Aimee Mann overcomes label woes, does soundtrack
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Aimee Mann contributes eight new songs to the
Reprise soundtrack for the upcoming New Line film "Magnolia," which
opens nationally on Jan. 7. But she has also readied "Bachelor No.
2," her first proper solo album in over three years, for a late
December release on her own SuperEgo label. One of the most
critically acclaimed female artists of recent years and the former
vocalist for '80s pop group 'Til Tuesday, Mann was approached by
"Magnolia" director Paul Thomas Anderson to contribute to the film's
soundtrack. "Magnolia" stars Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore and John C.
Reilly. "He heard the record I was working on and was really excited
about some of the songs and started working on a screenplay. Then I
would read some of the screenplay and play some music and fit it in
thematically," Mann says. "There were a couple songs that were
written that way, back and forth." The songs "Save Me" and "You Do"
were written expressly for the movie.
The "Magnolia" soundtrack and the release of "Bachelor No. 2" mark a
welcome return to visibility for Mann, who has endured label trouble
for most of her solo career. Her solo debut, "Whatever," was released
in 1993 on Imago Records, which lost its distribution deal with BMG
the next year. Her follow-up album, "I'm With Stupid," came out three
years later on DGC/Geffen. When DGC/Geffen was absorbed by Interscope
earlier this year during the PolyGram/Universal merger, Mann, who was
well into recording her third solo album project, was dropped. But
out of deep disappointment came hope, as the unsigned Mann, now
living in Los Angeles, was the subject of a New York Times Magazine
feature in July that detailed her clash with Interscope over the
progress of "Bachelor No. 2." Mann acquired the rights to the
unreleased Geffen album and, deciding to go the do-it-yourself route,
is releasing it on SuperEgo Records next month.
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