The Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs

Release date:

May 3, 2024

Label:

Merge Records

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25th Anniversary Silver Edition of the Magnetic Fields' classic 1999 rumination on, of course, love. Funny, smart, dark, memorable, and a lifetime's worth of listening. Stephin Merritt solidifies his songwriting genius on his "most ambitious and fully realized work." (AMG) This vinyl reissue is remastered for vinyl and beautifully packaged in a 10" slipcase box with three double gatefold sleeves, silver foil details and a 24 page booklet!

Tracklist:

1. Absolutely Cuckoo
2. I Don't Believe in the Sun
3. All My Little Words
4. A Chicken with It's Head Cut Off
5. Reno Dakota
6. I Don't Want to Get Over You
7. Come Back from San Francisco
8. The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side
9. Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits
10. The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be
11. I Think I Need a New Heart
12. The Book of Love
13. Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long
14. How Fucking Romantic
15. The One You Really Love
16. Punk Love
17. Parades Go By
18. Boa Constrictor
19. A Pretty Girl Is Like
20. My Sentimental Melody
21. Nothing Matters When We're Dancing
22. Sweet-Lovin' Man
23. The Things We Did and Didn't Do
24. Roses
25. Love Is Like Jazz
26. When My Boy Walks Down the Street
27. Time Enough for Rocking When We're Old
28. Very Funny
29. Grand Canyon
30. No One Will Ever Love You
31. If You Don't Cry You're My Only Home (Crazy for You But) Not That Crazy My Only Friend Promises of Eternity
32. World Love
33. Washington, D.C
34. Long-Forgotten Fairytale
35. Kiss Me Like You Mean It
36. Papa Was a Rodeo
37. Epitaph for My Heart
38. Asleep and Dreaming
39. The Sun Goes Down and the World Goes Dancing
40. The Way You Say Good-Night
41. Abigal, Belle of Kilronan
42. I Shatter
43. Underwear
44. It's a Crime
45. Busby Berkeley Dreams
46. I'm Sorry I Love You
47. Acoustic Guitar
48. The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure
49. Love in the Shadows
50. Bitter Tears
51. Wi' Nae Wee Bairn Ye'll Me Beget
52. Yeah! Oh, Yeah!
53. Experimental Music Love
54. Meaningless
55. Love Is Like a Bottle of Gin
56. Queen of the Savages
57. Blue You
58. I Can't Touch You Anymore
59. Two Kinds of People
60. How to Say Goodbye
61. The Night You Can't Remember
62. For We Are the King of the Boudoir
63. Strange Eyes
64. Xylophone Track
65. Zebra