I've seen differing accounts of some of the release dates, but
these are as close as I can figure.
[If you're looking at this right now, look back in a few days--I'm working on
making additions and corrections.]
The Magnetic Fields
Distant Plastic Trees
Album, CD: Red Flame, Feb 1991 |
This was released on Red Flame
Records and now out of print, but Merge Records has
combined it with The Wayward Bus onto one CD.
"Plant White Roses" was left off of the Merge version (for
some dumb reason), but you can
find that track on The Long Secret compilation. Vocals by
Susan Anway. 1. Railroad Boy
2. Smoke Signals
3. You Love To Fail
4. Kings
5. Babies Falling
6. Living In An Abandoned Firehouse With You
7. Tar-Heel Boy
8. Falling In Love with the Wolfboy
9. Josephine
10. 100,000 Fireflies
11. Plant White Roses |
The Magnetic Fields
"100,000 Fireflies"
Single, 7": Harriet, Sep 1991
Single, 7": Harriet, 1992 |
A single of the song from Distant Plastic Trees backed with "Old Orchard
Beach." Released in 1991 with a silver cover and then again
in 1992 with color artwork. Essentially a
collector's item, since both of these songs can be found
on The Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic Trees.
1. 100,000 Fireflies
2. Old Orchard Beach |
The Magnetic Fields
"Long Vermont Roads"
Single, 7": Harriet, Dec 1992 |
Same song that eventually appeared on The Charm of
the Highway Strip. Backed with "Alien Being"
(eventually found on the CD version of The House of Tomorrow) and "Beach-a-Boop-Boop"
(which only appears here). First release
featuring Stephin on vocals. 1.
Long Vermont Roads
2. Alien Being
3. Beach-a-Boop-Boop |
The Magnetic Fields
"Crowd of Drifters"
Dr. Death's Volume 4: Marvels of Insect Life
Compilation Track, CD: C'est La Mort, 1990 |
Susan sings this version (different from the one on The Charm of the Highway Strip).
1. M-1 Alternative: The Marvels Of Insect Life Theme
2. Johanna's House Of Glamour: Dark Hour
3. Mumbles: Two Cloudd
4. Double Happiness: Cut
5. Critical Mass: Vacation
6. Flower Sermon: If God Is
7. M-1 Alternative: Slumming
8. Talisker Tale: Alone
9. Psychic Surgery: Greeks And Romans
10. Area: Green Light
11. Blackgirls: Translator
12. Leigh Gregory: Athea
13. Halcyon Daze: Ragman
14. The Millions: Delicate Balance
15. The Magnetic Fields: Crowd Of Drifters
16. Future Neighbors: Salty Sea
17. And Siamese Urbain: Whale's Belly
18. Handful Of Snowdrops: Now, Then And Forever |
The Magnetic Fields
The Wayward Bus
Album, CD: PoPup, Jan 1992 |
The PoPuP release of this album
is now out of print, but you can find it combined with Distant
Plastic Trees on Merge Records.
1. When You Were My Baby
2. The Saddest Story Ever Told
3. Lovers from the Moon
4. Candy
5. Tokyo a Go-Go
6. Summer Lies
7. Old Orchard Beach
8. Jeremy
9. Dancing In Your Eyes
10. Suddenly There Is a Tidal Wave |
The Magnetic Fields
The Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic Trees
Albums, CD: Merge, 23 Jan 1995 |
Originally Distant Plastic
Trees was released on Red Flame Records and The
Wayward Bus was released on PoPuP Records. Merge
combined these (the Susan Anway records) onto one disc
(with a 4:32 silent track separating them), leaving off
"Plant White Roses" (for some dumb reason) which can now be found on The
Long Secret compilation from Harriet Records. They decided to put
the new album first, then the old one.
1. When You Were My Baby
2. The Saddest Story Ever Told
3. Lovers from the Moon
4. Candy
5. Tokyo a Go-Go
6. Summer Lies
7. Old Orchard Beach
8. Jeremy
9. Dancing In Your Eyes
10. Suddenly There Is a Tidal Wave
11. [Silent Track]
12. Railroad Boy
13. Smoke Signals
14. You Love To Fail
15. Kings
16. Babies Falling
17. Living In An Abandoned Firehouse With You
18. Tar-Heel Boy
19. Falling In Love with the Wolfboy
20. Josephine
21. 100,000 Fireflies |
The Magnetic Fields
"100,000 Fireflies"
One Last Kiss
Compilation Track, CD: Spinart, 1992 |
Same version as on the CD, so
no reason to buy unless you want the following songs.
1. Swirlies: Chris R.
2. Suddenly, Tammy!: Lamp
3. Lorelei: Mimesis
4. Veronica Lake: Daisy Kiss
5. The
Magnetic Fields: 100,000 Fireflies
6. White Town: Hair
Like Alain Delon
7. Honeybunch: Arm in Arm
8. Swirl:
Helicopter
9. Our American Cousins: One Wish Too Many
10. Tree Fort Angst: You Should've Seen the One That Got
Away
11. Crayon: All the Stars
12. Jane Pow: Shutdown
13. Whorl: I Love Her All the Time
14. Small Factory:
Hey Lucille
15. Velocity Girl: My Forgotten Favorite
16. Courtney Love: Baseball Bat
17. Lilys: Any Several
Sundays
18. Black Tambourine: We Can't Be Friends
19. Wimp Factor 14: Change of Address Kit. |
The Magnetic Fields
The House of Tomorrow
EP, 7": Feel Good All Over, 1992 |
This is the original 7" release by Feel Good All Over.
It was eventually released by that label as a CD in 1996 with the new
song "Alien Being." When that went out of print, it was released
on CD by Merge in 1999 with new cover artwork. Vocals by Stephin.
1. Young and Insane
2. Technical (You're So)
3. Love Goes Home To Paris in the Spring
4. Either You Don't Love Me or I Don't Love You |
The 6ths
"Heaven in a Black Leather Jacket"
Single, 7": Merge, 1993 |
Same song that eventually appears on Wasps'
Nests, sung by Robert Scott. Backed with "Rot in the
Sun," sung by Stephin. The first release by The 6ths.
1. Heaven in a Black Leather Jacket
2. Rot in the Sun |
The Magnetic Fields
"Plant White Roses"
Rows of Teeth
Compilation Track, CD: Merge, 1994 |
Stephin's totally remade
version of this song, with himself on vocals.
1. Lambchop:
Or Thousands of Prizes
2. Rocket from the Crypt:
UFO>UFO>UFO
3. Erectus Monotone: The Day the
Sharks Flew
4. Polvo: Watch the Nail
5. Angels of
Epistemology: The Charm
6. Metal Pitcher: Mental Picture
7. The Renderers: Million Lights
8. Pipe: Ashtray
9. Butterglory: Alexander Bends
10. Archers of Loaf: What
Did You Expect?
11. Pure: Senseless
12. Bricks: You
Shouldn't Have Smashed Your Guitar
13. Drive Like Jehu:
Bullet Train to Vegas
14. Coral: Filling a Hole
15. Superchunk: Dance Lessons
16. Magnetic Fields: Plant
White Roses
17. Breadwinner: Yard
18. Wwax: Counting
Thoughts
19. Portastatic: Codes, Runes, Dunes
20. Squirrel Nut Zippers: You Are My Radio. |
The Magnetic Fields
"Strange Powers"
CMJ New Music Monthly Vol. 11
Compilation Track, CD: CMJ, Jun 1994 |
Same as album version, released
with CMJ magazine. 1.
