The Great Pretenders

The Great Pretenders
Studio album by Mini Mansions
Released	March 23, 2015
Recorded	2013-14
Genre	Indie pop, indie rock, new wave, synthpop, psychedelic pop
Length	45:58
Label	Electromagnetic Recordings via: Capitol Records (US) Fiction Records (UK)
Producer	Mini Mansions
Mini Mansions chronology
Mini Mansions (2010) The Great Pretenders
Singles from The Great Pretenders
"Death Is a Girl" Released: 21 October 2014 "Any Emotions" Released: 13 January 2015 "Freakout!" Released: 3 February 2015 "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.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	84/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
DIY	(4/5)[3]
Drowned in Sound	8/10[4]
Mojo	[5]
musicOMH	[6]
NME	(9/10) [7]
Uncut	[8]

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".^[9]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Mini Mansions, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Writer(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)	Zach Dawes Tyler Parkford Michael Shuman 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

• Zach Dawes
• Tyler Parkford
• Michael Shuman

Additional musicians

• Brian Wilson - vocals (track 5)
• Alex Turner - vocals (track 6)

Production

References

1. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/mini-mansions-any-emotions-colin-hanks-brian-wilson-20150113
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 (magazine). Retrieved November 10, 2015.
4. Spenceley, Haydon. Mini Mansions - The Great Pretenders. Drowned In Sound. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
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.
9. "The Great Pretenders – Mini Mansions". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 11, 2015.