I’m With Stupid by Aimee Mann

I'm With Stupid, Aimee Mann's second solo album, arrived on Geffen in 1995, with Jon Brion back behind the desk after producing her debut, Whatever. The former 'Til Tuesday singer had long since shed the new wave gloss, and here the songs come armed: sardonic, literate and dark, full of underdogs and people who really ought to know better.

Brion dresses her cool, unhurried voice in pop arrangements that go down easy, which only makes the barbs land harder. "You're with Stupid Now" took its cue from her friend Tony Banks, the British politician, while "That's Just What You Are" and "Choice in the Matter" are the tracks that found their way onto the radio. Like Whatever, it won good notices and sold poorly, and her clash with Geffen would end with Mann putting out the next record on her own label.

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