Buckshot Le Fonque: Breakfast at Denny's
2. Paul Weller: Sunflower
3. Youssou N'Dour: 7 Seconds
4. The Church: 2 Places at Once
5. Syd Barrett: Terrapin
6. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Do You Love Me?
7. Seed: Rapture
8. Therapy?: Die Laughing
9. Suicidal Tendencies: What You Need Is a Friend
10. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: Detroit Rock City
11. MC Solaar: Nouveau Western
12. The Figgs: Wasted Pretty
13. Boingo: Hey!
14. Spare Snare: As a Matter of Fact
15. Magnetic Fields: Strange Powers
16. Dump: Secret Blood |
The Magnetic Fields
The House of Tomorrow
EP, CD: Feel Good All Over, 1996
EP, CD: Merge, 12 Jan 1999 |
Originally released as a 7" by Feel Good All Over
in 1992, when it was released as a CD in 1996, it added the song "Alien
Being." When that went out of print, Merge released it in 1999
with new cover artwork. Vocals by Stephin.
1. Young and Insane
2. Technical (You're So)
3. Alien Being
4. Love Goes Home To Paris in the Spring
5. Either You Don't Love Me or I Don't Love You |
The Magnetic Fields
Holiday
Album, CD: Feel Good All Over, 27 Sep 1994
Album, CD: Merge, 12 Jan 1999 |
Originally released on Feel
Good All Over in 1994, then re-released by Merge in 1999. The only
difference (other than new artwork) is that the unnamed
track 1 is now named "BBC Stereophonic
Workshop." 1. BBC
Stereophonic Workshop
2. Desert Island
3. Deep Sea Diving Suit
4. Strange Powers
5. Torn Green Velvet Eyes
6. The Flowers She Sent and the Flowers She Said She Sent
7. Swinging London
8. In My Secret Place
9. Sad Little Moon
10. The Trouble I've Been Looking For
11. Sugar World
12. All You Ever Do Is Walk Away
13. In My Car
14. Take Ecstasy With Me |
The Magnetic Fields
The Charm of the Highway Strip
Album, CD: Merge, 18 Apr 1994 |
The second 1994 release, featuring the
previously-released single "Long Vermont Roads."
1. Lonely Highway
2. Long Vermont Roads
3. Born on a Train
4. I Have the Moon
5. Two Characters In Search of a Country Song
6. Crowd of Drifters
7. Fear of Trains
8. When the Open Road Is Closing In
9. Sunset City
10. Dust Bowl |
The Gothic Archies
"The Abandoned Castle of My Soul"
The Magnetic Fields
"Plant White Roses"
The Long Secret
Compilation Tracks, CD: Harriet, 1995 |
"The Abandoned Castle of My Soul" eventually appears in unaltered form
on The New Despair. "Plant White Roses" is the version sung
by Susan that originally appeared on the out-of-print version of
Distant Plastic Trees. Also, this is an excellent compilation.
1. Vehicle Flips: Diplomacy, Home and Abroad
2. Twig: Lilac
Ride
3. The Ampersands: My Favourite Jumper
4. The
Mountain Goats: Duke Ellington
5. Six Cents and Natalie: Quilting Bee
6. The Gothic Archies: The
Abandoned Castle of My Soul
7. Pest 5000: Godsound
8. Weeping in Fits and Starts: Big Fish
9. Frank Boscoe and
Karl Hendricks: Song for Tim and Alex
10. The Cat's Miaow: The Phoebe I Know
11. Fertile Virgin: My Three
Suns
12. Tully Craft: Pop Songs Your New Boyfriend's Too
Stupid To Know About
13. Lotus Eaters: Whistles and
Bells
14. Prickly: Hedgeclipping Song
15. The Extra Glenns: Process of Elimination
16. High Risk Group
17. The Magnetic Fields: Plant White Roses |
The Magnetic Fields
"Two Characters In Search of a Country Song"
Listen Now! - Volume 2
Compilation Track, CD: Labels, Sep 1995 |
Same as album version. 1.
Dominique A: Il Ne Faut Pas Souhaiter La Mort Des Gens
2. Tarnation: The Hand
3. Magnetic Fields: The [sic] Characters In Search of a Country Song
4. Yo La Tengo: Blues Line Swinger (Remix)
5. Chemical Brothers: Leave Home
6. Fundamental: Dog War
7. Joking Sphinx: Cralacoffo
8. Built To Spill: Car
9. Sundial: Bad Drug
10. The Charlatans: Crashin' In
11. Lisa Gerrard: Sanvean
12. Pram: Loose Threads
13. Natacha Atlas: Duden
14. Skunk Anansie: I Can Dream
15. Lofofora: Holiday in France (Mix Radio)
16. Atomic Kids: Zob
17. Sisters Underground: In the Neighbourhood
18. Credit to the Nation: Liar Liar
19. Prophets of Da City: Da Struggle Kontinues |
The Magnetic Fields
"All the Umbrellas in London"
Single, 7": Merge, Dec 1995 |
This is the same version that eventually
appears on Get Lost. Backed with "Rats in the
Garbage of the Western World."
1. All the Umbrellas in London
2. Rats in the Garbage of the Western World |
The Magnetic Fields
Get Lost
Album, CD: Merge, 24 Oct 1995 |
The
1995 Magnetic Fields album, featuring the previously-released song "All
the Umbrellas in London." 1.
Famous
2. The Desperate Things You Made Me Do
3. Smoke and Mirrors
4. With Whom To Dance?
5. You and Me and the Moon
6. Don't Look Away
7. Save a Secret for the Moon
8. Why I Cry
9. Love Is Lighter Than Air
10. When You're Old and Lonely
11. The Village in the Morning
12. All the Umbrellas in London
13. The Dreaming Moon |
The Magnetic Fields
"Why I Cry"
Single, 7": Motorway, 1995 |
This is the same version that appeared on Get Lost. It is
backed with the Young Marble Giants cover "The Man
Amplifier," which only appears here.
1. Why I Cry
2. The Man Amplifier |
The 6ths
Wasps' Nests
Album, CD: London, 1995 |
The
first album by this multi-singered band, featuring the
previously-released song "Heaven in a Black Leather Jacket."
