Album · Aimee Mann
Mental Illness by Aimee Mann
Mental Illness is an album by Aimee Mann, released in 2017. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 6 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Goose Snow Cone”, on 4 lists with a best position of #24.
Mental Illness, Aimee Mann's ninth studio album, came out on March 31, 2017 on SuperEgo Records, the label of her own that has kept her clear of the majors since Bachelor No. 2. Following Charmer, it strips everything back: Mann herself pegged it as her "saddest, slowest and most acoustic" record, and the description holds. The tempos crawl, the playing is hushed, and the room around her voice feels very quiet.
That suits a writer long known for sardonic, literate songs about dark subjects and the underdogs who live in them. The wit is still sharp here, but it arrives in a murmur, and "Goose Snow Cone" and "Patient Zero" drift by like confessions rather than singles. It won the Grammy for Best Folk Album in 2018, a prize that tells you how far she had traveled from her new wave days in 'Til Tuesday.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Mental Illness on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goose Snow Cone | 4 | #24 | – | 2017–2022 | |
| 2 | Patient Zero | 2 | #71 | – | 2017–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.