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Bachelor No. 2 or, the Last Remains of the Dodo

Bachelor No. 2
Aimee Mann - Bachelor No. 2.jpg
Studio album by Aimee Mann
Released May 2, 2000 (2000-05-02)
Recorded 1999
Genre Pop rock
Length 49:21
Label SuperEgo, V2
Producer
Aimee Mann chronology
Magnolia
(1999)Magnolia1999
Bachelor No. 2
(2000)
Ultimate Collection
(2000)Ultimate Collection2000
Singles from Bachelor No. 2
  1. "Red Vines"
    Released: March 12, 2001
  2. "Calling It Quits"
    Released: September 17, 2001
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 89/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars
The Baltimore Sun 3/4 stars
Entertainment Weekly A−
Houston Chronicle A
Los Angeles Times 3.5/4 stars
Q 4/5 stars
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 4/5 stars
The Times 4/5 stars
USA Today 3.5/4 stars

Bachelor No. 2 or, the Last Remains of the Dodo (also shortened to Bachelor No. 2) is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, released on May 2, 2000. The album is notable for the fact that Mann was initially without a record company and sold the album through her website, but the album went on to gain a worldwide release and achieve respectable sales. This was aided by the success of the Magnolia soundtrack, for the film of the same name by Paul Thomas Anderson, with which the album shares material.

The first release was a limited-run 7-song preview EP which was sold at concerts and via her website.

The full album was slated for a release through Interscope, but they did not think the material had commercial appeal. Mann purchased back the rights for "six figures", and began selling the album online. It was one of the first albums to be successful with only online sales, eventually selling 25,000 copies from Mann's website. After attracting attention, a distribution deal to traditional retail channels led to sales topping 200,000. As of 2008, sales in the United States have exceeded 230,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The Japanese version of the album contains bonus material, the European version has a different track listing and slightly different material. The album was remastered and released in 2004 by the audiophile record label Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL) as a hybrid stereo SACD and as an LP on 180-gram virgin vinyl.

Review aggregator website Metacritic states that the album received "universal acclaim" upon its release, giving it a score of 89 out of 100 based on 13 reviews. The same website placed the album at number 28 on their list of the best received album of the decade 2000–2009, and number 9 on their list of the best Indie/Alternative albums of the decade.Bachelor No. 2 or, the Last Remains of the Dodo placed on Slant Magazine's list of best albums of the 2000s at number 100.


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