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The Great Pretenders

The Great Pretenders
Mini Mansions- The Great Pretenders Cover.jpg
Studio album by Mini Mansions
Released March 23, 2015
Recorded 2013-14
Genre Indie pop, indie rock, new wave, synthpop, psychedelic pop
Length 45:58
Label Electromagnetic Recordings via:
Capitol Records (US)
Fiction Records (UK)
Producer Mini Mansions
Mini Mansions chronology
Mini Mansions
(2010)Mini Mansions2010
The Great Pretenders
Singles from '
  1. "Death Is a Girl"
    Released: 21 October 2014
  2. "Any Emotions"
    Released: 13 January 2015
  3. "Freakout!"
    Released: 3 February 2015
  4. "Vertigo"
    Released: 10 March 2015
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 84/100
Review scores
Source Rating
DIY (4/5)
Drowned in Sound 8/10
Mojo 4/5 stars
musicOMH 3.5/5 stars
NME (9/10)
Uncut 4/5 stars

The Great Pretenders is the second album by Los Angeles band Mini Mansions. It was released on March 23, 2015. The album cover alludes to the cover of the Voyager Golden Record.

The Great Pretenders received great acclaim from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 84, based on 7 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".

All tracks written by Mini Mansions, except where noted.

Personnel adapted from The Greater Pretenders liner notes.


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