Fucking Smilers

The correct title of this article is @#%&*! Smilers. The substitution of the # is due to technical restrictions.
Not to be confused with Rod Stewart's album Smiler.

@#%&*! Smilers
Studio album by
Aimee Mann
ReleasedJune 2, 2008
RecordedThe Sound Factory, Hollywood, California
GenrePop, rock
Length45:51
LabelSuperEgo
ProducerPaul Bryan
Aimee Mann chronology
One More Drifter in the Snow
(2006) 		@#%&*! Smilers
(2008) 		Charmer
(2012)
Singles from @#%&*! Smilers
  1. "31 Today"
    Released: 2007
  2. "Freeway"
    Released: May 20, 2008
  3. "Phoenix"
    Released: 2008

@#%&*! Smilers (pronounced Fucking Smilers)[1] is the seventh studio album by singer-songwriter Aimee Mann. It was released by SuperEgo Records in the UK on June 2, 2008, and in the US on June 3.[2] Upon the week of its release the album was featured as the Virgin Megastore "Pick of the Week".

The album was produced by Mann's bassist, Paul Bryan, and features guest appearances by singer-songwriter Sean Hayes, who duets with Mann on the track "Ballantines", and author Dave Eggers, who whistles on "Little Tornado".

In addition to the standard CD package, Smilers is available in a limited-edition package with a book-bound cover, a die-cut 32-page book with illustrations by renowned artist Gary Taxali, and held together with metal screw binding. On December 3, 2008, it was announced that this limited-edition package was nominated for a Grammy in the category of "Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package".[3]

The title of the album comes from a thread Mann read about 20 years ago on a newsgroup called alt.bitter where someone was complaining about the "fucking smilers" who would approach him at work when he was in a bad mood and try to cheer him up.[1][4]

The music video for "31 Today", directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, features the comedian Morgan Murphy.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Aimee Mann Message Board". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference PopMatters was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Grammy nominee list
  4. ^ DCist: DCist Interview: Aimee Mann Archived June 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "31 Today". YouTube. Retrieved February 8, 2019.