69 Love Songs Turns 10

69 Love Songs was released September 7, 1999 by Merge. I was in school in Buffalo at the time and taking a break from music writing, so I was able to approach the collection entirely as a fan, which has affected how I listen to these three volumes. I'd been into the Magnetic Fields since Distant Plastic Trees/The Wayward Bus -- when Susan Anway was on lead vocals -- and remember being taken aback when Stephin Merritt started voicing his own songs on The House Of Tomorrow EP. A friend and I ...

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