The Magnetic Fields 50 Song Memoir
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DoofusWainwright
March 11th 2017


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

That's me

AmericanFlagAsh
March 11th 2017


13289 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

69 Love Songs is epic and perfect just the way it is

altertide0
March 15th 2017


3026 Comments


Doof ain't got no heart

DoofusWainwright
March 15th 2017


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Alt I noticed on your track ratings you only put one of the songs here close to classic status - is that because it's early days or are this band just a 3-3.5 track sorta deal, solid but lacking in true classic songs?

altertide0
March 15th 2017


3026 Comments


don't pay too much attention to my 4.0-5.0 track ratings, I'm not very consistent with these in that range, basically anything that got more than 3.5 from me can be considered a "classic". "wonder where i'm from" is definitely a song that hit me the hardest here.

as for the band being "just a 3-3.5 track sorta deal", it's actually pretty accurate when it comes to 69 love songs and this one (both albums are definitely more than sums of their parts), but i wouldn't say that about the band in general. well ok i'll admit that most of their songs even in their classic period (pre-2000s) belong to this range but boy do they have some incredible highlights

DoofusWainwright
March 15th 2017


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

I've only just listened to the three songs available from the debut on youtube but I'm really not enjoying them - would rather listen to Peter Jefferies where the vox are a more pleasing mix with the lo fi style for my tastes. All these songs are female sung which is odd too :/

AmericanFlagAsh
March 15th 2017


13289 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

100,000 Fireflies is everything

DoofusWainwright
March 15th 2017


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Listening to the second album in full now...has a few interesting moments, it's more about the textures winning me over than the songs though. The vocals are just there, ultra bland ice queen vibes for me, they make Nico look sparky and I don't think they match the musical backdrop AT ALL, he should have started singing himself from the start. Total emotional disconnect.

DoofusWainwright
March 15th 2017


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Yeah this second album is grinding me down, very sickly experienced as a whole and the vocals are just relentless and don't suit the twee backdrop.



It's still probably my favourite of what I've heard by them so far, so a 3/5.

DoofusWainwright
March 15th 2017


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Listening to the Spotify 'selections' from the new one, the first song up sounds like a Flight of the Conchords spoof thing...aaaaahhh, give me a classic song Merritt you goof. I'm really struggling with this lot.

altertide0
March 15th 2017


3026 Comments


Yeah YOU're struggling... The above three posts gave me cancer my friend

DoofusWainwright
March 15th 2017


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

The Spotify selection starts with the cat song, not the one you rate highly - no idea why.



Anyway, I'll bump my rating here to a 2 and wave goodbye to Merritt from hereon out. Can't win them all, raising the white flag.

AmericanFlagAsh
March 15th 2017


13289 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Good good and I'll just keep jamming 69 Love Songs like the classic it is

DoofusWainwright
March 15th 2017


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Try jamming it three times in a row, in full, bet you can't

AmericanFlagAsh
March 15th 2017


13289 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I don't have the time. I did listen to it twice one day in college.

Cygnatti
March 17th 2017


36031 Comments


doof has no heart, can confirm.

Veldin
March 22nd 2017


5261 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

This album is so damn catchy. It gets better and better with every listen. The first two discs' songs are constantly stuck in my head.

neekafat
Staff Reviewer
April 13th 2018


26154 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I really like some of these songs, but man this guy's vocals and melodies are boring as shit

It's fine but I hate that I've wasted 5 hours on my life on something "fine"



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