The Magnetic Fields

69 Love Songs

I’ve never listened to this album but follow my new account @oppressedwaifu i finally got all the ratings done

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/user/oppressedwaifu/

It's an interesting album to say at least, but for me personally it was a dragging experience.

Of course, not all songs can be on the same quality level when there's whopping 69 songs to listen to. It's very easy to fall into a repetitive loop of the same generic songs. I gotta admit though, The Magnetic Fields did a really good job at avoiding that. There's a great amount of variety and humorous lyrics on this album. But there are also a lot of uninteresting and boring songs to get ... read more

Ok look… While this album definitely does have its gems, it doesn’t justify its 3 hour runtime with a lot of really half baked ideas, and utterly boring moments. It’s little more than your average indie pop affair, and I really don’t get the hype at all really, outside of the aforementioned highlights of course.

Standout: Grand Canyon
Favs: Sweet-loving man All my little words, How to say goodbye, Xylophone Track, I’m sorry I love you, Promises of eternity, The ... read more

I'm unsure if I'll ever return to this in full but I definitely enjoyed it.
I'm not sure what else to really... say

Maybe I'll write something more later on but for now. This is good, do I recommend it? Maybe some songs but not all.