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Aimee Mann, The Forgotten Arm

Audio CD

Disk ID: 1208915

Disk length: 50m 48s (13 Tracks)

Original Release Date: 2005

Label: Unknown

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Tracks & Durations

1. Dear John 3:10
2. King of the Jailhouse 5:22
3. Goodbye Caroline 3:57
4. Going Through the Motions 3:00
5. I Can't Get My Head Around It 3:40
6. She Relly Wants You 3:29
7. Video 3:38
8. Little Bombs 3:52
9. That's How I Knew This Story Would Break My Heart 4:22
10. I Can't Help You Anymore 4:55
11. I Was Thinking I Could Clean Up For Christmas 4:27
12. Beautiful 3:51
13. Going Through the Motions (Acoustic Version) 2:57

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Review

Marked by a distinctly more middle-aged melancholy than her previous releases, Aimee Mann's The Forgotten Arm is a successfully conceived story album, following a couple through the life of their relationship. There is much for old and new fans here, as Mann lifts vignettes from the love-and-hate affair of a boxer and his girlfriend like sepia-toned snapshots from a county fair. In fact, it is in just one of those sticky, hot fairground parking lots where the romance blossoms and progresses "in the back of a Cadillac, that's her asleep in the mirror in back." The syncopated, bluesy melodies and strong ensemble of musicians make for a polished effort, and Mann's gimlet eye doesn't miss much--from the seductive pain of addiction, bout-induced memory loss, and finally to the inevitable discussion about having (or not) a baby. If indigo is the mood for most of Mann's work, then The Forgotten Arm may be closer to lavender, given the seasoned humor and perspective evident in standout tracks such as "That's How I Knew This Story Would Break My Heart" and "She Really Wants You." This one's a keeper. --Megan Halverson

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The Forgotten Arm is the new studio album from the Grammy and Oscar nominated singer/songwriter Aimee Mann. Aimee's songs have a literary quality to them — sharp, spare short stories set to music — so it was probably inevitable that she would one day make a concept album, the musical equivalent of a novella. The Forgotten Arm , her fifth solo release, is exactly that: a dozen songs that tell, rather loosely, the story of John and Caroline as they meet, fall in love and road trip across America.

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The Forgotten Arm

Tracks: 13, Disk length: 48m 42s (-3m 54s)

The Forgotten Arm

Tracks: 12 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 47m 58s (-3m 10s)

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