Cockamamie | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1994 | |||
Genre | Indie rock, alternative rock | |||
Label | Squint, Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Mike Denneen [1] | |||
Jen Trynin chronology | ||||
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Cockamamie is the debut album from Boston-based musician Jen Trynin. First released in 1994, [2] [3] the album failed to do well on the charts when re-released by Warner Bros. Records in 1995, in spite of positive reviews. "Better Than Nothing" was released as a single. [4]
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 .
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Robert Christgau | [5] |
Los Angeles Times | [6] |
Spin | 5/10 [7] |
Billboard called the album "one of the year's best debuts." [1]
All songs written by Jen Trynin.
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