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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A perfect album, if such a thing exists, 26 Jan 2006
Although her entire body of work is spectacular, Lost in Space is probably Aimee Mann’s best album. On it she explores themes of loss and disillusionment with her usual humour and dark wit. The tunes and lyrics are strong, the arrangements interesting and she even got a couple of the songs onto the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series, appearing in one episode and getting a ‘funny’ line.Even the packaging is unique – line drawn cartoon strips somehow reminiscent of Daniel Clowes’ Ghost World graphic novel evoke the dark themes simply and wittily. As far as the songs go, every track is fantastic here – but This Is How It Goes, Moth, Invisible Ink and It’s Not really stand out. The last track in particular is a simple melody with vocal and guitar, but manages to convey galaxies of sadness, feelings of failure and personal criticism like nothing else. Aimee Mann is a tremendously underrated songwriter, and hopefully will continue to create and release solid gold quality albums such as this one. Anyone who buys this work will not be disappointed.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Album, 20 Jan 2007
I hadn't listened to Aimee Mann in a couple of years and decided to see what she had been up to since I'd stopped listening. Lost in Space carries on with the sound from her previous album, BachelorNo2. As soon as I played this CD on a slow afternoon with an essay to write and a cigarette in hand, I realised that it was comforting to hear her music again. Musically the album seems to be more rock/pop than BachelorNo2. Whereas in Bachelorno2 there were the occasional song that sounded folk and country, and even the odd song that harked back to her sugary pop sound of her earlier albums; Lost in Space does away with this and seems to explore her more acoustic rock sound a bit more instead.
Lyrically, Aimee seems to be exploring the themes of disillusionment and loneliness. In fact, overall the whole album seems to give off this feel of isolation and uncertainty, a talent that Aimee seems to have perfected with her music.
Opening up the CD, I was really fond of the design of the CD liner and booklet. A comic book artist, Seth, was brought in to draw the comic strip, and has a little story that helps give the music a resonance.
In comparison to BachelorNo2 (which I should confess, I was really fond of and had great memories of the CD), I would say that Lost in Space just misses out on it. Although musically, the album is a good step forward, I felt Bachelorno2 seemed a lot more melodic and a bit more dynamic in the types of songs. Having said that, Lost in Space gives the off a tone of sadness and uncertainty that we all seem to go through from time to time. The album epitomises this feeling, and does so with clarity and wit.
Overall a great album and definitely worth a look if you enjoyed BachelorNo2! Stand out tracks are Lost in Space, Pavlov's Bell.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
All brains, but is still goes right to your heart, 28 Jan 2005
The overly analytical, contemplative singer does it again. Aimee Mann is at her best disecting wasteful human relations, but sings it with a detachment that doesn't make you feel bad. It helps you detect wrong guys and insecure women, and helps you to steer away from them.
Her music is very well arranged, her voice gentle, her compositions original, with Lennon-McCartney connotations.
Aimee Mann is so good, and every record she improves.
Absolute highlights: The Moth and Guys like me.
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