50 Song Memoir

Magnetic Fields

50 Song Memoir

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Five vinyl LP pressing. 2017 release from the alt-rock band led by Stephin Merritt. 50 Year Memoir chronicles the 50 years of songwriter Stephin Merritt's life with one song per year; it was produced by Stephin Merritt with additional production by Thomas Bartlett and Charles Newman. This set includes an extensive interview by Daniel Handler and facsimile handwritten lyrics by Merritt. Stephin began recording on his 50th birthday: February 9, 2015. Unlike his previous work, the lyrics on 50 Song Memoir are nonfiction-in Merritt's words, "a mix of autobiography (bedbugs, Buddhism, buggery) and documentary (hippies, Hollywood, hyperacusis)." In addition to his vocals on all 50 songs, Merritt plays more than 100 instruments on 50 Song Memoir, ranging from ukulele to piano to drum machine to abacus.
  • First Released: 2017
  • Label: Nonesuch

50 tracks, 5 sides

Side 1

  1. '66: Wonder Where I'm from
  2. '67: Come Back As a Cockroach
  3. '68: A Cat Called Dionysus
  4. '69: Judy Garland
  5. '70: They're Killing Children Over There
  6. '71: I Think I'll Make Another World
  7. '72: Eye Contact
  8. '73: It Could Have Been Paradise
  9. '74: No
  10. '75: My Mama Ain't

Side 2

  1. '76: Hustle 76
  2. '77: Life Ain't All Bad
  3. '78: The Blizzard of '78
  4. '79: Rock'n'roll Will Ruin Your Life
  5. '80: London By Jetpack
  6. '81: How to Play the Synthesizer
  7. '82: Happy Beeping
  8. '83: Foxx and I
  9. '84: Danceteria!
  10. '85: Why I Am Not a Teenager

Side 3

  1. '86: How I Failed Ethics
  2. '87: At the Pyramid
  3. '88: Ethan Frome
  4. '89: The 1989 Musical Marching Zoo
  5. '90: Dreaming in Tetris
  6. '91: The Day I Finally
  7. '92: Weird Diseases
  8. '93: Me and Fred and Dave and Ted
  9. '94: Haven't Got a Penny
  10. '95: A Serious Mistake

Side 4

  1. '96: I'm Sad!
  2. '97: Eurodisco Trio
  3. '98: Lovers' Lies
  4. '99: Fathers in the Clouds
  5. '00: Ghosts of the Marathon Dancers
  6. '01: Have You Seen It in the Snow?
  7. '02: Be True to Your Bar
  8. '03: The Ex and I
  9. '04: Cold-Blooded Man
  10. '05: Never Again

Side 5

  1. '06: "Quotes"
  2. '07: In the Snow White Cottages
  3. 08: Surfin
  4. '09: Till You Come Back to Me
  5. '10: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
  6. '11: Stupid Tears
  7. '12: You Can Never Go Back to New York
  8. '13: Big Enough for Both of Us
  9. '14: I Wish I Had Pictures
  10. '15: Somebody's Fetish
Details
  • Artist Magnetic Fields
  • Format LP
  • Released 2017
  • Label Nonesuch
  • Genre Rock
  • UPC 075597940916
  • Website ID 075597940916
Categories

Pop Rock
Music