indie pop, electronic, synth-pop, indie folk 173 min 69 tracks Merge Records
69 Love Songs is the sixth studio album by American indie pop band the Magnetic Fields, released on September 7, 1999, by Merge Records. As its title indicates, 69 Love Songs is a three-volume concept album composed of 69 love songs, all written by Magnetic Fields frontman Stephin Merritt.
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Character-led, spare, open-ended and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
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Metacritic 88/100
- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- The Guardian5/5 ★
- Mojo5/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork9/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- Spin10/10
- The Village VoiceA+
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Tracks
- 1Absolutely Cuckoo1:35
- 2I Don’t Believe in the Sun4:16
- 3All My Little Words2:46
- 4A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off2:42
- 5Reno Dakota1:05
- 6I Don’t Want to Get Over You2:23
- 7Come Back From San Francisco2:48
- 8The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side3:43
- 9Let’s Pretend We’re Bunny Rabbits2:25
- 10The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be1:11
- 11I Think I Need a New Heart2:33
- 12The Book of Love2:42
- 13Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long2:34
- 14How Fucking Romantic0:59
- 15The One You Really Love2:53
- 16Punk Love0:58
- 17Parades Go By2:57
- 18Boa Constrictor0:59
- 19A Pretty Girl Is Like…1:51
- 20My Sentimental Melody3:08
- 21Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing2:27
- 22Sweet‐Lovin’ Man4:59
- 23The Things We Did and Didn’t Do2:11
- 1Roses0:28
- 2Love Is Like Jazz2:57
- 3When My Boy Walks Down the Street2:38
- 4Time Enough for Rocking When We’re Old2:04
- 5Very Funny1:27
- 6Grand Canyon2:28
- 7No One Will Ever Love You3:14
- 8If You Don’t Cry3:07
- 9You’re My Only Home2:18
- 10(Crazy for You but) Not That Crazy2:19
- 11My Only Friend2:01
- 12Promises of Eternity3:46
- 13World Love3:07
- 14Washington, D.C.1:53
- 15Long‐Forgotten Fairytale3:37
- 16Kiss Me Like You Mean It2:01
- 17Papa Was a Rodeo5:02
- 18Epitaph for My Heart2:50
- 19Asleep and Dreaming1:53
- 20The Sun Goes Down and the World Goes Dancing2:46
- 21The Way You Say Good‐Night2:45
- 22Abigail, Belle of Kilronan2:01
- 23I Shatter3:09
- 1Underwear2:50
- 2It’s a Crime3:55
- 3Busby Berkeley Dreams3:37
- 4I’m Sorry I Love You3:06
- 5Acoustic Guitar2:38
- 6The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure3:11
- 7Love in the Shadows2:54
- 8Bitter Tears2:51
- 9Wi’ Nae Wee Bairn Ye’ll Me Beget1:56
- 10Yeah! Oh, Yeah!2:20
- 11Experimental Music Love0:30
- 12Meaningless2:08
- 13Love Is Like a Bottle of Gin1:46
- 14Queen of the Savages2:13
- 15Blue You3:03
- 16I Can’t Touch You Anymore3:06
- 17Two Kinds of People1:10
- 18How to Say Goodbye2:48
- 19The Night You Can’t Remember2:18
- 20For We Are the King of the Boudoir1:15
- 21Strange Eyes2:02
- 22Xylophone Track2:47
- 23Zebra2:16
69 tracks, 173 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Magnetic Fields
- Label
- Merge Records
- Released
- September 7, 1999
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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