The Great Pretenders

The Great Pretenders
Studio album by Mini Mansions
Released March 23, 2015
Recorded 2013-14
Genre Indie pop, indie rock, new wave, synthpop, psychedelic pop
Length 45:58
Label Electromagnetic Recordings via:
Capitol Records (US)
Fiction Records (UK)
Producer Mini Mansions
Mini Mansions chronology
Mini Mansions
(2010)Mini Mansions2010		 The Great Pretenders
Singles from '
  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 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

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/mini-mansions-any-emotions-colin-hanks-brian-wilson-20150113
  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 (magazine). Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  4. ↑ Spenceley, Haydon. Mini Mansions - The Great Pretenders. Drowned In Sound. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  5. ↑
  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. ↑
  9. ↑ "The Great Pretenders – Mini Mansions". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
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