Cockamamie | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1994 | |||
Genre | Indie rock, alternative rock | |||
Label | Squint Records, Warner Bros. Records | |||
Producer | Mike Denneen | |||
Jen Trynin chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Billboard | (very favorable) [2] |
Los Angeles Times | [3] |
Robert Christgau | [4] |
Spin | 5/10 [5] |
Cockamamie is the debut album from Boston-based musician Jen Trynin. First released in 1994, [1] [6] the album failed to do well on the charts when re-released by Warner Bros. Records in 1995, in spite of positive reviews. The track "Better Than Nothing" was released as a single from the album.
The story of how this album came to be and the process regarding its release on Warner Bros. is chronicled in Trynin's 2006 book Everything I'm Cracked Up to Be .
All songs written by Jen Trynin.
Jennifer Trynin, is an American singer-songwriter and author from Boston, Massachusetts.
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