The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
April 1999, Merge
Vol. 1
1. "Absolutely Cuckoo" - 1:34
2. "I Don't Believe in the Sun" - 4:16
3. "All My Little Words" - 2:46
4. "A Chicken with Its Head Cut Off" - 2:41
5. "Reno Dakota" - 1:05
6. "I Don't Want to Get Over You" - 2:22
7. "Come Back from San Francisco" - 2:48
8. "The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side" - 3:43
9. "Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits" - 2:25
10. "The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be" - 1:11
11. "I Think I Need a New Heart" - 2:32
12. "The Book of Love" - 2:42
13. "Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long" - 2:33
14. "How Fucking Romantic" - 0:58
15. "The One You Really Love" - 2:53
16. "Punk Love" - 0:58
17. "Parades Go By" - 2:56
18. "Boa Constrictor" - 0:58
19. "A Pretty Girl Is Like..." - 1:50
20. "My Sentimental Melody" - 3:07
21. "Nothing Matters When We're Dancing" - 2:27
22. "Sweet-Lovin' Man" - 4:59
23. "The Things We Did and Didn't Do" - 2:11
Vol. 2
1. "Roses" - 0:27
2. "Love Is Like Jazz" - 2:56
3. "When My Boy Walks Down the Street" - 2:38
4. "Time Enough for Rocking When We're Old" - 2:03
5. "Very Funny" - 1:26
6. "Grand Canyon" - 2:28
7. "No One Will Ever Love You" - 3:14
8. "If You Don't Cry" - 3:06
9. "You're My Only Home" - 2:17
10. "(Crazy for You But) Not That Crazy" - 2:18
11. "My Only Friend" - 2:01
12. "Promises of Eternity" - 3:46
13. "World Love" - 3:07
14. "Washington, D.C." - 1:53
15. "Long-Forgotten Fairytale" - 3:37
16. "Kiss Me Like You Mean It" - 2:00
17. "Papa Was a Rodeo" - 5:01
18. "Epitaph for My Heart" - 2:50
19. "Asleep and Dreaming" - 1:53
20. "The Sun Goes Down and the World Goes Dancing" - 2:46
21. "The Way You Say Good-Night" - 2:44
22. "Abigail, Belle of Kilronan" - 2:00
23. "I Shatter" - 3:09
Vol. 3
1. "Underwear" - 2:49
2. "It's a Crime" - 3:54
3. "Busby Berkeley Dreams" - 3:36
4. "I'm Sorry I Love You" - 3:06
5. "Acoustic Guitar" - 2:37
6. "The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure" - 3:10
7. "Love in the Shadows" - 2:54
8. "Bitter Tears" - 2:51
9. "Wi' Nae Wee Bairn Ye'll Me Beget" - 1:55
10. "Yeah! Oh, Yeah!" - 2:19
11. "Experimental Music Love" - 0:29
12. "Meaningless" - 2:08
13. "Love Is Like a Bottle of Gin" - 1:46
14. "Queen of the Savages" - 2:12
15. "Blue You" - 3:03
16. "I Can't Touch You Anymore" - 3:05
17. "Two Kinds of People" - 1:10
18. "How to Say Goodbye" - 2:48
19. "The Night You Can't Remember" - 2:17
20. "For We Are the King of the Boudoir" - 1:14
21. "Strange Eyes" - 2:01
22. "Xylophone Track" - 2:47
23. "Zebra" - 2:15
RESULTS
Rate: 7.5/10
Best Song: Fido, Your Leash is Too Long
Worst Song: Experimental Music Love
Comments
The Album is split into 3 disks, each covering over 1 hour of music.
Stephin Meritt covers every instrument known to man, including, but not limited to
vocals, Digitech vocalist, Roland harmonizer, vocoder, ukulele, baritone ukulele, Kaholas ukulele, Admira classical, acoustic-electric 12-string guitar, lap steel,fado guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, autoharp, Marxophone, ukelin, tremoloa, violin-uke, sitar, zither, violin, musical saw, keyboards, synclavier, Moog Satellite, piano,harmonium, Wurlitzer electronic piano, organ, rhythm units, recorder, ocarina, pennywhistle, Maestro wind synthesizer, Hohner melodica, Paul Revere jug, rumba box,xylophone, kalimbas, Radio Shack 75-in-One Project Kit, drum kit, cymbals, rain stick, chimera, maracas, conga, bongos, triangle, bells, tambourine, washboard, steel drum,Chicken Shakers, finger cymbals, springs and Slinky guitar, pipes, bamboo harp, spirit chaser, sleighbells, fingersnaps, thunder sheet, cabasas, cowbells, and gong.
Also, Lemony Snicket is on this.
The Album resembles The Smiths, but happier. When I first started listening, I though I was going through a Beck album by accident. Every song is plastered in a variety of genre. Some songs are sad, others fun, and most are just plain weird. Growing up is realizing that people can play the Satellite.
Pretty interesting music, can be good, but mainly just awesome to weird out your friends and look like an absolute hipster.
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