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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. The album cover alludes to the cover of the Voyager Golden Record.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100
Review scores
SourceRating
DIY(4/5)
Drowned in Sound8/10
Mojo
musicOMH
NME(9/10)
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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".

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.
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