1. San Diego Zoo - Barbara Manning
2. Aging Spinsters - Stephin Merritt
3. All Dressed Up in Dreams - Mary Timony
4. Falling Out of Love (With You) - Dean Wareham
5. Winter in July - Ayako Akashiba
6. Pillow Fight - Mitch Easter
7. Dream Hat - Mac McCaughan
8. Movies In My Head - Georgia Hubley
9. In the City in the Rain - Lou Barlow
10. Looking for Love (In the Hall of Mirrors) - Amelia Fletcher
11. Heaven in a Black Leather Jacket - Robert Scott
12. Here in My Heart - Anna Domino
13. Puerto Rico Way - Mark Robinson
14. You Can't Break a Broken Heart - Jeffrey Underhill
15. When I'm Out of Town - Chris Knox |
The 6ths
Wasps' Nests 6 and 6/6ths Box Set
Album, 7"s: London, 1995 |
A box set of all the songs on 7"s
with an extra song, "Yet Another Girl," sung by
Stuart Moxham. Also featured self-portraits of all the
singers. 1. San Diego Zoo -
Barbara Manning
2. Aging Spinsters - Stephin Merritt
3. All Dressed Up in Dreams - Mary Timony
4. Falling Out of Love (With You) - Dean Wareham
5. Winter in July - Ayako Akashiba
6. Pillow Fight - Mitch Easter
7. Dream Hat - Mac McCaughan
8. Movies In My Head - Georgia Hubley
9. In the City in the Rain - Lou Barlow
10. Looking for Love (In the Hall of Mirrors) - Amelia Fletcher
11. Heaven in a Black Leather Jacket - Robert Scott
12. Here in My Heart - Anna Domino
13. Puerto Rico Way - Mark Robinson
14. You Can't Break a Broken Heart - Jeffrey Underhill
15. When I'm Out of Town - Chris Knox
16. Yet Another Girl - Stuart Moxham |
Future Bible Heroes
"Hopeless"
Red Hot + Bothered
Compilation Track, CD: Red Hot, 1995 |
Stephin's version of the song
later sung by Claudia on Memories of Love. Stephin
also sings this song on the Lonely Days EP, but
this is a different vocal take (not sounding too
different, but different nonetheless). This is the first
appearance of Future Bible Heroes. This is also a very good
compilation. 1. Freedom Cruise: Sensational Gravity Boy
2. Built To
Spill / Caustic Resin: Still Flat
3. Lisa Germano: The
Mirror Is Gone
4. Noise Addict: Moutwash
5. Folk
Implosion: Indierockinstrumental
6. The Verlaines: Some
Fantasy
7. Liquorice: Little League
8. Babe the Blue
Ox: Hazmats
9. Juicy: Mainland China
10. The Sea and
Cake: The Fontana
11. Cradle Robbers: Sotto Voice
12. Jay Farrrar and Kelly Willis: Rex's Blues
13. Grifters:
Empty Yard
14. East River Pipe: Miracleland
15. Heavenly: Snail Trail
16. Future Bible Heroes: Hopeless
17. Flying Nuns: Servicing Man
18. Gastr del Sol:
Quietly Approaching |
Future Bible Heroes
"O! What a Dream It Was"
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Soundtrack track, CD: London, 1996 |
This album is now out of print, but you can find the song (sung by
Stephin) on the 12 Tales compilation.
1. Daniel Rey: Welcome to the Dollhouse
(Theme)
2. Daniel Rey: Sweet Candy
3. Daniel Rey:
Welcome to the Dollhouse
4. The Con Artists: Throb
5. Chris Temple: For Real
6. Daniel Rey: Happy Anniversary
7. Dana White and Mike Moran: Love Will Find a Way
8. Daniel Rey: A Veenu Shalom Aleichem
9. The Undead:
Evening of Desire
10. The Con Artists: Masquerade
11. Future Bible Heroes: O! What a Dream It Was. |
The Gothic Archies
Looming in the Gloom
EP, CD: Hello Records Club, 1996 |
Released on They Might Be Giants' Hello Records Club,
March 1996, a club that forces you to also buy all
the other EPs released that month, adding up to $46. Only one song, "The Dead Only Quickly" (not The
6ths version), does not appear on The New Despair,
but the mix of "City of the Damned" is also
different. 1. The Abandoned
Castle of My Soul
2. Your Long White Fingers
3. The
Dead Only Quickly
4. In a Cave
5. City of the Damned |
The Magnetic Fields
"Heroes"
Crash Course for the Ravers
Compilation Track, CD: Undercover, 1996 |
A cover of the David Bowie
song on this tribute record, sung by Stephin.
1. Swell: Golden
Years
2. Tree People: Andy Warhol
3. Capsise 7: Queen
Bitch
4. Fernando: Jean Genie
5. Golden Delicious:
Suffragette City
6. Quasi: Sound and Vision
7. Magnetic
Fields: Heroes
8. J. Hell: Moonage Daydream
9. The Dambuilders: Boys Keep Swinging
10. King Black Acid:
Always Crashing in the Same Car
11. Spurge: Width of a
Circle
12. Hazel: It Ain't Easy
13. Vintilator: After
All
14. Mercury Rev: The Sun Machine |
The Magnetic Fields
"I Die You Die"
Random
Compilation Track, CD: Beggar's Banquet, 1997 |
A Gary Numan cover, sung by Stephin, on this
two CD tribute record. 1. St. Etienne: Stormtrooper In Drag
2. Matt Sharp / Damon Albarn: We Have
a Technical
3. Gravity Kills: Poetry and Power
4. Peck
Slip: I Can't Stop
5. An Pierle: Are "Friends"
Electric?
6. EMF: We Are Glass
7. The Magnetic Fields:
I Die: You Die
8. Jesus Jones: We Are So Fragile
9. Posh: She's Got Claws
10. Earl Brutus: M.E.
11. Underdog: Films
12. Sukia: Me! I Disconnect From You
13. The Orb: Jo the Waiter
1. Kenickie: I'm an Agent
2. Jimi Tenor: Down in the Park
3. Moloko: Are
"Friends" Electric?
4. Chris Holmes: Are
"Friends" Electric
5. Towering Inferno: Metal
6. Dubstar: Everyday I Die
7. Amanda Ghost: Absolution
8. Deadsy: Replicas
9. Pop Will Eat Itself: Friends
10. Republica: Are "Friends" Electric?
11. Windscale: War Songs
12. Bis: We Are So Fragile
13. Dave Clarke: Cars |
The Magnetic Fields
"Smoke and Mirrors"
Mrg100
Compilation Track, CD: Merge, 1997 |
The song as remixed by Mark Robinson and
James Noble on this EP, sung by Stephin with sing-along vocals by Evelyn
Hurley. 1. Superchunk: Eastern Terminal
2. Spent: Brighter Than Day
3. Butterglory: She's Got
the Akshun!
4. Guv'ner: Your Majesty
5. The Magnetic
Fields: Smoke and Mirrors
6. Lambchop: The Militant |
Future Bible Heroes
"Hopeless"
A&F In Stereo
Compilation Track, CD: Abercrombie and Fich, 1997 |
An
Abercrombie and Fich compilation, featuring the album
version of "Hopeless."
1. Refreshments: Wanted
2. Lincoln: Sucker
3. Blues Traveler: Canadian Rose
4. Beth Orton: Live As You Dream
5. Poncho Kryztal: Silent Treatment
6. Push Down and Turn: Chicken Little
7. Freddy Jones Band: Wonder
8. Brendan Lynch: Wonderful
9. Dar Williams: Are You Out There
10. Catherine Wheel: Delicious
11. Future Bible Heroes: Hopeless
12. Tonic: Soldier's Daughter
13. Reel Big Fish: Snoop Dog, Baby
14. Laura Love: I Am Wondering
15. Poi Dog Pondering: Complicated (Live Version) |
Future Bible Heroes
Memories of Love
Album, CD: Slow River, 1997 |
The first album by Future Bible Heroes,
featuring Claudia Gonson and Stephin on vocals.
1. Lonely Days
2. She-Devils of the Deep
3. Hopeless
4. Death Opened a Boutique
5. You Pretend To Be the Moon
6. Blond Adonis
7. But You're So Beautiful
8. A You You Never Knew
9. Real Summer
10. Memories of Love
11. You Steal the Scene |
Future Bible Heroes
Lonely Days
EP, CD: Slow River, 1997 |
Features "Lonely Days" (same version as
on album) and a Stephin version of
"Hopeless" that is slightly different than the one from the
Red Hot + Bothered
compilation. 1. Lonely Days
2. Hopeless
3. Love Is Blue
4. How To Get Laid in Japanese
5. Berlin on $10 a Day |
The Gothic Archies
The New Despair
EP, CD: Merge, 1997 |
Adding three songs to Looming
in the Gloom and subtracting one ("The Dead
Only Quickly"). The mix of "City of the
Damned" is different from the first EP also.
