Queens of the Summer Hotel
Queens of the Summer Hotel is the tenth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, released on November 5, 2021, on SuperEgo Records. Writing
Mann started work on Queens of the Summer Hotel in 2018, when she was commissioned to write songs for a stage adaptation of Susanna Kaysen's 1993 memoir Girl, Interrupted. The memoir describes Kaysen's time at McLean Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts. The musical was to be produced by Barbara Broccoli and Frederick Zollo, but was canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic. The album title was inspired by an Anne Sexton poem. The album was announced on August 6, 2021, with the release of the first single, "Suicide Is Murder". Critical reception

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine writing that "despite its contemplative nature, Queens of the Summer Hotel looks outward" and "the combination of the airiness of the arrangements and the warmth of Mann's performance is wistfully hopeful, turning Queens of the Summer Hotel into a record that soothes and consoles during moments of uncertainty". The site also featured this as one of the best albums of 2021. Kirsten Lambert from the Chicago Reader wrote, "Mann probes the depths of human experience, addressing some grim subject matter—including suicide, self-immolation, and incest." She concluded that the album "isn't a quick (or easy) listen. This one will stay with you for a while." Alex McLevy of The A.V. Club called it  "an unusual (and unusually rewarding) project," writing, "It doesn't have the instant-classic pop of some of her earlier material, but as a more somber, measured collection of music (none of the jangly pop-rock of Charmer to be found here), it's a winner." Track listing

Personnel 
Credits for Queens of the Summer Hotel adapted from Tidal. Musicians 

 Aimee Mann – vocals, acoustic guitar
 Paul Bryan – background vocals, woodwind, strings
 Anna Butterss – bass guitar
 Richard Dodd – cello
 Phillip O'Connor – clarinet
 Sara Andon – flute, alto flute, piccolo
 Danielle Ondarza – horn
 Maya Barrera – oboe
 Jay Bellerose – percussion, trap kit
 Jamie Edwards – piano
 Aidan Lombard – trumpet
 Leah Katz – viola
 Daphne Chan – violin

Technical
 Paul Bryan – production, arrangement, conduction
 Ryan Freeland – engineering, mixing
 Jens Wortmann – cover collage
 Scott Silva – cover photo
 Ed Sherman – design
 Karen Malluk – production coordination

Charts

References 

Aimee Mann albums
2021 albums
SuperEgo Records albums
Albums produced by Paul Bryan (musician)