The Great Pretenders

The Great Pretenders is the second album by Los Angeles band Mini Mansions. It was released on March 23, 2015. The album cover alludes to the cover of the Voyager Golden Record.

Reception
The Great Pretenders received great acclaim from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 84, based on 7 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".

Personnel
Personnel adapted from The Greater Pretenders liner notes.

Mini Mansions


 * Zach Dawes
 * Tyler Parkford
 * Michael Shuman

Additional musicians


 * Brian Wilson - vocals (track 5)
 * Alex Turner - vocals (track 6)

Production


 * Mini Mansions - production
 * T Bone Burnett - executive producer
 * Woody Jackson - co-production
 * Michael Harris - production, engineering
 * Sean O'Brien - engineering (tracks 1, 3, 6, and 9)
 * Wesley Seidman - engineering (track 5)
 * Gavin Lurssen - mastering
 * John Congleton - mixing
 * Cian Riordan - mixing (track 10)

Artwork


 * Clay Russell Lerner - design
 * Kendrick Brinson - back cover photography
 * Neil Krug - insert photography
 * NASA - cover photography