1. It's Useless To Struggle
2. City of the Damned
3. The Abandoned Castle of My Soul
4. Your Long White Fingers
5. Ever Falls the Twilight
6. The Tiny Goat
7. In a Cave |
The Magnetic Fields
"I Don't Believe You"
Single, 7": Merge, Aug 1998 |
This version of the song is different
from the one that eventually appears on the 2004 album i.
Backed with "When I'm Not Looking, You're Not
There." You can find this version of "I Don't Believe You" in CD form on the
compilation, All's Fair in Love and Chickfactor.
1. I Don't Believe You
2. When I'm Not Looking, You're Not There |
Future Bible Heroes
"Lonely Days"
Diversion
Compilation Track, CD: White, 1998 |
Same version as CD. A compilation of Slow River
artists. 1. Charlie Chesterman:
Mr. Blue
2. Sparklehorse: Heart of Darkness
3. Buckets: Brand
4. Future Bible Heroes: Lonely Days
5. A Loose Confederation of Saturday City States: How Can I Face
Tomorrow
6. Ed's Redeeming Qualities: Va Vacca Va |
The Magnetic Fields
"Two Characters in Search of a Country Song"
I Went Down
Soundtrack Track, CD: Prophesy, 1998 |
Same as album version.
1. Prologue
2. Dialogue (In the Bath Fella)
3. Buddy Guy: We're Ready
4. Night Tailing (The Car)
5. Night Tailing (The House)
6. Kidnap
7. Dialogue (Gangster's Wife)
8. King Curtis: Trouble in Mind
9. Uncertainty
10. Friendly Face
11. Phone Call
12. Revelino: Don't Lead Me Down
13. Dialogue (Git's Confession)
14. In the Bar
15. Car Chase
16. To the Plates
17. The High Llamas: Sparkle Up
18. Dialogue (A Theory About the Ladies)
19. Magnetic Fields: Two Characters In Search of a Country Song
20. Christie Hennessy: Angel
21. Junior Wells: Chitlin Con Carne
22. Coming Together
23. Bunny's Wound
24. Epilogue
25. Lir: There Are More Things |
Future Bible Heroes
"Lonely Days"
Mystique: A Benefit for the AIDS Action Committee
Compilation Track, CD: Sealed Fate, 1998 |
A remix by Charnock Richard.
1. Beachwood Sparks: Sweet Julie Ann
2. Purple Ivy Shadows:
Secret's Out
3. Garlands: Birds on the Make
4. Astrud: Personal Mi Fracaso
5. Fly Seville: Taj Mahal of America
6. Minstrels: Moorea
7. Sleepyhead:
Pop Quiz
8. Guardian Angel
9. Push Kings: Last Summer
10. Egyptian Funk
11. Future Bible Heroes: Lonely Days
12. The Tyde: Doll of the Valley
13. Honeybunch: Everything To Everyone
14. Barbara Brousal: I'll Say It
15. The Essex
Green: Orchardton |
The Magnetic Fields
"Le Tourbillion"
Pop Romantique
Compilation Track, CD: Emperor Norton, 1999 |
In French, written by Bassiak and sung by Dudley
Klute. A pretty good compilation.
1. The Hang-Ups: Pardon
2. Ivy: L'Anamour
3. Luna: La Poupee Qui Fait Non
4. Air:
Jeanne
5. The Apples in Stereo: Avril En Mai
6. Lloyd
Cole: Si Tu Dois Partir
7. Heavenly: Nous Ne Sommes Pas
De Anges
8. Godzuki: Contact
9. John Wesley Harding: Je Suis Venu Te Dire Que Je M'en Vais
10. Sukia: Zoooom!
11. Magnetic Fields: Le Tourbillion
12. The Ladybug
Transistor: Puis-Je? |
The Magnetic Fields
"Take Ecstasy with Me"
Oh Merge
Compilation Track, CD: Merge, 13 Jul 1999 |
Susan Anway sings this version
from 1993, which is almost totally
different from the version on Holiday.
1. Ashley
Stove: A Chocolate Crave
2. Beatnik Filmstars:
Hypo-Boxing
3. East River Pipe: So Much Hate
4. Ganger: Blaufest
5. Guv'ner: Lucky Ladybug
6. The Karl
Hendricks Rock Band: You're a Bigger Jerk Than Me
7. The
Ladybug Transistor: Massachusetts
8. Lambchop: Up With
People (live)
9. Mad Scene: Kokomo Joe
10. The Magnetic
Fields: Take Ecstasy with Me
11. Neutral Milk Hotel:
Engine
12. Pipe: Sheer Heart Attack
13. Portastatic:
Easily Aroused
14. The Rock *A* Teens: What Took You So
Long
15. Rocket from the Crypt: Man Down
16. Seaweed:
Brand New Order
17. Shark Quest: Dancing Tooth
18. Spent: (I'll Clean Up) The Mess That You Are
19. Superchunk: Clover
20. The Third Eye Foundation: Semtex |
Future Bible Heroes
"Love Is Blue"
Casablanca
Compilation Track, CD: Elefant, 1999 |
Same version as the one on Lonely Days.
Released in Spain. 1. Dob: Revoir
2. Momus: I Want You, But I Don't Need You
3. Family: Como un Aviador
4. Future Bible Heroes: Love Is Blue
5. Hopkirk and Lee: Free Arthur Lee!
6. The Divine Comedy: Your Daddy's Car
7. Notre-Dame: Sur Ton Répondeur
8. Le Mans: No Vino, Estaba Enferma O de Vacaciones
9. The Melons: Eskimo
10. Ana D: Selenio
11. Stereo Total: Ex Fan de Sixties
12. Telefilme: Pop-Corn Videodrome
13. Isar 12: Revolution Nr 12
14. Color Filter: Let Me Sleep
15. Isan: Damil
16. Brian: Understand
17. Jack: I Was Drunk in the Underworld
18. Formula One: Aqua Manera |
Future Bible Heroes
"Lonely Days"
Palm Pictures Sampler
Compilation Track, CD: Rykodisc, 1999 |
Same version as on Memories of Love. |
The Magnetic Fields
69 Love Songs Volume 1
Album, CD: Merge, 7 Sep 1999
The Magnetic Fields
69 Love Songs Volume 2
Album, CD: Merge, 7 Sep 1999
The Magnetic Fields
69 Love Songs Volume 3
Album, CD: Merge, 7 Sep 1999
The Magnetic Fields
69 Love Songs
Box Set, CDs: Merge, 7 Sep 1999 |
The 3 CD set, released in
1999, as a box set with an interview booklet. The three CDs are
also available as individual volumes. Features vocals by Stephin
and Claudia as well as LD Beghtol, Dudley Klute, and Shirley Simms.
