Cockamamie Explained

Cockamamie
Type:	Album
Artist:	Jen Trynin
Cover:	cockamamie.jpg
Released:	1994
Recorded:	1994
Genre:	Indie rock, alternative rock
Label:	Squint, Warner Bros.
Producer:	Mike Denneen
Next Title:	Gun Shy, Trigger Happy
Next Year:	1997

Cockamamie is the debut album from Boston-based musician Jen Trynin. First released in 1994,^[1] 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.^[2]

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.

Critical reception

Billboard called the album "one of the year's best debuts."^[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Jen Trynin.

1. "Happier"
2. "Better Than Nothing"
3. "Everything Is Different Now"
4. "One Year Down"
5. "Snow"
6. "All This Could Be Yours"
7. "Too Bad You're Such A Loser"
8. "Knock Me Down"
9. "If I Had Anything To Say (Don't You Think I Would Have Said It All?)"
10. "Beg"
11. "Do It Alone"
    • there is an untitled hidden track that begins at 4:07

Personnel

• Paul Bryan - bass
• Jerry Deupree - drums
• David Gregory - drums
• Mike Levesque - drums
• Aimee Mann - vocals
• Michael Rivard - bass
• Clayton Scoble - backing vocals
• Milt Sutton - drums, percussion
• Jennifer Trynin - guitar, vocals

External links

• Jen Trynin's webpage

Notes and References

1. Rocker GRRRL Memoir Charts Swift Decline. Jewish Journal. 6 April 2006.
2. News: Saunders . Michael . 'Gun Shy' no more: Jen Trynin's as smart as her pop . The Boston Globe . 19 Sep 1997 . E15.
3. Staff. 1995-07-15 . Album Reviews . Billboard . en . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . 66.