Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things, Alias, 1993
The Loud Family, "Inverness," Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things, Alias, 1993
Aimee Mann, "Fifty Years After the Fair," Whatever, Imago, 1993
Game Theory, "Regenisraen," The Big Shot Chronicles, Enigma, 1986
The Loud Family, "Slit My Wrists," Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things, Alias, 1993
The Loud Family, "Jimmy Still Comes Around," Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things, Alias, 1993
Aimee Mann, "Suicide Is Murder," Queens of the Summer Hotel, SuperEgo, 2021
Devo, "Whip It," Freedom of Choice, Warner, 1980
Devo, "Uncontrollable Urge," Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!, Warner, 1978
Wilco, "Ashes of American Flags," Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Nonesuch, 2001
Motorcade, "Static," See You In the Nothing, IDOL, 2022
Galaxie 500, "Tugboat," Today, Aurora, 1988
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