VOLUME 1
1. Absolutely Cuckoo
2. I Don't Believe in the Sun
3. All My Little Words
4. A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
5. Reno Dakota
6. I Don't Want To Get Over You
7. Come Back from San Francisco
8. The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side
9. Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits
10. The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be
11. I Think I Need a New Heart
12. The Book of Love
13. Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long
14. How Effing Romantic
15. The One You Really Love
16. Punk Love
17. Parades Go By
18. Boa Constrictor
19. A Pretty Girl Is Like...
20. My Sentimental Melody
21. Nothing Matters When We're Dancing
22. Sweet-Lovin' Man
23. The Things We Did and Didn't Do
VOLUME 2
1. Roses
2. Love Is Like Jazz
3. When My Boy Walks Down the Street
4. Time Enough for Rocking When We're Old
5. Very Funny
6. Grand Canyon
7. No One Will Ever Love You
8. If You Don't Cry
9. You're My Only Home
10. (Crazy for You But) Not That Crazy
11. My Only Friend
12. Promises of Eternity
13. World Love
14. Washington D.C.
15. Long-Forgotten Fairy Tale
16. Kiss Me Like You Mean It
17. Papa Was a Rodeo
18. Epitaph for My Heart
19. Asleep and Dreaming
20. The Sun Goes Down and the World Goes Dancing
21. The Way You Say Good-Night
22. Abigail, Belle of Kilronan
23. I Shatter
VOLUME 3
1. Underwear
2. It's a Crime
3. Busby Berkeley Dreams
4. I'm Sorry I Love You
5. Acoustic Guitar
6. The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure
7. Love in the Shadows
8. Bitter Tears
9. Wi' Nae Wee Bairn Ye'll Me Beget
10. Yeah! Oh, Yeah!
11. Experimental Music Love
12. Meaningless
13. Love Is Like a Bottle of Gin
14. Queen of the Savages
15. Blue You
16. I Can't Touch You Anymore
17. Two Kinds of People
18. How To Say Goodbye
19. The Night You Can't Remember
20. For We Are the King of the Boudoir
21. Strange Eyes
22. Xylophone Track
23. Zebra |
The Magnetic Fields
"If I Were a Rich Man"
Knitting on the Roof
Compilation Track, CD: Knitting Factory Works, 1999 |
Stephin Merritt sings this banjo-driven Fiddler on
the Roof song. The rest of the tribute is Knitting
Room Factory regulars doing Fiddler tunes.
1. New Orleans Klezmer Allstars: Tradition
2. The Residents: Matchmaker
3. Magnetic Fields: If I
Were a Rich Man
4. Uri Caine: Sabbath Prayer
5. Naftule's Dream: To Life
6. Dr. Eugene Chadbourne:
Miracle of Miracles
7. Negativland: Tevye's Dream
8. Jill Sobule: Sunrise, Sunset
9. Hasidic New Wave:
Wedding Celebration
10. Come: Do You Love Me?
11. David
S. Ware: Far from the Home I Love
12. Elliot Sharp: Chava Ballet Sequence
13. Paradox Trio: Anatevka |
Future Bible Heroes
I'm Lonely (And I Love It)
EP, CD: Merge, 2000 |
All new songs and a remix of "Hopeless."
1. I'm Lonely (And I Love It)
2. My Blue Hawaii
3. Café Hong Kong
4. Good Thing I Don't Have Any Feelings
5. Hopeless (Remix) |
The 6ths
Hyacinths and Thistles
Album, CD: Merge, 2000 |
The second 6ths album, featuring a version of "The Dead
Only Quickly" sung by Neil Hannon, different from the Gothic Archies'
version. 1. As You Turn To Go -
Momus
2. Give Me Back My Dreams - Sally Timms
3. He Didn't - Bob Mould
4. I've Got New York - Melanie
5. Just Like a Movie Star - Dominique Á
6. Kissing Things - Sarah Cracknell
7. Lindy-Lou - Miho Hatori
8. Night Falls Like a Grand Piano - Clare Grogan
9. The Dead Only Quickly - Neil Hannon
10. The Sailor in Love with the Sea - Gary Numan
11. Volcana! - Marc Almond
12. Waltzing Me All the Way Home - Odetta
13. You You You You You - Katharine Whalen
14. Oahu - Miss Lily Banquette |
Stephin Merritt "Soundtrack Man"
"Get Carter"Future Bible
Heroes
"Don't You Want Me?"
The 6ths
"Human"
Reproductions: Songs of the
Human League
Compilation Tracks, CD: March, 2000 |
This Human League tribute album features three Stephin Merritt projects
(as well as a song by Hidden Variable, featuring Chris Ewan of Future
Bible Heroes). Stephin and Claudia sing "Don't You Want Me" while
Lloyd Cole sings "Human." 1. Stephin Merritt "Soundtrack
Man": Get Carter
2. Aluminum Group: Love Action (I
Believe In Love)
3. Optiganally Yours: Empire State
Human
4. Barcelona: Mirror Man
5. Future Bible Heroes:
Don't You Want Me?
6. Ladytron: Open Your Heart
7. Baxendale: Keep Feeling (Fascination)
8. Superheroes/Superheroes: The Sound of the Crowd
9. Lali
Puna: Together In Electric Dreams
10. Hidden Variable:
The Black Hit of Space
11. Momus: I Am the Law
12. Clicks: Seconds
13. hollAnd: The Lebanon
14. Stars:
Stay With Me Tonight
15. Garlands: Being Spoiled
16. The 6ths: Human |
The Magnetic Fields
"I Think I Need a New Heart"
Momentos 2000
Compilation Track, CD: Senedín Music,
2000 |
Same as album version. A
Spanish release. 1. Primal Scream: Swastika Eyes
2. The Go-Betweens: Going Blind
3. The Magnetic Fields: I Think I Need a New Heart
4. Yo La Tengo: You Can Have It All
5. Hefner: The Greedy Ugly People
6. Piano Magic: You & John Are Birds
7. Mojave 3: In Love with a View
8. Giant Sand: Shiver
9. Lambchop: Grumpus
10. Leila: To Win Her Love
11. Goldfrapp: Utopia
12. Bjork: New World
13. Low & Spring Heel Jack: Hand So Small
14. Broadcast: Come On Let's Go
15. Moloko: The Time Is Now
16. Day One: Bedroom Dancing
17. Chicks on Speed: Glamour Girl |
The Magnetic Fields
"Absolutely Cuckoo"
Un Automne 2000
Compilation Track, CD: Les Inrockuptibles, 2000 |
Same as album version. A
French release. 1. Mekon: What's Going On
2. Black Eyed Peas: Weekends
3. Gonzales: Higher Than You
4. Schneider TM vs. KPT.Michi.Gan: The Light 3000
5. Swell: Like Poverty
6. Turin Brakes: State of Things
7. The Little Rabbits: La Grande Musique
8. The Servant: Conversation
9. At the Drive-In: Pattern Against User
10. The Magnetic Fields: Absolutely Cuckoo
11. Chateau Flight: Prism (Version Edit)
12. Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek: This Means You
13. Deltron 3030: Virus
14. Kings of Convenience: Singing Softly To Me
15. Johnny Cash: The Mercy Seat
16. R.L. Burnside: Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down
17. Frank Black and the Catholics: Stupid Me
18. Jean-Louis Murat: Les Herons |
The Magnetic Fields
"All My Little Words"
Revolutions 04: Music for Tomorrow
Compilation Track, CD: Select Magazine, Jan 2001 |
Same as album
version. A CD that came free with Select Magazine.
