69 Love Songs

69 Love Songs
Artista	The Magnetic Fields
Tipo album	Studio
Pubblicazione	1999
Durata	172:35
Dischi	3
Tracce	69
Genere	Pop
Etichetta	Domino Records
Registrazione	Polar West, Mothe West, Polar Mother and Sonics
The Magnetic Fields - cronologia
Album precedente Get Lost (1995) Album successivo I (2004)

69 Love Songs è un album triplo pubblicato dal gruppo pop statunitense The Magnetic Fields nel 1999, uscito in origine negli Stati Uniti in tre parti separate poi presto raggruppate in un unico cofanetto. Viene considerato il lavoro più completo del cantautore Stephin Merritt e tra i migliori album pop degli anni novanta.

Musicisti

• Stephin Merritt (voce, vari strumenti a corde, tastiere, percussioni, fiati, sintetizzatori)
• Claudia Gonson (piano, batteria, percussioni, voce)
• John Woo (banjo, chitarra, mandolino
• Sam Davol (violoncello, flauto)
• Daniel Handler (fisarmonica)
• Shirley Simms, Dudley Klute e LD Beghtol (voce)

Tracce

Tutti i brani sono scritti e cantati da Stephin Merritt tranne dove indicato

Disco1

1. Absolutely Cuckoo – 1:34
2. I Don't Believe in the Sun – 4:16
3. All My Little Words – 2:46 (voce LD Beghtol)
4. A Chicken with Its Head Cut Off – 2:41
5. Reno Dakota – 1:05 (voce Claudia Gonson)
6. I Don't Want to Get Over You – 2:22
7. Come Back from San Francisco – 2:48 (voce Shirley Simms)
8. The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side – 3:43 (voce Dudley Klute)
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 (voce Klute)
15. The One You Really Love – 2:53
16. Punk Love – 0:58
17. Parades Go By – 2:56
18. Boa Constrictor – 0:58 (voce Simms)
19. A Pretty Girl Is Like... – 1:50
20. My Sentimental Melody – 3:07 (voce Beghtol)
21. Nothing Matters When We're Dancing – 2:27
22. Sweet-Lovin' Man – 4:59 (voce Gonson)
23. The Things We Did and Didn't Do – 2:11

Disco2

1. Roses – 0:27 (voce Beghtol)
2. Love Is Like Jazz – 2:56
3. When My Boy Walks Down the Street – 2:38
4. Time Enough for Rocking When We're Old – 2:03
5. Very Funny – 1:26 (vocals by Klute)
6. Grand Canyon – 2:28
7. No One Will Ever Love You – 3:14 (voce Simms)
8. If You Don't Cry – 3:06 (voce Gonson)
9. You're My Only Home – 2:17
10. (Crazy for You But) Not That Crazy – 2:18
11. My Only Friend – 2:01
12. Promises of Eternity – 3:46
13. World Love – 3:07
14. Washington, D.C. – 1:53 (voce Gonson)
15. Long-Forgotten Fairytale – 3:37 (voce Klute)
16. Kiss Me Like You Mean It – 2:00 (voce Simms)
17. Papa Was a Rodeo – 5:01 (duetto con Simms)
18. Epitaph for My Heart – 2:50
19. Asleep and Dreaming – 1:53
20. The Sun Goes Down and the World Goes Dancing – 2:46
21. The Way You Say Good-Night – 2:44 (voce Beghtol)
22. Abigail, Belle of Kilronan – 2:00
23. I Shatter – 3:09

Disco3

1. Underwear – 2:49
2. It's a Crime – 3:54 (voce Klute)
3. Busby Berkeley Dreams – 3:36
4. I'm Sorry I Love You – 3:06 (voce Simms)
5. Acoustic Guitar – 2:37 (voce Gonson)
6. The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure – 3:10
7. Love in the Shadows – 2:54
8. Bitter Tears – 2:51 (voce Beghtol)
9. Wi' Nae Wee Bairn Ye'll Me Beget – 1:55
10. Yeah! Oh, Yeah! – 2:19 (duetto con Gonson)
11. Experimental Music Love – 0:29
12. Meaningless – 2:08
13. Love Is Like a Bottle of Gin – 1:46
14. Queen of the Savages – 2:12
15. Blue You – 3:03 (voce Klute)
16. I Can't Touch You Anymore – 3:05
17. Two Kinds of People – 1:10
18. How to Say Goodbye – 2:48
19. The Night You Can't Remember – 2:17
20. For We Are the King of the Boudoir – 1:14 (voce Beghtol)
21. Strange Eyes – 2:01 (voce Simms)
22. Xylophone Track – 2:47
23. Zebra – 2:15 (voce Gonson)

Collegamenti esterni

• (EN) 69 Love Songs, su AllMusic, All Media Network.
• (EN) 69 Love Songs, su Discogs, Zink Media.
• (EN) 69 Love Songs, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.