page_title: Dedicated to Bobby Jameson
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: Dedicated to Bobby Jameson / Background
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context_page_description: Dedicated to Bobby Jameson is the eleventh studio album by American recording artist Ariel Pink, released on September 15, 2017, through Mexican Summer. It is the follow-up to 2014's pom pom and features a narrative Pink described in a press release as "a battery of tests and milestones, the first of which sees him [the protagonist] reborn into life out of death." It peaked at number 193 on the Billboard 200 and received generally positive reviews from music critics.
  The album was named in honor of Bobby Jameson, a 1960s singer-songwriter who retreated from the music industry after a series of misfortunes. In 2007, Jameson resurfaced with an autobiographical blog that alleged wrongdoing on the part of various managers and record company agents, which he maintained until his passing in 2015. Pink said that Jameson's "life resonated with me to such a degree that I felt a need to dedicate my latest record to him." Three singles were issued in advance of the album's release: "Another Weekend", "Time to Live", and "Feels Like Heaven".
context_section_description: The title refers to 1960s singer-songwriter Bobby Jameson, who retreated from the music industry after a series of misfortunes. In 2007, he resurfaced with a blog and YouTube channel that he maintained until his death in 2015. After Jameson died, Pink learned of him through a mutual friend, "and she pointed me to some of his YouTube rantings. That sort of led me to his blog, which is like his unpublished autobiography, and I read that." Pink said that Jameson's "life resonated with me to such a degree that I felt a need to dedicate my latest record to him."
  In July 2016, he commenced recording the album at his home with a small group of friends. He said that the work was not intended to have a set theme, and that there was "no reason why I should've named it that way; I came up with the album title before anything else, and I had to have a song that was named that." On the album's apparent 1960s-style music: "It came out that way. It's been that way for as long as I can recall. I'm essentially still playing the same genre of non-genre music as when I started." Its cover art contains visual callbacks to Pink's earlier albums The Doldrums (2000) and Fast Forward (2003), while the title track is a rerecording of "Time Dandelion" with revised lyrics that reference "Tinseltown Tranny". In 2017, early collaborator John Maus happened to return with his first album in five years, Screen Memories, only weeks after Dedicated's release. When asked about perceived connections between Dedicated and Screen Memories, Maus answered that the two records "couldn't have been an influence onto each other at all because he was done before he heard what I was doing, and vice versa."
  On June 21, 2017, the album's announcement was accompanied by a video for the seventh track "Another Weekend", directed by Grant Singer. The vinyl edition included the B-side "Ode to the Goat (Thank You)". This was followed with a video for "Feels Like Heaven", uploaded on August 23. In promotional interviews, Pink intimated that his desire for attention and willingness to release albums had declined, and instead talked mostly about Jameson.
caption: Ariel Pink performing with his touring band in October 2017
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