''Cockamamie'' is the debut album from

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-based musician

Jen Trynin Jennifer Trynin (born 1963), is an American singer-songwriter and author from Boston, Massachusetts. Career She recorded her debut album '' Cockamamie'' in 1994 while running her own desktop publishing business. The track "Better Than Nothi ...

. First released in 1994, the album failed to do well on the charts when re-released by

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in 1995, in spite of positive reviews. "Better Than Nothing" was released as a single. 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 ''Everything I'm Cracked Up to Be'' is a book by Boston, Massachusetts-based musician Jen Trynin. The book chronicles her short career as a musician on Warner Bros. Records, from her start as an indie rock musician in Boston to her promotion of ...

''.

Critical reception

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'' called the album "one of the year's best debuts."

Track listing

All songs written by Jen Trynin. # "Happier" # "Better Than Nothing" # "Everything Is Different Now" # "One Year Down" # "Snow" # "All This Could Be Yours" # "Too Bad You're Such A Loser" # "Knock Me Down" # "If I Had Anything To Say (Don't You Think I Would Have Said It All?)" # "Beg" # "Do It Alone" #* there is an untitled

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that begins at 4:07

Personnel

* Paul Bryan - bass * Jerry Deupree - drums * David Gregory - drums * Mike Levesque - drums *

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- vocals * Michael Rivard - bass * Clayton Scoble - backing vocals * Milt Sutton - drums, percussion * Jennifer Trynin - guitar, vocals

References

External links

Jen Trynin's webpage
Jen Trynin albums 1994 debut albums 1995 debut albums Warner Records albums {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub