Aimee Mann – Bachelor No.2 Or The Last Remains of the Dodo (2000) [MFSL 2004] {SACD ISO + FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz}

Aimee Mann – Bachelor No.2 Or The Last Remains of the Dodo (2000) [MFSL 2004]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 49:14 minutes | Scans included | 1,98 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 967 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDSACD 2025 | Genre: Rock

It’s no shock that Aimee Mann’s Bachelor No. 2, or the last remains of the dodo sounds identical to her songs for Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia, since it was written and recorded at roughly the same time (the two records share four songs). Yet Bachelor No. 2 is hardly a retread, having its own identity and flow; it’s more intimate, a little more fragile, a little more craftmanslike — more like an Aimee Mann record, really. That, of course, is not a bad thing, especially since Mann has never sounded as assured as she does here, nor has she ever had a better set of songs. Surprisingly, this cohesive album was produced by a handful of different producers and Mann collaborated with three songwriters (Jon Brion being the most noteworthy of both categories). It sounds like the work of one writer and one production team, which is testament to the fact that Mann has finally found the ideal sound to match her literate, mildly self-deprecating, clever, melancholy, melodic style. Bachelor No. 2 is crisp, clear, and direct, but deceptive. It’s hardly a guitar-and-voice record, there are layers of details in the arrangements, particularly in how the various guitars and keyboards weave seamlessly together. There has never been a better sound for her songs, and she’s never been more consistently compelling as a writer either. To call Bachelor No. 2 a masterpiece may be overstating the matter somewhat, since an album this unassuming (but not unconfident) is too intimate to be labeled as such, yet it isn’t hyperbole to call it the finest record Mann has made to date.

Tracklist:
01. How Am I Different
02. Nothing Is Good Enough
03. Red Vines
04. The Fall of the World’s Own Optimist
05. Satellite
06. Deathly
07. Ghost World
08. Calling It Quits
09. Driving Sideways
10. Just Like Anyone
11. Susan
12. It Takes All Kinds
13. You Do

Mastered by Shawn R. Britton at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Sebastopol, CA.

SACD ISO

mqs.link_AimeeMannBachelrN.22000MFSL2004SACDIS.part1.rar
mqs.link_AimeeMannBachelrN.22000MFSL2004SACDIS.part2.rar
mqs.link_AimeeMannBachelrN.22000MFSL2004SACDIS.part3.rar

FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz

mqs.link_AimeeMannBachelrN.22000MFSL2004FLAC2488.2.part1.rar
mqs.link_AimeeMannBachelrN.22000MFSL2004FLAC2488.2.part2.rar