Magnetic Fields 50 Song Memoir LP Vinyl

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.

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 11. '76: Hustle 76 12. '77: Life Ain't All Bad 13. '78: The Blizzard of '78 14. '79: Rock'n'roll Will Ruin Your Life 15. '80: London By Jetpack 16. '81: How to Play the Synthesizer 17. '82: Happy Beeping 18. '83: Foxx and I 19. '84: Danceteria! 20. '85: Why I Am Not a Teenager 21. '86: How I Failed Ethics 22. '87: At the Pyramid 23. '88: Ethan Frome 24. '89: The 1989 Musical Marching Zoo 25. '90: Dreaming in Tetris 26. '91: The Day I Finally 27. '92: Weird Diseases 28. '93: Me and Fred and Dave and Ted 29. '94: Haven't Got a Penny 30. '95: A Serious Mistake 31. '96: I'm Sad! 32. '97: Eurodisco Trio 33. '98: Lovers' Lies 34. '99: Fathers in the Clouds 35. '00: Ghosts of the Marathon Dancers 36. '01: Have You Seen It in the Snow? 37. '02: Be True to Your Bar 38. '03: The Ex and I 39. '04: Cold-Blooded Man 40. '05: Never Again 41. '06: "Quotes" 42. '07: In the Snow White Cottages 43. 08: Surfin 44. '09: Till You Come Back to Me 45. '10: 20