gesture. When Geffen gave her the opportunity to leave her record contract, she took it; she said later: "I could not have gotten out of there fast enough." In 1998, the Sony employee Gail Marowitz predicted that Mann would make more money selling 70,000 albums independently than by selling 300,000 on a major label. In 1999, Mann and her manager, her former 'Til Tuesday bandmate Michael Hausman, formed their own label, SuperEgo Records, and bought the Bachelor No. 2 masters from Geffen. Mann sold 25,000 copies via mail order from her website, a large amount for an independent artist. After she secured a distribution deal, Bachelor No. 2 sold more than 270,000 copies, outperforming I'm With Stupid. Pitchfork described this as a "decisive victory". As of May 2008, Bachelor No. 2 had sold more than 230,000 copies in the US. In 2019, Mann released an expanded 20th-anniversary reissue of Bachelor No. 2 for Record Store Day. Reception On the review aggregator website Metacritic, Bachelor No. 2 has a score of 89 out of 100 based on 13 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". According to Metacritic, it is the 28th best-reviewed album and the ninth best-reviewed indie/alternative album of the decade. Slant Magazine named it the 10th-best album of the decade. Track listing All songs by Aimee Mann, except where noted. "How Am I Different" (Jon Brion, Mann) – 5:03 "Nothing Is Good Enough" – 3:10 "Red Vines" – 3:44 "The Fall of the World's Own Optimist" (Elvis Costello, Mann) – 3:06 "Satellite" – 4:10 "Deathly" – 5:37 "Ghost World" – 3:30 "Calling It Quits" – 4:09 "Driving Sideways" (Michael Lockwood, Mann) – 3:49 "Just Like Anyone" – 1:22 "Susan" – 3:51 "It Takes All Kinds" (Brion, Mann) – 4:06 "You Do" – 3:43 Personnel Musicians Aimee Mann – Vocals (1-13), Backing Vocals (1-4,7-9,11), Bass (1-8,10-13), Acoustic Guitar (1,3,6,8,10-13), Nashville Guitar (1), Guitar (7), Tambourine (7,11), Bad Hi-Hat (11) Jon Brion – Electric Guitar (4,6), Keyboards (4), Backing Vocals (6), Drums (6) Mark Flannagan – trumpet (8) Juliana Hatfield – Backing Vocals (6) Michael Hausman – Tambourine (3), Drum Programming (13) Buddy Judge – Backing Vocals (1-5,7,8,12,13), Drum Programming (1,3,8), Wurlitzer (8), drum Loops (8) Hank Linderman - Drum Programming (11) Michael Lockwood – Electric Guitar (1,3,4,7-9,12,13), Guitar (5,6,11), Percussion (5), Backing Vocals (9), 12-String Acoustic Guitar (9), Cheesy Keyboards (13) Dan MacCarroll - Drums (3,9,11) Ric Menck – Drums (2,8) Brendan