69 Love Songs

~ Release by The Magnetic Fields (see all versions of this release, 9 available)

Tracklist

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E1Roses
guest lead vocals:
LD Beghtol
recording of:
Roses
lyricist and composer:
Stephin Merritt
30:27
E2Love Is Like Jazz
lead vocals:
Stephin Merritt
recording of:
Love Is Like Jazz
lyricist and composer:
Stephin Merritt
32:56
E3When My Boy Walks Down the Street
lead vocals:
Stephin Merritt
recording of:
When My Boy Walks Down the Street
lyricist and composer:
Stephin Merritt
3.652:38
E4Time Enough for Rocking When We’re Old
bass:
John Woo
lead vocals:
Stephin Merritt
recording of:
Time Enough for Rocking When We’re Old
lyricist and composer:
Stephin Merritt
3.52:03
E5Very Funny
guest lead vocals:
Dudley Kludt
arranger:
Claudia Gonson
recording of:
Very Funny
lyricist and composer:
Stephin Merritt
41:26
E6Grand Canyon
lead vocals:
Stephin Merritt
recording of:
Grand Canyon
lyricist and composer:
Stephin Merritt
3.52:28
E7No One Will Ever Love You
guest lead vocals:
Shirley Simms
recording of:
No One Will Ever Love You
lyricist and composer:
Stephin Merritt
43:14
F1If You Don’t Cry
lead vocals:
Claudia Gonson
recording of:
If You Don’t Cry
lyricist and composer:
Stephin Merritt
4.353:07
F2You’re My Only Home
lead vocals:
Stephin Merritt
recording of:
You’re My Only Home
lyricist and composer:
Stephin Merritt
3.52:17
F3(Crazy for You but) Not That Crazy
lead vocals:
Stephin Merritt
recording of:
(Crazy for You but) Not That Crazy
lyricist and composer:
Stephin Merritt
3.52:18
F4My Only Friend
lead vocals:
Stephin Merritt
recording of:
My Only Friend
lyricist and composer:
Stephin Merritt
42:01
F5Promises of Eternity
lead vocals:
Stephin Merritt
guest performer:
Chris Ewen
arranger:
Chris Ewen
recording of:
Promises of Eternity
lyricist and composer:
Stephin Merritt
43:46
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covers:Absolutely Cuckoo: Minnesota Covers ‘The 69 Love Songs’ by Various Artists (add compilations to this artist)
You Can Sing Me Anything: A Tribute to 69 Love Songs by Various Artists (add compilations to this artist)
includes:69 Love Songs, Volume 1
69 Love Songs, Volume 2
69 Love Songs, Volume 3
part of:David Starkey: Best of 99 (number: 1) (order: 1)
Justin Stranzl: Best of 1999 (number: 2) (order: 2)
Peter Solderitsch: Best of 99 (number: 4) (order: 4)
The Top 20 Albums of the Year (SPIN magazine, 2000-01) (number: 4) (order: 4)
Sarah Sharpe: Best of 99 (number: 5) (order: 5)
Pitchfork: Top 10 Albums of 1999 (number: 8) (order: 8)
Sarah Zupko: Best of 1999 (number: 11) (order: 11)
Rolling Stone: The 50 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time (2022-10-12) (number: 35) (order: 35)
Exclaim! 1999 Shocks & Surprises (number: Surprises (Andrea Gin)) (order: 40)
33⅓ (number: 69) (order: 70)
Exclaim! 1999 Shocks & Surprises (number: Surprises (Christopher Waters)) (order: 73)
Pitchfork: The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s (2022-09-28) (number: 78) (order: 78)
Treble: The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s (number: 106) (order: 106)
Exclaim! 1999 Shocks & Surprises (number: Surprises (Lia Kiessling)) (order: 147)
Exclaim! 1999 Shocks & Surprises (number: Surprises (Michael Barclay)) (order: 155)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 406) (order: 406)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 406) (order: 406)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 465) (order: 466)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 884) (order: 885)
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Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000601205 [info]
Wikidata:Q1412554 [info]