Cockamamie
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| Cockamamie | ||||
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| File:Cockamamie.jpg | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1994 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, alternative rock | |||
| Label | Squint, Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Mike Denneen[1] | |||
| Jen Trynin chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Cockamamie | ||||
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Cockamamie is the debut album from Boston-based musician Jen Trynin. First released in 1994,[2][3] the album failed to do well on the charts when re-released by Warner Bros. Records in 1995, in spite of positive reviews. "Better Than Nothing" was released as a single.[4]
The story of how this album came to be and the process regarding its release on Warner Bros. is chronicled in Trynin's 2006 book Everything I'm Cracked Up to Be.
Critical reception
[edit | edit source]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | StarStarStarStarHalf star[2] |
| Robert Christgau | (neither)[5] |
| Los Angeles Times | StarStarStarHalf star[6] |
| Spin | 5/10[7] |
Billboard called the album "one of the year's best debuts."[1]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]All songs written by Jen Trynin.
- "Happier"
- "Better Than Nothing"
- "Everything Is Different Now"
- "One Year Down"
- "Snow"
- "All This Could Be Yours"
- "Too Bad You're Such A Loser"
- "Knock Me Down"
- "If I Had Anything To Say (Don't You Think I Would Have Said It All?)"
- "Beg"
- "Do It Alone"
- there is an untitled hidden track that begins at 4:07
Personnel
[edit | edit source]- Paul Bryan - bass
- Jerry Deupree - drums
- David Gregory - drums
- Mike Levesque - drums
- Aimee Mann - vocals
- Michael Rivard - bass
- Clayton Scoble - backing vocals
- Milt Sutton - drums, percussion
- Jennifer Trynin - guitar, vocals
References
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External links
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Look up cockamamie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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