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The Magnetic Fields
EST. 1990 // ORIGIN: Boston
Band Biography
Current
Claudia Gonson
John Woo
Sam Davol
Shirley Simms
Stephin Merritt
Susan Anway
The Three Terrors
Former
Discography
Quickies
2020 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Castles of America
0:34
2.
The Biggest Tits in History
2:12
3.
The Day the Politicians Died
1:57
4.
Castle Down a Dirt Road
1:47
5.
Bathroom Quickie
0:46
6.
My Stupid Boyfriend
2:01
7.
Love Gone Wrong
2:13
8.
Favorite Bar
1:12
9.
Kill a Man a Week
0:59
10.
Kraftwerk in a Blackout
1:49
11.
When She Plays the Toy Piano
2:06
12.
Death Pact (Let’s Make A)
0:17
13.
I’ve Got a Date With Jesus
2:16
14.
Come, Life, Shaker Life!
2:35
15.
(I Want to Join a) Biker Gang
2:21
16.
Rock ’n’ Roll Guy
2:33
17.
You’ve Got a Friend in Beelzebub
1:13
18.
Let’s Get Drunk Again (and Get Divorced)
1:15
19.
The Best Cup of Coffee in Tennessee
2:07
20.
When the Brat Upstairs Got a Drum Kit
1:52
21.
The Price You Pay
1:52
22.
The Boy in the Corner
0:55
23.
Song of the Ant
0:43
24.
I Wish I Had Fangs and a Tail
1:51
25.
Evil Rhythm
1:47
26.
She Says Hello
1:01
27.
The Little Robot Girl
2:11
28.
I Wish I Were a Prostitute Again
2:15
50 Song Memoir
2017 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
’66: Wonder Where I’m From
2:44
2.
’67: Come Back as a Cockroach
2:34
3.
’68: A Cat Called Dionysus
2:46
4.
’69: Judy Garland
3:17
5.
’70: They’re Killing Children Over There
2:36
6.
’71: I Think I’ll Make Another World
2:57
7.
’72: Eye Contact
2:55
8.
’73: It Could Have Been Paradise
3:07
9.
’74: No
2:57
10.
’75: My Mama Ain’t
3:01
11.
’76: Hustle 76
3:16
12.
’77: Life Ain’t All Bad
4:16
13.
’78: The Blizzard of ’78
3:15
14.
’79: Rock’n’Roll Will Ruin Your Life
2:58
15.
’80: London by Jetpack
2:58
16.
’81: How to Play the Synthesizer
3:06
17.
’82: Happy Beeping
3:10
18.
’83: Foxx and I
2:43
19.
’84: Danceteria!
3:09
20.
’85: Why I Am Not a Teenager
3:07
21.
’86: How I Failed Ethics
2:58
22.
’87: At the Pyramid
3:10
23.
’88: Ethan Frome
2:24
24.
’89: The 1989 Musical Marching Zoo
3:06
25.
’90: Dreaming in Tetris
3:21
26.
’91: The Day I Finally…
2:20
27.
’92: Weird Diseases
3:10
28.
’93: Me and Fred and Dave and Ted
3:08
29.
’94: Haven’t Got a Penny
2:53
30.
’95: A Serious Mistake
3:13
31.
’96: I’m Sad!
2:12
32.
’97: Eurodisco Trio
3:15
33.
’98: Lovers’ Lies
3:06
34.
’99: Fathers in the Clouds
2:52
35.
’00: Ghosts of the Marathon Dancers
3:05
36.
’01: Have You Seen It in the Snow?
2:51
37.
’02: Be True to Your Bar
3:34
38.
’03: The Ex and I
2:59
39.
’04: Cold‐Blooded Man
3:06
40.
’05: Never Again
3:19
41.
’06: “Quotes”
2:17
42.
’07: In the Snow White Cottages
2:52
43.
’08: Surfin’
2:47
44.
’09: Till You Come Back to Me
2:29
45.
’10: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
3:03
46.
’11: Stupid Tears
2:45
47.
’12: You Can Never Go Back to New York
3:12
48.
’13: Big Enough for Both of Us
3:04
49.
