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Boston, United States (1982 – present)

After The break up of The Young Snakes, ’Til Tuesday,an American new wave band, was formed in Boston in 1982. Its original lineup was bassist/vocalist Aimee Mann, guitarist/vocalist Robert Holmes, keyboardist Joey Pesce, and drummer Michael Hausman.

The group first gained fame six months after its formation when it won radio station WBCN’s battle of the bands competition in 1983. Their original composition “Love In A Vacuum” (credited to all members of the group) received a fair amount of airplay on the station, and the group was eventually signed to Epic Records.

“Love In A Vacuum” was re-recorded for the Epic debut album, 1985’s Voices Carry; however the breakthrough song turned out to be the title track. The “Voices Carry” single peaked at US #8, and is said to have been inspired by an argument between Mann and Hausman, who had broken off a relationship before the album’s release.

The band became an early MTV staple with the “Voices Carry” video, which depicts an oppressive boyfriend trying to convert Mann to his upper-class lifestyle; she finally lashes out at him during a concert at Carnegie Hall, standing up from her seat in the audience and belting the lyrics, “He said, shut up! He said, shut up! Oh God, can’t you keep it down?…” as she removes her cap to reveal her signature spiky, rat-tailed hair. As a result, the group won that year’s MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist.

By the 1986 follow-up Welcome Home, Mann was beginning to write more of the songs herself and the band was moving away from the slick New Wave sound of their debut.

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1	Voices Carry full track	582
2	Coming Up Close full track	119
3	What About Love full track	112
4	Love in a Vacuum full track	76
5	(Believed You Were) Lucky full track	71
6	The Other End (Of The Telescope) full track	58
7	You Know the Rest full track	55
8	No One Is Watching You Now full track	30
9	Long Gone (Buddy) full track	29
10	David Denies full track	26
11	Will She Just Fall Down full track	23
11	On Sunday full track	23
13	Everything's Different Now full track	22
14	Crash and Burn full track	20
15	RIP in Heaven full track	18

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poor-de-chirico wrote:
July 2009

Terrific new pic :D

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YControl755 wrote:
July 2009

woohoo new pic, finally!

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jane_eyre07 wrote:
May 2009

Aimee Mann is one of my all time favorite artists. I think this band is amazing. <3

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YControl755 wrote:
April 2009

I think we need a new default pic. I love this band immensely but the current pic is kinda lame.

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DJ_GUN wrote:
April 2009

Great voice Aimee !

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dmac2107 wrote:
April 2009

coming up close

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tidalwave_ wrote:
April 2009

It's weird to see that so little scrobbles. I honestly thought they were a hugely popular new wave band in the 80s. I even distinctively remember hearing "Voices Carry" on the classic rock radio stations a ton of times. Just kinda shocked.

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Bachelor_No2 wrote:
February 2009

'Everything's Different Now' is an absolutely fantastic record, and it's a damned shame that 'Til Tuesday don't get more recognition. The stuff on the third and final album blows 'Voices Carry' away, in my humble opinion.

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rainy-dog wrote:
January 2009

you could always make a new excuse to cry, but you don't have to use it on yourself

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denfran61 wrote:
September 2008

Everythings different now is incredible from start to finish,even now. They should have stayed together.

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ZeroCorpse wrote:
August 2008

"Voices Carry" wasn't their best song. It was their most commercial work, with "single appeal" from the days when they sold singles on 45 rpm vinyl. The rest of the album, however, is really incredible, as are the albums that follow it. Aimee is amazing as a solo act, but the angst caused by the whole relationship-breakup-thing is what made `Til Tuesday such a great band. Just like with Fleetwood Mac, their best work came when they all hated to work together because the relationships were falling apart. Aimee's not as ethereal now.

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K_i_m_i wrote:
August 2008

Not eight, 22... Her date of born is September 8, 1960.

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operdoc wrote:
August 2008

How old was Aimee Mann in 1982? Eight? They were a good band. I love her as a solo act.

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g_love_fan wrote:
July 2008

Everything IS different now! wtf Last.fm!

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YControl755 wrote:
June 2008

i never get sick of these tunes. totally original sound.

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thelizster wrote:
June 2008

Probably one of the most underrated bands of all time. I like all their material, but I prefer everything post-Voices Carry.

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poor-de-chirico wrote:
May 2008

EVERYTHING'S DIFFERENT NOWWWW hmm hmm mm

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falsemuzzle wrote:
March 2008

one of my ABSOLUTE faves...

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K_i_m_i wrote:
January 2008

Aimee is brilliant singer...

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poor-de-chirico wrote:
December 2007

I'm a sucker for 80s music, so I love Voices Carry regardless. Managed to find half of Everything's Different Now on Ruckus but no such luck for the other tracks! Already knew (Believed You Were) Lucky, probably my favourite song ever.

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