Album · Aimee Mann
Bachelor Nº 2 (or, The Last Remains of the Dodo) by Aimee Mann
Bachelor Nº 2 (or, The Last Remains of the Dodo) is an album by Aimee Mann, released in 1999. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 19 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Save Me”, on 13 lists with a best position of #69.
Bachelor No. 2 (or, The Last Remains of the Dodo), Aimee Mann's third studio album, very nearly didn't come out at all. Geffen heard it, decided there were no hit singles on it, and refused to release it, so the 'Til Tuesday co-founder set up her own label, SuperEgo Records, and put it out herself. It sold 270,000 copies, a huge number for an independent release, and established her as a career artist who didn't need a major label.
Jon Brion produced, with Mann taking a firmer hand on the controls than before, and the songs are all wry, bruised melodies wrapped in gorgeous pop arrangements. Plenty of them grew out of her frustration with the label. Several had already turned up on her soundtrack for the 1999 film Magnolia, including "Save Me", which earned an Academy Award nomination, and she co-wrote "The Fall of the World's Own Optimist" with Elvis Costello. Metacritic later counted it among the decade's best-reviewed records.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Bachelor Nº 2 (or, The Last Remains of the Dodo) on radio countdowns
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.