''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. The track "Better Than Nothing" was released as a single from the album. 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''.

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

Appearances in media

* ''All This Could Be Yours'' appears in the 2019 film ''

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References

External links

Jen Trynin's webpage
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