Whatever (album)

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Whatever
Whatever cover
Studio album by Aimee Mann
Released May 11, 1993
Recorded Q Division, Captiol Studios, Clubhouse, Blue Jay, Bearsville, Zeitgeist, Sunset Sound, Presence
Genre Pop, Rock
Length 52:14
Label Geffen
Producer Tony Berg
Jon Brion
Michael Hausman
Aimee Mann
Professional reviews
Aimee Mann chronology
Whatever
(1993)
I'm with Stupid
(1995)

Whatever is the first studio album by the American singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, released in 1993.

"I've Had It" is one of the songs featured in Nick Hornby's book 31 Songs.

Contents

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[edit] Track listing

All songs by Aimee Mann, unless otherwise noted.

  1. "I Should've Known" - 4:53
  2. "Fifty Years After the Fair" - 3:46
  3. "4th of July" - 3:21
  4. "Could've Been Anyone" (Lyrics by Mann, Music by Mann, Jules Shear, Marty Wilson-Piper) - 4:23
  5. "Put Me on Top" - 3:28
  6. "Stupid Thing" (Mann, Jon Brion) - 4:27
  7. "Say Anything" (Mann, Jon Brion) - 4:57
  8. "Jacob Marley's Chain" - 3:01
  9. "Mr. Harris" - 4:05
  10. "I Could Hurt You Now" - 4:17
  11. "I Know There's a Word" (Mann, Jon Brion) - 3:16
  12. "I've Had It" - 4:42
  13. "Way Back When" - 4:05

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1993 Heatseekers 3
1993 The Billboard 200 127


Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1993 "I Should've Known" Modern Rock Tracks 16

[edit] Cultural references

The song "4th of July" directly references the American holiday of Independence Day - including references to fireworks, an activity commonly associated with it in the U.S. - and is technically named after it, an alternate name for the holiday being the Fourth of July, derived from the date it takes place on (similar to how the Mexican holiday is referred to as Cinco de Mayo).

"Jacob Marley's Chain" refers to the Dickens character Jacob Marley from A Christmas Carol, who was doomed after death to wander the earth suffering for his lifetime sin of greed; the chains he was weighted down by are used as a metaphor throughout the song.

"I Know There's A Word" refers at one point to "making him say uncle"; a direct reference to the practice of "crying uncle", literally that of crying out the word "uncle" as a safeword during rough childhood play.