Editing I'm with Stupid (album)

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{{Infobox album
| name       = I'm with Stupid
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[Aimee Mann]]
| cover      = Aimee Mann - I'm With Stupid.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = November 1995
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Pop rock]]
| length     = 56:21
| label      = [[Geffen Records|Geffen]]
| producer   = [[Jon Brion]]
| prev_title = [[Whatever (Aimee Mann album)|Whatever]]
| prev_year  = 1993
| next_title = [[Magnolia (soundtrack)|Magnolia]]
| next_year  = 1999
}}

{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r226524|pure_url=yes}}|title=''I'm with Stupid'' – Aimee Mann|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 11, 2012}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news|author=Mark Caro |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-02-08/features/9602080085_1_aimee-mann-sting-star |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082523/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-02-08/features/9602080085_1_aimee-mann-sting-star |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |title=Aimee Mann I'm With Stupid (DGC) |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=February 8, 1996 |access-date=July 7, 2013}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide]]'' 
| rev3score = {{rating-Christgau|neither}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |chapter=Aimee Mann |chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Aimee+Mann |date=October 15, 2000 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishing]] |isbn=9780312245603 |language=en |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/christgausconsum00chri_0 }}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev4Score = A<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Chris Willman |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,291186,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010162628/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,291186,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 10, 2008 |title=I'm With Stupid Review |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=February 2, 1996 |access-date=January 11, 2012}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev5Score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news|author=Elysa Gardner |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-02-04-ca-32071-story.html |title=AIMEE MANN "I'm With Stupid", DGC |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 4, 1996 |access-date=July 7, 2013}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]''
| rev6score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1996/02/16/aimee-mann-10/ |title=Aimee Mann |last=Gettelman |first=Parry |date=February 16, 1996 |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |access-date=June 30, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev7Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=cduniverse>{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1158674&style=music |title=Aimee Mann – I'm with Stupid CD Album |publisher=[[CD Universe]] |access-date=July 7, 2013}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book| last = Brackett  | first = Nathan  |author2=Christian Hoard  | title = The Rolling Stone Album Guide  | publisher = Simon and Schuster  | year = 2004  | location = New York City  | page = [https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/511 511]  | isbn = 0-7432-0169-8  | url = https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac| url-access = registration  }}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev9Score = 7/10<ref name=cduniverse/>
| rev10 = ''[[USA Today]]''
| rev10Score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news|author=Anne Ayers|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/306749153|title=Aimee Mann, ''I'm With Stupid''|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=January 30, 1996|access-date=April 21, 2014|id={{ProQuest|306749153}} }}</ref>
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'''''I'm with Stupid''''' is the second studio album by the American singer-songwriter [[Aimee Mann]], released in 1995.

==Commercial performance==
As of February 2001, the album had sold 123,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/2001/02/18/her-own-mann-independent-minded-singer-sheds-labels/6f54e736-a133-47ef-9ecf-b6319a561465/|title=Her Own Mann: Independent-Minded Singer Sheds Labels|newspaper=The Washington Post|first=Teresa|last=Wiltz|date=February 18, 2001|access-date=March 6, 2019}}</ref>

==Track listing==
All tracks by Aimee Mann, except where noted.
#"[[Long Shot (Aimee Mann song)|Long Shot]]" – 3:13
#"[[Choice in the Matter]]" ([[Jon Brion]], Mann) – 3:13
#"Sugarcoated" (Butler, Mann) – 3:39
#"You Could Make a Killing" – 3:21
#"Superball" – 3:05
#"Amateur" (Brion, Mann) – 4:51
#"All Over Now" – 3:37
#"Par for the Course" – 6:01
#"You're with Stupid Now" – 3:27
#"[[That's Just What You Are]]" (Brion, Mann) – 4:22
#"Frankenstein" (Brion, Mann) – 4:25
#"Ray" – 4:47
#"It's Not Safe" – 5:02
::[silence – 0:52]
::[hidden track – 1:20]

