In 2013, Mann started performing with Ted Leo in a project that was eventually named Both the duo released an album, also called Both, in 2014.
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She remained in the spotlight through semi-regular concerts and a memorable cameo on the IFC comedy series Portlandia before finally returning in the fall of 2012 with Charmer, her first album in four years. Mann spent the next few years working on adapting The Forgotten Arm into a musical, a project that was ultimately abandoned. Mann released a collection of Christmas songs called One More Drifter in the Snow in 2006. It was followed in 2006 by the critically acclaimed Forgotten Arm, a concept album built around the return from Vietnam of a drug-addicted boxer. Ann's Warehouse, a CD/DVD package recorded during her summer tour. In the summer of 2002, Mann returned to the forefront with the self-released Lost in Space. 2 received national release in the spring.
Originally available only at live dates, the solo Bachelor No. Mann's career got a kick-start in early 2000, however, when she released her soundtrack for the critically acclaimed film Magnolia the song "Save Me" was later nominated for an Academy Award. Again, it was greeted with positive reviews yet weak sales. Mann's second album, I'm with Stupid, was released in England in the late fall of 1995 and in January of 1996 in America. After her dispute with Imago was settled, she signed with DGC Records.
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For most of 1995, Mann battled Imago in an attempt to free herself from the label, eventually winning her independence at the end of the year. Featuring stunning new artwork from Joo Ruas and pressed on 180 gram Black vinyl.
She signed a contract with Reprise Records after Imago went under, but Imago prevented her from releasing any records. Available for the first time in a single release - and also for the first time on vinyl - the soundtrack and score to Magnolia is spread across three LPs (Disc One: Songs by Aimee Mann, Discs Two and Three: Score by Jon Brion). Following the success of the single, Mann was set to release her second solo album in the spring of 1995, but her record label, Imago, filed for bankruptcy before its release. Nevertheless, Whatever rejuvenated her career - after its release, critics were praising her songwriting, as were peers like Elvis Costello, Difford & Tilbrook, and Andy Partridge.Įarly in 1995, Mann had a modest hit with "That's Just What You Are," a song included on the soundtrack to the television series Melrose Place. However, the album was just a small hit, spending only seven weeks on the American charts, where it peaked at 127. Her first solo album, Whatever, was a more introspective, folk-tinged effort than 'Til Tuesday's albums, and received uniformly positive reviews upon its release in the summer of 1993. After releasing three albums with the group, she broke up the band and embarked on a solo career. During the '80s, Aimee Mann led the post-new wave pop group 'Til Tuesday.