the magnetic fields - 69 love songs (vol.1-3)


As the sprawling magnitude of its cheeky title suggests, 69 Love Songs is Stephin Merritt's most ambitious as well as most fully realized work to date, a three-disc epic of classically chiseled pop songs that explore both the promise and pitfalls of modern romance through the jaundiced eye of an irredeemable misanthrope.

The magnetic fields are now my favorite new band and have been for a little while. their song writing is genious, along with the lyrics that jump around from being happy to really depressing and mournful. The reason i uploaded this collection is because to me it shows their greatest musical effort to date, though this album does not contain my favorite song of theirs. The songs go from folky, bluesy, and indie pop so there is a good mix of stuff and not 69 songs that all sound the same. enjoy!