The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs [6x10" LP]

The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs [6x10" LP]

Format: 6×10" LP, Album, Remastered, Box Set, Limited Edition
Label: Merge Records (US)
Catalogue Number: MRG 169
Barcode: 673855016917
Released: 14 February 2020 (Remastered Reissue)
Originally Released: 7 September 1999
Genre: Indie Pop / Synth-Pop / Chamber Pop / Lo-Fi
Condition: New & Sealed

Description
Stephin Merritt’s magnum opus, 69 Love Songs, is a sprawling, genre-hopping exploration of romance in all its absurdity, agony, and ecstasy. Across three volumes and 69 tracks, Merritt and his rotating cast of vocalists (Claudia Gonson, Shirley Simms, Dudley Klute, LD Beghtol) deliver miniature masterpieces that span torch songs, punk bursts, cabaret, country ballads, and electro-pop.

This remastered box set features the full album spread across six 10" vinyl discs, housed in a deluxe slipcase with printed inners. A cult classic reissued for audiophiles and indie pop archivists, this edition restores the original sequencing with enhanced clarity and warmth.

Tracklist Overview
Volume 1 (Discs 1–2)

• Absolutely Cuckoo – 1:34
• I Don’t Believe in the Sun – 4:16
• All My Little Words – 2:46
• A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off – 2:41
• Reno Dakota – 1:05
• I Don’t Want to Get Over You – 2:22
• Come Back From San Francisco – 2:48
• The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side – 3:43
• Let’s Pretend We’re Bunny Rabbits – 2:25
• The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be – 1:11
• I Think I Need a New Heart – 2:32
• The Book of Love – 2:42
• Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long – 2:33
• How Fucking Romantic – 0:58
• The One You Really Love – 2:53
• Punk Love – 0:58
• Parades Go By – 2:56
• Boa Constrictor – 0:58
• A Pretty Girl Is Like… – 1:50
• My Sentimental Melody – 3:07
• Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing – 2:27
• Sweet-Lovin’ Man – 4:59
• The Things We Did and Didn’t Do – 2:11

Volume 2 (Discs 3–4)

• Roses – 0:27
• Love Is Like Jazz – 2:56
• When My Boy Walks Down the Street – 2:38
• Time Enough for Rocking When We’re Old – 2:03
• Very Funny – 1:26
• Grand Canyon – 2:28
• No One Will Ever Love You – 3:14
• If You Don’t Cry – 3:07
• You’re My Only Home – 2:17
• (Crazy for You But) Not That Crazy – 2:18
• My Only Friend – 2:01
• Promises of Eternity – 3:46
• World Love – 3:07
• Washington, D.C. – 1:53
• Long-Forgotten Fairytale – 3:37
• Kiss Me Like You Mean It – 2:01
• Papa Was a Rodeo – 5:01
• Epitaph for My Heart – 2:50
• Asleep and Dreaming – 1:53
• The Sun Goes Down and the World Goes Dancing – 2:46
• The Way You Say Good-Night – 2:44
• Abigail, Belle of Kilronan – 2:00
• I Shatter – 3:09

Volume 3 (Discs 5–6)

• Underwear – 2:49
• It’s a Crime – 3:54
• Busby Berkeley Dreams – 3:36
• I’m Sorry I Love You – 3:06
• Acoustic Guitar – 2:37
• The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure – 3:11
• Love in the Shadows – 2:54
• Bitter Tears – 2:51
• Wi’ Nae Wee Bairn Ye’ll Me Beget – 1:55
• Yeah! Oh, Yeah! – 3:17
• Experimental Music Love – 1:30
• Meaningless – 2:10
• Love Is Like a Bottle of Gin – 2:44
• Queen of the Savages – 2:12
• Blue You – 2:13
• I Can’t Touch You Anymore – 3:03
• Two Kinds of People – 1:11
• How to Say Goodbye – 2:44
• The Night You Can’t Remember – 3:02
• For We Are the King of the Boudoir – 2:07
• Strange Eyes – 2:00
• Xylophone Track – 2:48
• Zebra – 2:15

Credits & Notes

• Vocals, Lyrics, Music: Stephin Merritt
• Guest Vocals: Claudia Gonson, Shirley Simms, Dudley Klute, LD Beghtol
• Producer: Stephin Merritt
• Remastered By: Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering
• ℗ & © 1999, 2020 Merge Records
• Includes printed inner sleeves and deluxe slipcase packaging
• Limited edition box set; 6×10" vinyl format