| Acoustic Kitty | ||||
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| Released | March 15, 2002 | |||
| Genre | folk rock | |||
| Length | 45:40 | |||
| Label | Nettwerk | |||
| Producer | Michael Phillip Wojewoda | |||
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Acoustic Kitty is the debut solo album by Canadian singer-songwriter John Mann, the lead singer of Spirit of the West.[1] It was released in 2002 on Nettwerk.[2]
Mann's supporting band for the album consisted of Doug Elliott, Ford Pier and Michael Phillip Wojewoda. Wojewoda also produced the album.[3]
The album's title track is inspired by the CIA's Acoustic Kitty espionage project of the 1960s, in which surveillance microphones were implanted into a cat.
Mann garnered two Western Canadian Music Award nominations for the album, in the categories of Outstanding Songwriter and Entertainer of the Year.[4] At the Juno Awards of 2003, the album garnered a nomination for Album Art of the Year, for designer John Rummen.
- ^ "The two loves of John Mann". The Province, June 20, 2002.
- ^ "Release me". Edmonton Journal, June 15, 2002.
- ^ "John Mann and the spirit of solo; XTC-ish quality infuses Acoustic Kitty debut album". Toronto Star, June 20, 2002.
- ^ "Artists vie for music awards". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, August 21, 2003.