Aimee Mann’s Five Essential Albums, Opinions on Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot are big fans of Aimee Mann’s songwriting so they’ve asked her to choose five albums that shaped her artistic outlook. She shares those albums and what they meant to her at different points in her life on this episode.
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Raise The Roof Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Jim and Greg review the second collaborative album from Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant and bluegrass legend Alison Krauss, Raise The Roof. It comes 14 years after their other collaboration, Raising Sand, a massive critical and commercial success.
Aimee Mann’s Five Albums That Made Her
On the occasion of her tenth solo album, Queens of the Summer Hotel, Aimee Mann walks Jim and Greg through five albums that made a big impact on her at different stages of her life. From Neil Young to Elliott Smith, Mann makes connections between her work and the albums she was listening to over the years.
Featured Songs:
- Aimee Mann, "Save Me," Magnolia (Music From the Motion Picture), Warner Music, 1999
- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, "Quattro (World Drifts In)," Raise the Roof, Warner Music, 2021
- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, "Searching For My Love," Raise the Roof, Warner Music, 2021
- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, "High And Lonesome," Raise the Roof, Warner Music, 2021
- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, "You Led Me To The Wrong," Raise the Roof, Warner Music, 2021
- Neil Young, "Heart of Gold," Harvest, Reprise, 1972
- Neil Young, "A Man Needs A Maid," Harvest, Reprise, 1972
- Neil Young, "Are You Ready For The Country," Harvest, Reprise, 1972
- Neil Young, "The Needle and the Damage Done," Harvest, Reprise, 1972
- Aimee Mann, "Burn It Out," Queens of the Summer Hotel, SuperEgo, 2021
- Neil Young, "Old Man," Harvest, Reprise, 1972
- Neil Young, "Alabama," Harvest, Reprise, 1972
- Steely Dan, "Do It Again," Can't Buy A Thrill, ABC, 1972
- Steely Dan, "Only a Fool Would Say That," Can't Buy A Thrill, ABC, 1972
- Steely Dan, "Reelin' In the Years," Can't Buy A Thrill, ABC, 1972
- Steely Dan, "Dirty Work," Can't Buy A Thrill, ABC, 1972
- Steely Dan, "The Boston Rag," Countdown to Ecstasy, ABC, 1973
- Elvis Costello And The Attractions, "Beyond Belief," Imperial Bedroom, Columbia, 1982
- Elvis Costello And The Attractions, "Almost Blue," Imperial Bedroom, Columbia, 1982
- Elvis Costello And The Attractions, "...And In Every Home," Imperial Bedroom, Columbia, 1982
- Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet, "I Thought I'd Write to Juliet," The Juliet Letters, Warner Bros, 1993
- The Young Snakes, "Not Enough," Bark Along With The Young Snakes, Ambiguous, 1982
- Aimee Mann, "At The Frick Museum," Queens of the Summer Hotel, SuperEgo, 2021
- The Loud Family, "Sword Swallower," Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things, Alias, 1993
- The Loud Family, "Inverness," Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things, Alias, 1993
- Aimee Mann, "Fifty Years After the Fair," Whatever, Imago, 1993
- Game Theory, "Regenisraen," The Big Shot Chronicles, Enigma, 1986
- The Loud Family, "Slit My Wrists," Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things, Alias, 1993
- Elliott Smith, "Waltz, No. 2 (XO)," XO, Dreamworks, 1998
- Elliott Smith, "Sweet Adeline," XO, Dreamworks, 1998
- Aimee Mann, "Suicide Is Murder," Queens of the Summer Hotel, SuperEgo, 2021
- Karen Dalton, "Something On Your Mind," In My Own Time, Paramount, 1971
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