==Personnel==
* [[Aimee Mann]] – vocals (1–13), bass (1,3,4,5,8,10,12), guitar (1,2,5,8,13), backing vocals (2,3,10), acoustic guitar (4,9,10,12), electric guitar (4,7,10), handclaps (5), drums (8), keyboards (8), percussion (8,9)
* [[Jon Brion]] – guitar (1,6,13), percussion (1,2,7,13), backing vocals (1,2,3,7,9,13), drums (3,4,11,12), keyboards (3,6,11,13), lead guitar (4), bass harmonica (5), handclaps (5), bass (6,7,11,13), acoustic guitar (7,11), electric guitar (7,9), acoustic bass (9), cello (9), distorted nylon guitar (11), tack piano (12), harmonium (12)
* [[Bernard Butler]] – guitar (3), keyboards (3), electric guitar (7)
* Mike Denneen – keyboards (5,10)
* [[Chris Difford]] – backing vocals (2,10,11)
* Brad Hallan – bass (2)
* [[Juliana Hatfield]] – backing vocals (4,6)
* [[Neil Innes]] – backing vocals (13)
* Stacy Jones – drums (1,7)
* Michael Lockwood – guitar (1)
* Jon Lupfer – handclaps (5)
* [[Michael Penn]] – guitar (13)
* John Sands – drums (1,2,5,13), guitar (2)
* Clayton Scoble – backing vocals (1,12,13), electric guitar (10), guitar (13)
* [[Glenn Tilbrook]] – backing vocals (2,10,11,13), electric guitar (10)
* Martyn Watson – drum loop stuff (10)
;Technical
* [[Joseph Jack Puig]] – mixing
* Mike Denneen – mixing
* Rob Jaczko – mixing
* Jonathan Wyner – mastering

==Guests==
[[Glenn Tilbrook]] and [[Chris Difford]] from the band [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]] appear as background vocalists and musicians on "That's Just What You Are", "Frankenstein", and "It's Not Safe", and they allowed Mann to use a riff from their song "[[Up the Junction (song)|Up the Junction]]" on "Long Shot".  [[Juliana Hatfield]] provides backing vocals on "You Could Make a Killing" and "Amateur."  [[Neil Innes]], from [[Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band|The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band]], [[Monty Python]] and [[The Rutles]], provides backing vocals on "It's Not Safe".

"[[Choice in the Matter]]" includes a brief interpolation of the children's song [[Row Row Row Your Boat]].

==Uses in media==
Prior to the album's release, "That's Just What You Are" appeared on the soundtrack of [[Fox Network]] television series ''[[Melrose Place]]'' in 1994, while "Amateur" appeared on the ''[[Sliding Doors]]'' soundtrack in 1998 and NBC television series ''[[Ed (TV series)|Ed]]'' in 2004. "You Could Make a Killing" appeared on [[The Curve (1998 film)|''The Curve'']] soundtrack in 1998 and the ''[[Cruel Intentions]]'' soundtrack in 1999.

==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
!align="left"|Ref
|-
|align="left"|1995
|align="left"|[[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]
|align="left"|82
|align="left"|<ref name="Billboard200">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/278212/aimee-mann/chart?f=305 |title=Billboard 200: Aimee Mann |date=2017 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=April 8, 2017 }}</ref>
|-
|align="left"|1996
|align="left"|Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])
|align="left"|105
|align="left"|<ref name="aus">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/0lPElD9| title=Aimee Mann ARIA chart history (albums), received from ARIA in May 2024|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=July 5, 2024}}  N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>
|}

===Singles===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Single
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
!align="left"|Ref
|-
|align="left"|1995
|align="left"|"That's Just What You Are"
|align="left"|Modern Rock Tracks
|align="left"|24
|align="left"|<ref name="BBAlt">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/278212/aimee-mann/chart?f=377 |title=Billboard Alternative Songs: Aimee Mann |date=2017 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=April 8, 2017 }}</ref>
|-
|align="left"|1995
|align="left"|"That's Just What You Are"
|align="left"|The Billboard Hot 100
|align="left"|93
|align="left"|<ref name="Hot100">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/278212/aimee-mann/chart |title=Billboard Hot 100: Aimee Mann |date=2017 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=April 8, 2017 }}</ref>
|}

==References==
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