1. Lo-Fidelity Allstars: The All, The All
(Instrumental)
2. Primal Scream: When the Kingdom Comes
3. The Big Kids: I'm Bored
4. Kelis: Suspended
5. Coldplay: For You
6. Lambchop: Up with People (Zero 7 Remix)
7. Woodbine: Neskwik (Radio Edit)
8. The Fall: Two Librans
9. Monster Magnet: Kiss of the Scorpion
10. Magnetic Fields: All My Little Words
11. OutKast: Gansta Shit
12. Space Raiders: Hot Cakes
13. Bloodhound Gang: Mope (Pet Shop Boys Remix)
14. Atari Teenage Riot: By Any Means Necessary |
The Magnetic Fields
"Absolutely Cuckoo"
Someone Like You
Soundtrack Track, Cd: Tvt, 2001 |
Same as album
version. 1. Tom Jones and the
Cardigans: Burning Down the House
2. London Bus Stop: Bang a Gong
3. Imani Coppola: I'm a Tree
4. Madness: It Must Be Love
5. The Magnetic Fields: Absolutely Cuckoo
6. Annie Lennox: Train in Vain
7. Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues Band: Woulda Coulda Shoulda
8. Shelby Lynne: Dreamsome
9. Wynonna Judd: You Are
10. Van Morrison: Someone Like You |
The Magnetic Fields
"Long-Forgotten Fairy Tale"
FM4 Sound Selection 06
Compilation Track, CD: Intonation, 2001 |
|
The Magnetic Fields
"I Don't Believe in the Sun"
Music First - PIAS Sampler
Compilation Track, CD: Senedín Music,
2001 |
Same as album version. A Spanish release. 1. Muse: Muscle Museum
2. Soulwax: Much Against Everyone's Advice
3. Tim Hutton: Didn't I Say
4. Sugur Ros: Staralfur
5. Enon: Rubber Car
6. Dope Smugglaz: Barabajagal
7. Gerling: Enter Spacecapsule (Radio Diski Remix)
8. Thou: Kids Do Ride
9. The Magnetic Fields: I Don't Believe in the Sun
10. Arling & Cameron: W.E.E.K.E.N.D.
11. Elevator Suite: Backaround
12. Runaways: Progress
13. Mos Def, Pharoahe Monch, & Nate Dogg: Oh No
14. Wookie: Battle
15. Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek: Move Something
16. Zero 7: Distractions |
Stephin Merritt
Eban and Charley
Album, CD: Merge, 2001 |
Stephin Merritt's first
full album release under his own name, and
his first movie soundtrack. Vocals by Stephin.
1. Mother
2. Cricket Problem
3. Some Summer Day
4. O Tannenbaum
5. Poppyland
6. Drowned Sailors
7. Maria Maria Maria
8. Titles
9. The Little Ukulele
10. Tea Party
11. Tiny Flying Player Pianos
12. Mother Remembered
13. Victorian Robotics
14. Water Torture
15. Greensleeves
16. Stage Rain |
Future Bible Heroes
"O! What a Dream It Was"
12 Tales
Compilation Track, CD: Instinct, 2002 |
This is the same version that was
featured on the Welcome to the Dollhouse
soundtrack, which is now out of print.
1. Rasputina: Hunter's Kiss
2. Future Bible Heroes: O! What
a Dream It Was
3. Flir: Lick
4. Cranes: Flute Song
5. Blistream Dream: Impossible Gardens
6. Creatures:
Slipping Away
7. Violent Indiana: Purr la Perla
8. Miranda Sex: Andera Sempre
9. Russell Mills / David Sylvian: Room of Sixteen Shimmers
10. Livid Kittens:
Flying
11. Devics: You Could Walk Forever
12. Legendary
Pink Dots: The War of Silence. |
The Gothic Archies
"Smile: No One Cares How You Feel"
Survive and Advance Vol. 1
Compilation Track, CD: Merge, 2002 |
The same song that
eventually appears on The Tragic
Treasury. 1.
Imperial
Teen: Sugar
2. Radar Bros.: Silver Shoes
3. East River
Pipe: Machine Man
4. Annie Hayden: Lonely and Lonely
5. Spoon: Small Stakes
6. Lambchop: The Puppy and the Leaf
(live)
7. David Kilgour: Little Bird
8. Portastatic:
Northern Sky (live)
9. Crooked Fingers: Hurricane
10. Ashley Stove: Amen Grasshopper
11. Destroyer: Chosen Few
12. The Gothic Archies: Smile: No One Cares How You Feel
13. The Ladybug Transistor: Nico Norte (live)
14. Spaceheads: Atmo (live) |
The Magnetic Fields
"I Don't Believe You"
All's Fair in Love and Chickfactor
Compilation Track, CD: Chickfactor, 2002 |
This is the 7" single version of this song, different from the
one appearing on the i album. This compilation is the
place to get it in CD form. A pretty good compilation.
1. Pipas: Wells Street
2. Dump: Last Minute
3. Would-Be-Goods: Leave My Mind Alone
4. The
Magnetic Fields: I Don't Believe You
5. The Pacific Ocean: I Tell You My
Heart Could Split
6. Low: Those Girls (Song for Nico)
7. Shannon Wright: I
Started a Joke
8. The Legendary Jim Ruiz: Ariel
9. The Pines: Kisses and
Fog
10. The Clientele: Rain
11. April March: Mon Ange Gardien
12. Flare:
Where's the Boy That I Once Knew?
13. The Aislers Set: Summer's Reprise
14. The Foxgloves: Daystar
15. Gilmore Tammy: Simple and Fragrant
16. Stuart Moxham: Save It
17. Marine Research: Capital L
18. Hercules
featuring the Fan Modine: Hurricane
19. True Love Always: Mediterranean
20. Graeme Downes: Mastercontrol
21. The Cannanes with Steward: Astra |
Future Bible Heroes
Eternal Youth
Album, CD: Instinct, 2002 |
The second Future Bible Heroes album,
featuring Claudia on vocals. 1. Losing
Your Affection
2. The Slow Fade
3. Doris Daytheearthstoodstill
4. A Thousand Lovers in a Day
5. Bathysphere
6. I'm a Vampire
7. From Some Dying Star
8. Viennese Lift
9. Smash the Beauty Machine
10. The Control Room
11. Find an Open Window
12. Kiss Me Only With Your Eyes
13. Jakarta
14. No River
15. Cartoon
16. The World Is a Disco Ball |
The Magnetic Fields
"If I Were a Rich Man"
Jazzthing Presents Wet Paint: Wolf Kampmann's Knitting
Compilation Track, CD: Knitting Factory Works, 2002 |
Same as the version that
appears on Knitting on the Roof, but I suppose it's just as well
to get it here. 1. Gary Lucas: Autobahn
2. Thomas Chapin: Essaouira
3. Cuong Vu: Safekeepings
4. The Magnetic Fields: If I Were a Rich Man
5. Sex Mob: About a Girl
6. Michael Blake: Elevated
7. Bill Ware / Marc Ribot: Take the "A" Train
8. Elliot Sharp's Terraplane: Baptism of Concrete
9. Ballin' Jack: Limehouse Blues
10. Frank London: Psycho Klezmer
11. The Jazz Passengers: If I Were a Bell
12. Wayne Horvitz' Zony Mash: Goes Round and Round
13. Kazutoki Umezu: Yakitori
14. DJ Spooky: Sub Dub Prologue |
Future Bible Heroes
The Lonely Robot
EP, CD: Instinct, 2003 |
Remixes of various songs from
Eternal Youth, plus new songs "The DJ from
Outer Space" and "The Lonely Robot."
1. The DJ from Outer Space
2. Losing Your Affection (Client On Demand Mix)
3. The World Is a Disco Ball (Bob Rivers Club Mix)
4. Losing Your Affection (Sunroof Mix)
5. I'm a Vampire (Extended Mix)
6. Losing Your Affection (Soft Cell 12-Inch Mix)
7. The Lonely Robot |
Stephin Merritt
Pieces of April
Soundtrack, CD: Nonesuch, Nov 2003 |
This soundtrack is credited to
Stephin Merritt, but it is actually a collection of older
works by The Magnetic Fields and The 6ths combined with
newer songs by those two bands, with one song credited to
Stephin Merritt. The old songs are "Epitaph for My
Heart," "I Think I Need a New Heart," and
"The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side" by
The Magnetic Fields and "As You Turn To Go" and
"You You You You You" by The 6ths. The new
songs are "All I Want To Know," "Dreams
Anymore," Heather Heather," and "Stray
With Me" by The Magnetic Fields and "One April
Day" by Stephin Merritt. (Why this one song only is
not credited to The Magnetic Fields is anyone's guess.)
