The Great Pretenders

For other uses, see The Great Pretender (disambiguation).
The Great Pretenders
Studio album by
Mini Mansions
ReleasedMarch 23, 2015
Recorded2013–2014
Genre
Length45:58
LabelElectromagnetic Recordings via:
Capitol Records (US)
Fiction Records (UK)
ProducerMini Mansions
Mini Mansions chronology
Mini Mansions
(2010) 		The Great Pretenders
(2015) 		Guy Walks Into a Bar...
(2019)
Singles from The Great Pretenders
  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

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

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
DIY(4/5)[3]
Drowned in Sound8/10[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.TitleWriter(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

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

  1. ^ "Watch Colin Hanks Lose It in Mini Mansions' 'Any Emotions'". Rolling Stone. 13 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Critic Reviews for The Great Pretenders by Mini Mansions". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  3. ^ Bunt, Chris (March 23, 2015). "Album Review: Mini Mansions - The Great Pretenders". DIY. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "The Great Pretenders by Mini Mansions". Metacritic.
  6. ^ Welsh, David. Mini Mansions - The Great Pretenders. musicOMH 23 March 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  7. ^ "NME Album Reviews - Mini Mansions – 'The Great Pretenders'". Nme.Com. 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
  8. ^ "The Great Pretenders by Mini Mansions". Metacritic.
  9. ^ "The Great Pretenders – Mini Mansions". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 11, 2015.