By the release of ‘Til Tuesday’s third and final album, 1988’s Everything’s Different Now, it had become clear that Aimee Mann was destined for bigger things. Infighting began over the direction of the group’s sound and Mann’s evolution into the primary songwriter.

Everything’s Different Now is the only ‘Til Tuesday album I own, and it’s a good one. It suffers a bit from dated production — there’s no mistaking it for a late 80s release — but the songwriting is top notch. Mann was really coming into her own as a writer and performer. A collaboration with Elvis Costello, ‘The Other End of the Telescope,’ would eventually wind up as the lead song on his All This Useless Beauty album.

Commercially, though, it didn’t fare as well as the band’s earlier albums. And when ‘Til Tuesday broke up after its release, Mann was prevented by the label from releasing solo material. As you’ll see, that was just the beginning of her record industry woes.

‘(Believed You Were) Lucky’ is one of my favorites from the album, though I really like every song on it. My favorite Aimee Mann material doesn’t come from this era but the woman seems to have never written a bad song.