1. The Magnetic Fields: All I Want To Know
2. The 6ths: As You Turn To Go
3. The Magnetic Fields: Dreams Anymore
4. The Magnetic Fields: Epitaph for My Heart
5. The Magnetic Fields: Heather Heather
6. The Magnetic Fields: I Think I Need a New Heart
7. Stephin Merritt: One April Day
8. The Magnetic Fields: Stray With Me
9. The Magnetic Fields: The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side
10. The 6ths: You You You You You |
The Magnetic Fields
"I Don't Want To Get Over You"
Intermission (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack Track, CD: EMI, 2003 |
Same as album version. 1.
Collin Farrell: I Fought the Law
2. U2: Out of Control
3. The Thrills: One Horse Town
4. Turin Brakes: Pain Killer
5. Ron Sexsmith: These Days
6. Relish: Get Down Move Over
7. Fun Lovin' Criminals: Scooby Snacks
8. Fonda 500: Bumble A, Bumble B, Bumble C, Bumble D
9. The Magnetic Fields: I Don't Want To Get Over You
10. Ron Sexsmith: Disappearing Act
11. Clannad: Newgrange
12. John Murphy: Two Buses / Intermission |
The Magnetic Fields
i
Album, CD: Nonesuch, 3 May 2004 |
The 2004 album featuring a new version of "I
Don't Believe You" that is different from the 1998
7" single. Vocals by Stephin.
1. I Die
2. I Don't Believe You
3. I Don't Really Love You Anymore
4. I Looked All Over Town
5. I Thought You Were My Boyfriend
6. I Was Born
7. I Wish I Had an Evil Twin
8. If There's Such a Thing as Love
9. I'm Tongue-Tied
10. In an Operetta
11. Infinitely Late at Night
12. Irma
13. Is This What They Used To Call Love?
14. It's Only Time |
The
Magnetic Fields
I Thought You Were My Boyfriend: Remixes
EP, CD: Nonesuch, 29 Jun 2004 |
This isn't so much a
single of the song (the original doesn't appear) as it is
three remixes (one of which is semi-confusingly titled
"Single Edit") by Rob Rivers. 1.
I Thought You Were My Boyfriend (Extended Mix)
2. I Thought You Were My Boyfriend (Dub Mix)
3. I Thought You Were My Boyfriend (Single Edit) |
The Magnetic Fields
"100,000 Fireflies"
Rough Trade Shops - Indiepop 1
Compilation Track, CD: Mute, 4 Oct 2004 |
Same as album track. 1.
Primal Scream: All Fall Down
2. Modesty Blaise: Carol Mountain
3. The Popguns: Waiting For The Winter
4. The Clouds: Get Out Of My Dream
5. The Sea Urchins: Pristine Christine
6. The Jesus and Mary Chain: You Trip Me Up
7. Mary Lou Lord: Some Jingle Jangle Morning (When I'm Straight)
8. The Monochrome Set: The Monochrome Set
9. Felt: Penelope Tree
10. Juniper Moon: El Resto De Mi Vida
11. Shop Assistants: Safety Net
12. Katrina And V Twin: Gifted
13. Jesse Garon & The Desperadoes: Splashing Along
14. Television Personalities: Look Back In Anger
15. Dressy Bessy: You Stand Here
16. The Wedding Present: Once More
17. Helen Love: Beat Him Up
18. Pop Will Eat Itself: Black Country Chainstore Massacreee
19. I, Ludicrous: Preposterous Tales
20. Heavenly: Sort Of Mine
21. Beat Happening: Indian Summer
22. The Groove Farm: The Best Part Of Being With You
23. The Field Mice: Landmark
1. My Bloody Valentine: Paint A Rainbow
2. Love Is All: Spinning And Scratching
3. Josef K: Sorry For Laughing
4. Talulah Gosh: Talulah Gosh
5. Aberfeldy: Vegetarian Restaurant
6. The Pooh Sticks: I Know Someone Who Knows Someone Who Knows Alan
McGee Quite Well
7. This Poison!: Poised Over The Pause Button
8. The Magnetic Fields: 100,000 Fireflies
9. The Vaselines: Molly's Lips
10. A.R. Kane: When You're Sad
11. The Darling Buds: Uptight
12. The Pastels: Truck Train Tractor
13. Camera Obscura: Eighties Fan
14. McCarthy: Should The Bible Be Banned
15. Lush: Hypocrite
16. The June Brides: Every Conversation
17. The Velvet Crush: Walking Out On Love
18. The Flatmates: I Could Be In Heaven
19. Marine Girls: Honey
20. Bis: Icky Pooh Air Raid
21. Razorcuts: Sorry To Embarrass You
22. Eggs: Government Administrator
23. Spearmint: Sweeping The Nation |
Stephin Merritt
The Orphan of Zhao
Album, Digital Download: Nonesuch, 2006 |
The complete musical
from 2003, available through digital download. Selections appear on
the more widely released compilation Showtunes.
1. Theme from The Orphan of Zhao
2. In This Rain
3. Has the World Gone Insane?
4. Han Jue Sings a Lullabye
5. All of This I Give You...
6. Tai Ping in the Spring
7. Gongsun Sings a Lullabye
8. Little Clouds Go By
9. In the Spring When I Was Young
10. What a Fucking Lovely Day!
11. Train Song
12. Enter the Orphan of Zhao
13. The Song of the Assassin
14. The Song of the Humble Serf
15. The Man in the Purple Dashed Out of the Castle
16. The Story So Far
17. The World Is Not Made of Flowers
18. Revenge of the Orphan of Zhao |
Stephin Merritt
Peach Blossom Fan
Album, Digital Download: Nonesuch, 2006 |
The
complete musical from 2004, available through digital download.
Selections appear on the more widely released compilation Showtunes.
1. At Madam Plum's
2. I Am Yang Long You
3. Fan Dance Cha-Cha
4. This Is Hou Fang You
5. The Menu
6. This Is Shiang-Jun
7. Shall We Sing a Duet?
8. I Am Yuen Da Cheng
9. Sounds Expensive
10. Shall We Sing a Duet?
11. I Am Ma Shih Ying
12. And He Would Say...
13. The View from Above
14. Hail! Son of Heaven
15. It's Hard To Be the Emperor
16. One Little Flower More or Less
17. Ukulele Me!
18. Behold the Lonely Centipede
19. And She Would Say...
20. This Is Shih Ko Fa
21. Sorry, Wrong Show
22. Come Away With Me Now
23. Barbarians |
Stephin Merritt
My Life as a Fairy Tale
Album, Digital Download: Nonesuch, 2006 |
The
complete musical from 2005, available through digital download.
Selections appear on the more widely released compilation Showtunes.
1. Tweet
2. The Ugly Little Duck
3. The Red Shoes
4. The Ballad of the Snow Queen
5. The Little Maiden of the Sea
6. The Collar and the Garter
7. The Little Hebrew Girl
8. The Storks
9. The Little Matchstick Girl
10. The Top and the Ball
11. The Story of the Mother
12. In the Almsyard
13. Auntie Toothache
14. In China, Said the Moon...
15. Odious Odense |
Stephin Merritt
Showtunes
Album, CD: Nonesuch, 2006 |
A CD compilation of
highlights from Stephin Merritt's three musicals -- The Orphan of Zhao,
Peach
Blossom Fan, and My Life as a Fairy Tale -- all of which are available in
their entirety through digital download. 1.
