Queens of the Summer Hotel explained

Queens of the Summer Hotel
Type:studio
Artist:Aimee Mann
Cover:File:Aimee_Mann_Queens_of_the_Summer_Hotel_cover.jpg
Recorded:2021
Studio:United Recording
Genre:Folk
Label:SuperEgo
Producer:Paul Bryan
Prev Title:Mental Illness
Prev Year:2017

Queens of the Summer Hotel is the tenth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, released on November 5, 2021, on SuperEgo Records.[1]

Writing

Mann started work on Queens of the Summer Hotel in 2018, when she was commissioned to write songs for a stage adaptation of Susanna Kaysen's 1993 memoir Girl, Interrupted. The memoir describes Kaysen's time at McLean Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts.[2] [3] The musical was to be produced by Barbara Broccoli and Frederick Zollo, but was canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

The album title was inspired by an Anne Sexton poem. The album was announced on August 6, 2021, with the release of the first single, "Suicide Is Murder".[5]

Critical reception

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine writing that "despite its contemplative nature, Queens of the Summer Hotel looks outward" and "the combination of the airiness of the arrangements and the warmth of Mann's performance is wistfully hopeful, turning Queens of the Summer Hotel into a record that soothes and consoles during moments of uncertainty". The site also featured this as one of the best albums of 2021.[6] Kirsten Lambert from the Chicago Reader wrote, "Mann probes the depths of human experience, addressing some grim subject matter—including suicide, self-immolation, and incest." She concluded that the album "isn't a quick (or easy) listen. This one will stay with you for a while."[1] Alex McLevy of The A.V. Club called it "an unusual (and unusually rewarding) project," writing, "It doesn't have the instant-classic pop of some of her earlier material, but as a more somber, measured collection of music (none of the jangly pop-rock of Charmer to be found here), it's a winner."[7]

Personnel

Credits for Queens of the Summer Hotel adapted from Tidal.[8]

Musicians

Technical

Notes and References

  1. News: Lambert . Kirsten . Aimee Mann poignantly confronts mental illness on Queens of the Summer Hotel . 5 November 2021 . Chicago Reader . 2 November 2021.
  2. News: Lentini . Liza . On The Record: Aimee Mann's Queens Of The Summer Hotel . 7 November 2021 . Spin . 5 November 2021.
  3. News: Pelly . Jenn . Aimee Mann: 'I have an enormous amount of compassion for people who are struggling' . 7 November 2021 . Los Angeles Times . 4 November 2021.
  4. Web site: Snapes . Laura . 2021-11-04 . Aimee Mann: 'Any woman my age is traumatised by growing up in the 60s and 70s' . 2021-11-05 . The Guardian . en.
  5. News: Corcoran . Nina . Aimee Mann Announces New Album Queens of the Summer Hotel, Shares Song . 7 November 2021 . Consequence of Sound . 6 August 2021.
  6. Web site: AllMusic Best of 2021 . en-US . . . 2023-09-29 . n.d..
  7. News: McLevy . Alex . Aimee Mann gets theatrical with the Girl, Interrupted-inspired Queens Of The Summer Hotel . 7 November 2021 . The A.V. Club . 5 November 2021.
  8. Web site: Credits / Queens of the Summer Hotel / Aimee Mann . Tidal . July 8, 2023.

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