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75
As with nearly all of her albums, there’s a bit of reserve to Charmer that makes the record easier to appreciate than to embrace enthusiastically.
13y
70
For all of the down and doubtful lyrics on Charmer, Mann has never sounded like more of a natural.
13y
60
Charmer is charming, even if it is sometimes difficult to explain why.
13y
50
It’s full of tracks that don’t blow away you away yet so it won’t be the long overdue breakthrough album, but everything I think about this album is everything I think about indie-schmindie pop songs.
13y
The circle on the front of the vinyl packaging spins, it's pretty fun. Anyway this isn't Aimee's strongest in her post-2000 era. But I still like it, and it gave me Barfly which I think is gorgeous.
The first time I heard Aimee Mann (on the hour every two hours while working at Blockbuster in the year 2000) it took me over two months to warm up to her. I wasn't accustomed to her style at the time and she had to win me over with her lyrics.
With that time delay it's not entirely surprising that her newer albums are the ones I haven't warmed up to as much.
Sure 2012 isn't recent, but so much of the rest of her library has decades on that.
Aimee Mann is my 3rd most listened-to artist. ... read more
This record left absolutely no impression on me. This has to be Aimee Mann's weakest record yet : it fails to deliver both sonically and lyrically, and it lacks the emotional punch of her previous records. Fav tracks : Charmer, Disappeared, Labrador, Living A Lie, Gumby
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Track List
| 1 | Charmer 3:25 | 80 |
| 2 | Disappeared 3:24 | 82 |
| 3 | Labrador 3:49 | 88 |
| 4 | Crazytown 3:21 | 80 |
| 5 | Soon Enough 3:59 | 82 |
| 6 | Living A Lie 3:26 feat. James Mercer | 81 |
| 7 | Slip and Roll 4:12 | 83 |
| 8 | Gumby 2:53 | 83 |
| 9 | Gamma Ray 3:00 | 83 |
| 10 | Barfly 4:00 | 92 |
| 11 | Red Flag Diver 2:31 | 81 |
| 12 | Brother's Keeper 4:01 | 85 |
Total Length: 42 minutes