Theme from The Orphan of Zhao
2. At Madam Plum's
3. The Top and the Ball
4. What a Fucking Lovely Day!
5. Auntie Toothache
6. It's Hard To Be the Emperor
7. Sounds Expensive
8. The Red Shoes
9. Fan Dance Cha-Cha
10. The Little Maiden of the Sea
11. Ukulele Me!
12. Train Song
13. The Little Hebrew Girl
14. Shall We Sing a Duet?
15. The Song of the Humble Serf
16. The Collar and the Garter
17. Shall We Sing a Duet?
18. Sorry, Wrong Show
19. The Storks
20. In the Spring, When I Was Young
21. The Ugly Little Duck
22. And He Would Say...
23. The World Is Not Made of Flowers
24. Behold the Lowly Centipede
25. In China, Said the Moon...
26. Hail! Son of Heaven |
Future Bible Heroes
"Mr. Punch"
Neil Gaiman: Where's Neil When You Need Him?
Compilation Track, CD: Dancing Ferret Discs, 2006 |
Part of a collection that
pays tribute to the works of Neil Gaiman, in this case the book (and puppet)
Mr. Punch. Vocals by Claudia. 1.
Rasputina: Coraline
2. ThouShaltNot: When Everyone Forgets
3. Tapping the Vein (featuring Greg
Mackintosh of Paradise Lost): Trader Boy
4. Lunascape: Raven Star
5. Deine
Lakaien: A Fish Called Prince
6. Thea Gilmore: Even Gods Do
7. Rose Berlin
(featuring Dean Carcia of Curve): Coraline
8. Schandmaul: Magda Treadgolds
Marchen
9. Hungry Lucy: We Won't Go
10. Voltair (with The Oddz): Come
Sweet Death
11. Future Bible Heroes: Mr. Punch
12. Razed in Black: The
Endless
13. The Cruxshadows: Wake the White Queen
14. Ego Likeness: You
Better Leave the Stars Alone
15. Azam Ali: The Cold Black Key
16. Joachim
Witt: Vandemar
17. Tori Amos: Sister Named Desire (Remastered Version) |
Stephin Merritt
"The Meaning of Lice"
Plague Songs
Compilation Track, CD: 4AD, 2006 |
Plague
Songs features an artist doing a song for each plague in the book of
Exodus. Merritt (on vocals) handles the third plague, lice.
1. Klashnekoff: Blood
2. King Creosote: Relate the Tale
3. Stephin
Merritt: The Meaning of Lice
4. Brian Eno with Robert Wyatt: Flies
5. Laurie Anderson: The Fifth Plague
6. Cody ChesnuTT: Boils
7. The Tiger Lillies: Hailstones
8. Imogen Heap: Glittering Cloud
9. Scott Walker:
Darkness
10. Rufus Wainwright: Katonah |
The Gothic Archies
The Tragic Treasury: Songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events
Album, CD: Nonesuch, 2006 |
Collection of songs released on the Series of
Unfortunate Events audio books as well as two bonus tracks: "Freakshow"
(alternate song for The Carnivorous Carnival) and "We Are the Gothic
Archies." Featuring the previously-released song "Smile! No One
Cares How You Feel." Vocals by Stephin.
1. Scream and Run Away - from The Bad Beginnings
2. In the Reptile Room - from The Reptile Room
3. The World Is a Very Scary Place - from The Wide Window
4. Dreary, Dreary - from The Miserable Mill
5. When You Play the Violin - from The Austere Academy
6. This Abyss - from The Ersatz Elevator
7. Crows - from The Vile Village
8. Smile! No One Cares How You Feel - from The Hostile Hospital
9. Freakshow - from The Carnivorous Carnival
10. How Do You Slow This Thing Down? - from The Slippery Slope
11. A Million Mushrooms - from The Grim Grotto
12. Things Are Not What They Appear - from The Penultimate Peril
13. Shipwrecked - from The End
14. Walking My Gargoyle - original song from The Carnivorous Carnival
15. We Are the Gothic Archies |
The Magnetic Fields
Distortion
Album, CD: Nonesuch, 15 Jan 2008 |
The 2008 album,
featuring Stephin and Shirley on vocals.
1. Three-Way
2. California Girls
3. Old Fools
4. Xavier Says
5. Mr. Mistletoe
6. Please Stop Dancing
7. Drive On, Driver
8. Too Drunk To Dream
9. Till the Bitter End
10. I'll Dream Alone
11. The Nun's Litany
12. Zombie Boy
13. Courtesans |
The Magnetic Fields
"Please Stop Dancing"
Single, Digital Download: Nonesuch, 15 Jun 2008 |
This is a single (though they
call it an EP) of "Please Stop Dancing" (same version as album) backed
with a Stephin-sung version of "The Nun's Litany," available only
through digital download. 1. Please Stop Dancing
2. The Nun's Litany (Stephin Version) |
The 6ths
"Volcana! (I Hope Your Train Crashes Remix)"The Magnetic
Fields
"Washington D.C."
Score! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Remixes
Compilation Track, CD: Merge, 2009 |
This 20th anniversary
collection from Merge Records came with a special remix album featuring
a Xiu Xiu remix of "Volcana!" and a Mark Robinson remix of "Washington
D.C." 1. Polvo: Kalgon
2. Pram: Mother of Pearl
3. Guv'ner: Baby's Way Cruel
4. Portastatic: Drill Me (I Was So There Remix)
5. Spoon: The Ghost of You Lingers
6. Arcade Fire: No Cars Go
7. The 6ths: Volcana! (I Hope Your Train Crashes Remix)
8. The Rosebuds: Bow to the Middle
9. Caribou: Irene
10. The Magnetic Fields: Washington D.C.
11. Lambchop: Nashville Parent |
The
Magnetic Fields
Realism
Album, CD: Nonesuch, 26 Jan 2010The Magnetic Fields
"When Will You Love Me Again"?
Realism
Bonus Track, Digital Download: Nonesuch, 26 Jan 2010 |
The 2010
album, featuring Stephin, Claudia, Shirley, and Daniel Handler on
vocals. The song "When Will You Love Me Again?" is available as a
bonus track to this album through digital download only. 1. You Must Be Out of Your Mind
2. Interlude
3. We Are Having a Hootenanny
4. I Don't Know What To Say
5. The Dolls' Tea Party
6. Everything Is One Big Christmas Tree
7. Walk a Lonely Road
8. Always Already Gone
9. Seduced and Abandoned
10. Better Things
11. Painted Flower
12. The Dada Polka
13. From a Sinking Boat 14. When Will You
Love Me Again? |
Stephin Merritt
Coraline
Album, CD: Ghostlight, 2010 |
The
original Off-Broadway cast recording of this musical, based on the novel
by Neil Gaiman. 1. Overture
2. A New House
3. I Am Miss Spink (And I Am Miss Forcible)
4. A Mouse Circus
5. Mum and Dad
6. At the Other End
7. Song of the Rats
8. When We Were Young and Trod the Boards
9. Fluorescent Green Gloves
10. Welcome Home
11. A Lot of Noise
12. Song of the Rats
13. Theatre Is Fun
14. Stay With Us
15. The Ballad of the Wasps
16. Oh, What a Lovely Trip!
17. Go To Sleep
18. We Were Children Once
19. When You're a Cat
20. Song of the Rats
21. Recollections
22. Whatever You Want
23. Song of the Rats
24. The World Goes Flat
25. I Saw a Show on Telly Once
26. Falling... Falling...
27. One Long Fairytale |
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