69 Love Songs - Magnetic Fields Reviews

The patchiest album ever? I'm not suggesting that the magnetic fields have overstretched themselves on this album, but.... oh wait , yes, i am. 69 songs about love..... just for the point of sexual innuendo? When it's good, it's seminal. Clever lyrics and strong melodies come together to create songs that should be timeless ...  Read the complete review

69 Love songs is a three disc "concept album" conceived by the prolific songwriter Stephin Merritt. He has several bands, the Magnetic Fields being but one. He has been quoted as saying he came up with the idea to write 100 songs about love "as a way of introducing myself to the world", but settled on 69. According to his ...  Read the complete review

Ask twenty Magnetic Fields fans to name their favourite track on 69 Love Songs and you'd probably get twenty different answers. That's if you can find twenty fans in the first place. I haven't encountered any other Stephin Merritt obsessives, and I've been looking since 2000. In fact, ...  Read the complete review

69 Love songs by the Magnetic fields is an absolute gem. The way Stepen Merrit, who is the principle songwriter behind the magnetic fields, writes is to the point, that you wont be able to leave this collection of songs alone. This cd, as the title suggests, is all about the different aspects of love, but Merrit aproaches the subject with ...  Read the complete review

'69 Lovesongs' is phenomenal! Stephin Merritt's songwriting ability simply cannot be understated. Not only does he play hundreds of instruments, but he writes the wittiest, most cynical and intelligent lyrics that i have heard in a long time. Some people may think that 69 tracks on 3 cds is a little excessive for an ...  Read the complete review

Magnetic fields are a curious little band that have been creating off the wall music for a decade or so now, and despite writing some cracking stuff they've been ignored by 99% of the western world. Why? Because they insist on releasing stuff like this. Dont get me wrong 69 love songs is a wonderful album, but its 69 tracks on THREE ...  Read the complete review