Whatever (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Whatever
Type = Album
Artist = Aimee Mann


Released = May 11, 1993
Recorded = Q Division, Captiol Studios, Clubhouse, Blue Jay, Bearsville, Zeitgeist, Sunset Sound, Presence
Genre = Pop, Rock
Length = 52:14
Label = Geffen
Producer = Tony Berg
Jon Brion
Michael Hausman
Aimee Mann
Reviews =
*Entertainment Weekly (A) [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/mannaimee/bachelorno2?q=bachelor%20no.%202 link]
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8vtxlfhegcqq~T1 link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/209342/aimeemann?pageid=rs.ArtistDiscographyMainReleases&pageregion=mainRegion link]
Last album =
This album = "Whatever"
(1993) | Next album = "I'm with Stupid"
(1995) |

"Whatever" is the first solo album by the American singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, released in 1993.

"I've Had It" is one of the songs featured in Nick Hornby's book "31 Songs".

Track listing

"All songs by Aimee Mann, unless otherwise noted."
#"I Should've Known" - 4:53
#"Fifty Years After the Fair" - 3:46
#"4th of July" - 3:21
#"Could've Been Anyone" (Lyrics by Mann, Music by Mann, Jules Shear, Marty Wilson-Piper) - 4:23
#"Put Me on Top" - 3:28
#"Stupid Thing" (Mann, Jon Brion) - 4:27
#"Say Anything" (Mann, Jon Brion) - 4:57
#"Jacob Marley's Chain" - 3:01
#"Mr. Harris" - 4:05
#"I Could Hurt You Now" - 4:17
#"I Know There's a Word For It" (Mann, Jon Brion) - 3:16
#"I've Had It" - 4:42
#"Way Back When" - 4:05
# [http://www.aimeemann.co.uk/Whatever/hidden-track-untitled.html/ "Untitled - Hidden Bonus Track"]

Personnel

*Aimee Mann - vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, mellotron, pump organ
*Michael Hausman - drums, percussion
*Jon Brion - bass, electric guitar, turtle guitar, piano, chamberlin, optigan, hammond organ, toy piano, marimba, pipes, pump organ, vibraphone, glockenspiel, tambourine, mellotron, drums, vocals
*Buddy Judge - acoustic guitar, vocals, pipes
*Randy Brion - trombone
*Jim Keltner - drums
*Roger McGuinn - 12 string electric guitar, vocals (on Fifty Years After the Fair)

Charts

Album
Singles

Cultural references

The song "4th of July" directly references the American holiday of Independence Day.

"Jacob Marley's Chain" refers to the Dickens character Jacob Marley from "A Christmas Carol", who was doomed after death to wander the earth suffering for his lifetime sin of greed; the chains he was weighted down by are used as a metaphor throughout the song.