Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot are big fans of Aimee Mann’s songwriting, so they’ve asked her to choose five albums that shaped her artistic outlook. She shares those albums and what they meant to her at different points in her life on this episode.

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Featured Songs:

Aimee Mann, "Save Me," Magnolia (Music From the Motion Picture), Warner Music, 1999

Neil Young, "Heart of Gold," Harvest, Reprise, 1972

Neil Young, "A Man Needs A Maid," Harvest, Reprise, 1972

Neil Young, "Are You Ready For The Country," Harvest, Reprise, 1972

Neil Young, "The Needle and the Damage Done," Harvest, Reprise, 1972

Aimee Mann, "Burn It Out," Queens of the Summer Hotel, SuperEgo, 2021

Neil Young, "Old Man," Harvest, Reprise, 1972

Neil Young, "Alabama," Harvest, Reprise, 1972

Steely Dan, "Do It Again," Can't Buy A Thrill, ABC, 1972

Steely Dan, "Only a Fool Would Say That," Can't Buy A Thrill, ABC, 1972

Steely Dan, "Reelin' In the Years," Can't Buy A Thrill, ABC, 1972

Steely Dan, "Dirty Work," Can't Buy A Thrill, ABC, 1972

Steely Dan, "The Boston Rag," Countdown to Ecstasy, ABC, 1973

Elvis Costello And The Attractions, "Beyond Belief," Imperial Bedroom, Columbia, 1982

Elvis Costello And The Attractions, "Almost Blue," Imperial Bedroom, Columbia, 1982

Elvis Costello And The Attractions, "...And In Every Home," Imperial Bedroom, Columbia, 1982

Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet, "I Thought I'd Write to Juliet," The Juliet Letters, Warner Bros, 1993

The Young Snakes, "Not Enough," Bark Along With The Young Snakes, Ambiguous, 1982

Aimee Mann, "At The Frick Museum," Queens of the Summer Hotel, SuperEgo, 2021

The Loud Family, "Sword Swallower," Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things, Alias, 1993

The Loud Family, "Inverness," Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things, Alias, 1993

Aimee Mann, "Fifty Years After the Fair," Whatever, Imago, 1993

Game Theory, "Regenisraen," The Big Shot Chronicles, Enigma, 1986

The Loud Family, "Slit My Wrists," Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things, Alias, 1993

The Loud Family, "Jimmy Still Comes Around," Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things, Alias, 1993

Elliott Smith, "Waltz, No. 2 (XO)," XO, Dreamworks, 1998

Elliott Smith, "Sweet Adeline," XO, Dreamworks, 1998

Aimee Mann, "Suicide Is Murder," Queens of the Summer Hotel, SuperEgo, 2021

Devo, "Whip It," Freedom of Choice, Warner, 1980

Devo, "Uncontrollable Urge," Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!, Warner, 1978

Wilco, "Ashes of American Flags," Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Nonesuch, 2001

Motorcade, "Static," See You In the Nothing, IDOL, 2022

Galaxie 500, "Tugboat," Today, Aurora, 1988

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