7 September 2013

7th September - The Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs


Artist – Album: The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
Released:  7th September 1999
Sounds Like: The book of Love

69 Love Songs does exactly what it says on the tin: a hugely ambitious project, it sets out to serenade us with 69 brilliant songs about love. This is no Mills & Boon album though; Stephen Merritt examines the condition of love from all angles, dissecting the grisly and painful bits at least as much as the warm and fuzzy bits, always with wit and style.

There, 69 words.

Albumaday... rating: 9/10

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 of 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
24.   Roses – 0:27
25.   Love Is Like Jazz – 2:56
26.   When My Boy Walks Down the Street – 2:38
27.   Time Enough for Rocking When We’re Old – 2:03
28.   Very Funny – 1:26
29.   Grand Canyon – 2:28
30.   No One Will Ever Love You – 3:14
31.   If You Don’t Cry – 3:06
32.   You’re My Only Home – 2:17
33.   (Crazy for You But) Not That Crazy – 2:18
34.   My Only Friend – 2:01
35.   Promises of Eternity – 3:46
36.   World Love – 3:07
37.   Washington D.C. – 1:53
38.   Long-Forgotten Fairytale – 3:37
39.   Kiss Me Like You Mean It – 2:00
40.   Papa Was a Rodeo – 5:01
41.   Epitaph for My Heart – 2:50
42.   Asleep and Dreaming – 1:53
43.   The Sun Goes Down and the World Goes Dancing – 2:46
44.   The Way You Say Good-Night – 2:44
45.   Abigail, Belle of Kilronan – 2:00
46.   I Shatter – 3:09
47.   Underwear – 2:49
48.   It’s a Crime – 3:54
49.   Busby Berkeley Dreams – 3:36
50.   I’m Sorry I Love You – 3:06
51.   Acoustic Guitar – 2:37
52.   The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure – 3:10
53.   Love in the Shadows – 2:54
54.   Bitter Tears – 2:51
55.   Wi’ Nae Wee Bairn Ye’ll Me Beget – 1:55
56.   Yeah! Oh, Yeah! – 2:19
57.   Experimental Music Love – 0:29
58.   Meaningless – 2:08
59.   Love Is Like a Bottle of Gin – 1:46
60.   Queen of the Savages – 2:12
61.   Blue You – 3:03
62.   I Can’t Touch You Anymore – 3:05
63.   Two Kinds of People – 1:10
64.   How to Say Goodbye – 2:48
65.   The Night You Can’t Remember – 2:17
66.   For We Are the King of the Boudoir – 1:14
67.   Strange Eyes – 2:01
68.   Xylophone Track – 2:47
69.   Zebra – 2:15

Listen to ‘Abigail, Belle of Kilronan’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75u4mN1HO0M

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