The Great Pretenders is the second album by Los Angeles band Mini Mansions. It was released on March 23, 2015.[1] The album cover alludes to the cover of the Voyager Golden Record.
Reception
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 84/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| DIY | (4/5)[3] |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10[4] |
| Mojo |   [5] |
| musicOMH |  [6] |
| NME | (9/10)[7] |
| Uncut | [8] |
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".[9]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Mini Mansions, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Freakout!" | 4:28 | |
| 2. | "Death Is a Girl" | 4:36 | |
| 3. | "Creeps" | 3:31 | |
| 4. | "Fantasy" | 3:28 | |
| 5. | "Any Emotions" (featuring Brian Wilson) | 3:15 | |
| 6. | "Vertigo" (featuring Alex Turner) |
| 4:56 |
| 7. | "Honey, I'm Home" | 4:52 | |
| 8. | "Mirror Mountain" | 4:36 | |
| 9. | "Heart of Stone" | 3:12 | |
| 10. | "Double Visions" | 3:02 | |
| 11. | "The End, Again" | 5:01 | |
| Total length: | 45:58 | ||
Personnel
Personnel adapted from The Greater Pretenders liner notes.
Mini Mansions
Additional musicians
- Brian Wilson - vocals (track 5)
- Alex Turner - vocals (track 6)
Production
- Mini Mansions - production
- T Bone Burnett - executive producer
- Woody Jackson - co-production
- Michael Harris - production, engineering
- Sean O'Brien - engineering (tracks 1, 3, 6, and 9)
- Wesley Seidman - engineering (track 5)
- Gavin Lurssen - mastering
- John Congleton - mixing
- Cian Riordan - mixing (track 10)
Artwork
- Clay Russell Lerner - design
- Kendrick Brinson - back cover photography
- Neil Krug - insert photography
- NASA - cover photography
References
- ^ "Watch Colin Hanks Lose It in Mini Mansions' 'Any Emotions'". Rolling Stone. 13 January 2015.
- ^ "Critic Reviews for The Great Pretenders by Mini Mansions". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ Bunt, Chris (March 23, 2015). "Album Review: Mini Mansions - The Great Pretenders". DIY. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
- ^ Spenceley, Haydon. Mini Mansions - The Great Pretenders Archived 2015-10-24 at the Wayback Machine. Drowned In Sound. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ "The Great Pretenders by Mini Mansions". Metacritic.
- ^ Welsh, David. Mini Mansions - The Great Pretenders. musicOMH 23 March 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ "NME Album Reviews - Mini Mansions – 'The Great Pretenders'". Nme.Com. 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- ^ "The Great Pretenders by Mini Mansions". Metacritic.
- ^ "The Great Pretenders – Mini Mansions". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
