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- Summary:
- Record Label: Merge
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Pop
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The Book of Love | |
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The book of love is long and boring No one can lift the damn thing It's full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing but I, I... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 16
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Mixed: 1 out of 16
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Negative: 0 out of 16
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Alternately recalling the best work of Blondie, Leonard Cohen, Depeche Mode, and dozens more, 69 Songs About Love is a sprawling masterpiece of White Album-like proportions.
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Even the "jazz" and "punk" cuts are good for a few laughs -- total losers are rare indeed.
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Like a great romance, it's consistently lovable even when stupid or frustrating, and its best moments are absolutely breathtaking.
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A boundlessly entertaining expose of what happens when you mix fine words with excellent melodies to make great songs.
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Unabashedly beautiful tunes like "I Don't Believe in the Sun" and "Come Back from San Francisco" provide provide ample payoff for the arduous process of listening to the collection in total.
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He jumps styles of music effortlessly, all the while managing to pull things together with touching and inventive lyrics.... One of the best releases of the year.
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Merritt's compositions have a tossed-off, barely produced quality and are held together by sturdily constructed melodies that hark back to Eighties synth poppers like Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 20 out of 21
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Mixed: 0 out of 21
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Negative: 1 out of 21
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AliCJul 14, 2005Utterly extraordinary, a truly genre transcending, and enormous masterpiece. Surely the best value CD ever released?
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MarkNApr 18, 2005Absolutely breathtaking.
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JimFeb 4, 2008Rolling Stone is wrong again. A great album
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RajS.Jul 5, 2007One of the top 5 albums of the 90's.
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Aug 12, 2013
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WayneW.Jan 17, 2008This album is just a fun album to listen to. Stephin Merritt writes incredible lyrics!
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Feb 6, 2015
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