’14: I Wish I Had Pictures
3:07
50.
’15: Somebody’s Fetish
3:45
Love at the Bottom of the Sea
2012 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Your Girlfriend’s Face
2:20
2.
Andrew in Drag
2:11
3.
God Wants Us to Wait
2:05
4.
Born for Love
2:38
5.
I’d Go Anywhere With Hugh
2:07
6.
Infatuation (With Your Gyration)
2:12
7.
The Only Boy in Town
2:35
8.
The Machine in Your Hand
2:23
9.
Goin’ Back to the Country
2:00
10.
I’ve Run Away to Join the Fairies
2:16
11.
The Horrible Party
2:07
12.
My Husband’s Pied‐à‐Terre
2:05
13.
I Don’t Like Your Tone
2:08
14.
Quick!
2:28
15.
All She Cares About Is Mariachi
2:37
Realism
2010 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
You Must Be out of Your Mind
3:14
2.
Interlude
2:13
3.
We Are Having a Hootenanny
2:10
4.
I Don’t Know What to Say
2:32
5.
The Dolls’ Tea Party
2:19
6.
Everything Is One Big Christmas Tree
2:24
7.
Walk a Lonely Road
3:06
8.
Always Already Gone
2:41
9.
Seduced and Abandoned
2:23
10.
Better Things
2:33
11.
Painted Flower
2:12
12.
The Dada Polka
2:24
13.
From a Sinking Boat
3:26
Distortion
2008 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Three‐Way
3:01
2.
California Girls
3:00
3.
Old Fools
3:02
4.
Xavier Says
2:41
5.
Mr. Mistletoe
2:59
6.
Please Stop Dancing
3:00
7.
Drive On, Driver
2:51
8.
Too Drunk to Dream
2:59
9.
Till the Bitter End
3:03
10.
I’ll Dream Alone
3:07
11.
The Nun’s Litany
2:58
12.
Zombie Boy
3:04
13.
Courtesans
2:59
i
2004 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
I Die
2:14
2.
I Don’t Believe You
3:40
3.
I Don’t Really Love You Anymore
2:33
4.
I Looked All Over Town
2:39
5.
I Thought You Were My Boyfriend
4:24
6.
I Was Born
2:01
7.
I Wish I Had an Evil Twin
3:16
8.
If There’s Such a Thing as Love
2:57
9.
I’m Tongue‐Tied
2:49
10.
In an Operetta
2:02
11.
Infinitely Late at Night
2:45
12.
Irma
2:23
13.
Is This What They Used to Call Love?
3:04
14.
It’s Only Time
4:25
69 Love Songs, Volume 3
1999 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Underwear
2:49
2.
It’s a Crime
3:54
3.
Busby Berkeley Dreams
3:36
4.
I’m Sorry I Love You
3:06
5.
Acoustic Guitar
2:37
6.
The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure
3:10
7.
Love in the Shadows
2:54
8.
Bitter Tears
2:51
9.
Wi’ Nae Wee Bairn Ye’ll Me Beget
1:55
10.
Yeah! Oh, Yeah!
2:19
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
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
21.
Strange Eyes
2:01
22.
Xylophone Track
2:47
23.
Zebra
2:15
69 Love Songs, Volume 2
1999 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Roses
0:27
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
6.
Grand Canyon
2:28
7.
No One Will Ever Love You
3:14
8.
If You Don’t Cry
3:06
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
15.
Long‐Forgotten Fairytale
3:37
16.
Kiss Me Like You Mean It
2:00
17.
Papa Was a Rodeo
5:01
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
22.
Abigail, Belle of Kilronan
2:00
23.
I Shatter
3:09
69 Love Songs, Volume 1
1999 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Absolutely Cuckoo
1:34
2.
I Don’t Believe in the Sun
4:16
3.
All My Little Words
2:46
4.
A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
2:41
5.
Reno Dakota
1:05
6.
I Don’t Want to Get Over You
2:22
7.
Come Back From San Francisco
2:48
8.
The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side
3:43
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
15.
The One You Really Love
2:53
16.
Punk Love
0:58
17.
Parades Go By
2:56
18.
