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Magnetic Fields
Love at the Bottom of the Sea
CD on Domino Records
Cat No: WIGCD285 , Stk Ref 79127


Released on: 18 March 2012





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The Charm Of The Highway Strip
CD on Merge
Cat No: MRG055CD , Stk Ref 28891


Released on: 13 November 2000



1..Tlonely Highway 2..Long Vermont Roads 3..Born On A Train 4..I Have The Moon 5..Two Characters In Search Of A Country Song 6..Crowd Of Drifters 7..Fear Of Trains 8..When The Open Road Is Closing In 9..Sunset City 10..Dust Bowl

Originally released in 1994, this was the magnetic fields’ debut release for the merge label, and it consists of 10 catchy, countrified pop songs about hitting the road in a large mauve american car.

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The Wayward Bus / Plastic Trees
CD on Merge
Cat No: MRG075CD , Stk Ref 28892


Released on: 13 November 2000



1..When You Were My Baby 2..The Saddest Story Ever Told 3..Lovers From The Moon 4..Candy 5..Tokyo A Go Go 6..Summer Lies 7..Old Orchard Beach 8..Jeremy 9..Dancing In Your Eyes 10..Suddenly There Is A Tidal Wave 11..Railroad Boy 12..Smoke Signals 13..You Love To Fail 14..Kings 15..Babies Falling 16..Living In An Abandoned Firehouse With You 17..Tar Heel Boy 18..Falling In Love With The Wolfboy 19..Josephine 20..100,000 Fireflies

Originally released in 1991 and 1992, and then reissued by merge in 1995, these two early albums by the magnetic fields shows the soon-to-bloom singer/songwriting majesty of stephen merrit.

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Get Lost
CD on Merge
Cat No: MRG091CD , Stk Ref 28893


Released on: 13 November 2000



Originally released at the end of 1995, "get lost" furthers the magnetic fields’ mastery of simplicity and beauty in a pop song, from wistful and heart wrenching to new wave futurism, rich in texture and unique imagery all held together by merritt’s deep and powerful voice.

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Holiday
CD on Merge
Cat No: MRG151CD , Stk Ref 13226


Released on: 14 August 2000



1..BBC Radiophonic Workshop 2..Desert Island 3..Strange Powers 4..Torn Green Velvet Eyes 5..The Flowers She Sent 6..Swinging London 7..In My Secret Place 8..Sad Little Moon 9..The Trouble I've Been Looking For 10..Sugar World 11..All You Ever Do Is Walk Away 12..In My Car 13..Take Ecstasy With Me



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69 Love Songs
CD on Select Label
Cat No: CIRCUSCD003 , Stk Ref 50946


Released on: 05 June 2000



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 Dontwant 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..Boaconstrictor 19..A Pretty Girl Is Like.. 20..My Sentimental Melody 21..Nothing Matters When We're Dancing 22..Sweet-Loving 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 32..You're My Only Home 33..(Crazy For You But) Not That Crazy 34..My Only Friend 35..Promises Of Eternity 36..World Love 37..Washington, D.C 38..Long-Forgotten Fairytale 39..Kiss Me Like You Mean It 40..Papa Was A Rodeo



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Born To Synthesize
12" on Select Label
Cat No: GM201 , Stk Ref 26536


Released on: 27 March 2000





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69 Love Songs
CD on Merge
Cat No: MRG169CD , Stk Ref 18513


Released on: 20 September 1999



Why 69 love songs. The story has it that stephen merritt came up with the idea for 69 love songs while sitting in an elegant midtown manhattan gay piano bar. He originally planned for it to be a live musical revue, performed with a rotaitng cast of singers in the plush hotel bars and cabarets of new yourk city. Initially it was to 100 love songs, but at 2 minutes per song, thats over 3 hours. The box set will be very limited, and comes with a 76 page booklet including an interview with stephen merritt explaining the motivation behind every song. Guest vocals on 24 of the tracks are by shirley simms, claudiagonson, dudley klute and ld beghtol.

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69 Love Songs
CD on Merge
Cat No: MRG166CD , Stk Ref 18510


Released on: 06 September 1999



Why 69 love songs. The story has it that stephen merritt came up with the idea for 69 love songs while sitting in an elegant midtown manhattan gay piano bar. He originally planned for it to be a live musical revue, performed with a rotaitng cast of singers in the plush hotel bars and cabarets of new yourk city. Initially it was to 100 love songs, but at 2 minutes per song, thats over 3 hours. The box set will be very limited, and comes with a 76 page booklet including an interview with stephen merritt explaining the motivation behind every song. Guest vocals on 24 of the tracks are by shirley simms, claudiagonson, dudley klute and ld beghtol.

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69 Love Songs
CD on Merge
Cat No: MRG167CD , Stk Ref 18511


Released on: 06 September 1999



Why 69 love songs. The story has it that stephen merritt came up with the idea for 69 love songs while sitting in an elegant midtown manhattan gay piano bar. He originally planned for it to be a live musical revue, performed with a rotaitng cast of singers in the plush hotel bars and cabarets of new yourk city. Initially it was to 100 love songs, but at 2 minutes per song, thats over 3 hours. The box set will be very limited, and comes with a 76 page booklet including an interview with stephen merritt explaining the motivation behind every song. Guest vocals on 24 of the tracks are by shirley simms, claudiagonson, dudley klute and ld beghtol.

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Quick List (All Releases - Including Deleted Items)
AddDescriptionRelease Date
Add 100,000 Fireflies - 7" (Harriet) 17/08/1998
Add 69 Love Songs - CD (Merge) 06/09/1999
Add 69 Love Songs - CD (Merge) 06/09/1999
Add 69 Love Songs - CD (Merge) 06/09/1999
Add 69 Love Songs - CD (Merge) 20/09/1999
Add 69 Love Songs - CD (Select Label) 05/06/2000
Add Born To Synthesize - 12" (Select Label) 27/03/2000
Add Charm Of The Highway Strip - CD (Setanta) 11/11/1997
Add Get Lost - CD (Setanta) 11/11/1997
Add Get Lost - CD X2 (Setanta) 11/11/1997
Add Get Lost - CD (Merge) 13/11/2000
Add Holiday - CD (Merge) 14/08/2000
Add House Of Tomorrow - CD (Merge) 21/01/1999
Add I Don't Believe You - 7" (Merge) 01/09/1998
Add Long Vermont Roads - 7" (Harriet) 17/08/1998
Add Love at the Bottom of the Sea - CD (Domino Records) 18/03/2012
Add The Charm Of The Highway Strip - CD (Merge) 13/11/2000
Add The House Of Tomorrow EP - 7" (Good All Over) 01/01/1991
Add The Wayward Bus / Plastic Trees - CD (Merge) 13/11/2000
Add Wayward bus - CD (Merge) 01/09/1998
   


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