Boa Constrictor
0:58
19.
A Pretty Girl Is Like…
1:50
20.
My Sentimental Melody
3:07
21.
Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing
2:27
22.
Sweet‐Lovin’ Man
4:59
23.
The Things We Did and Didn’t Do
2:11
69 Love Songs
1999 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Absolutely Cuckoo
1:35
2.
I Don’t Believe in the Sun
4:16
3.
All My Little Words
2:46
4.
A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
2:42
5.
Reno Dakota
1:05
6.
I Don’t Want to Get Over You
2:23
7.
Come Back From San Francisco
2:48
8.
The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side
3:43
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
2:33
12.
The Book of Love
2:42
13.
Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long
2:34
14.
How Fucking Romantic
0:59
15.
The One You Really Love
2:53
16.
Punk Love
0:58
17.
Parades Go By
2:57
18.
Boa Constrictor
0:59
19.
A Pretty Girl Is Like…
1:51
20.
My Sentimental Melody
3:08
21.
Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing
2:27
22.
Sweet‐Lovin’ Man
4:59
23.
The Things We Did and Didn’t Do
2:11
Get Lost
1995 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Famous
3:11
2.
The Desperate Things You Made Me Do
3:54
3.
Smoke and Mirrors
3:08
4.
With Whom to Dance?
2:27
5.
You and Me and the Moon
2:59
6.
Don’t Look Away
2:16
7.
Save a Secret for the Moon
3:02
8.
Why I Cry
3:37
9.
Love Is Lighter Than Air
2:59
10.
When You’re Old and Lonely
1:57
11.
The Village in the Morning
3:40
12.
All the Umbrellas in London
3:18
13.
The Dreaming Moon
3:24
Holiday
1994 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
BBC Radiophonic Workshop
0:22
2.
Desert Island
3:36
3.
Deep Sea Diving Suit
2:05
4.
Strange Powers
2:41
5.
Torn Green Velvet Eyes
4:22
6.
The Flowers She Sent and the Flowers She Said She Sent
2:26
7.
Swinging London
2:35
8.
In My Secret Place
1:41
9.
Sad Little Moon
2:12
10.
The Trouble I’ve Been Looking For
2:23
11.
Sugar World
3:19
12.
All You Ever Do Is Walk Away
2:05
13.
In My Car
2:56
14.
Take Ecstasy With Me
3:36
The Charm of the Highway Strip
1994 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Lonely Highway
3:05
2.
Long Vermont Roads
3:26
3.
Born on a Train
3:45
4.
I Have the Moon
2:36
5.
Two Characters in Search of a Country Song
3:32
6.
Crowd of Drifters
3:35
7.
Fear of Trains
3:14
8.
When the Open Road Is Closing In
3:38
9.
Sunset City
4:05
10.
Dust Bowl
2:19
The Wayward Bus
1992 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
When You Were My Baby
2:43
2.
The Saddest Story Ever Told
2:12
3.
Lovers From the Moon
2:52
4.
Candy
2:32
5.
Tokyo Á Go-Go
3:12
6.
Summer Lies
2:59
7.
Old Orchard Beach
2:54
8.
Jeremy
3:01
9.
Dancing in Your Eyes
2:56
10.
Suddenly There Is a Tidal Wave
3:18
11.
Railroad Boy
2:59
12.
Smoke Signals
3:28
13.
You Love to Fail
2:30
14.
Kings
2:15
15.
Babies Falling
3:18
16.
Living in an Abandoned Firehouse With You
3:58
17.
Tar-Heel Boy
2:26
18.
Falling in Love With the Wolfboy
4:05
19.
Josephine
3:08
20.
100,000 Fireflies
3:20
Distant Plastic Trees
1991 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Railroad Boy
3:00
2.
Smoke Signals
3:26
3.
You Love to Fail
2:32
4.
Kings
2:15
5.
Babies Falling
3:18
6.
Living in an Abandoned Firehouse With You
3:55
7.
Tar‐Heel Boy
2:23
8.
Falling in Love With the Wolfboy
4:09
9.
Josephine
3:08
10.
100,000 Fireflies
3:21
11.
Plant White Roses
4:44