Quickies
by Magnetic Fields
  • Record Label: Nonesuch
  • Release Date: May 15, 2020
User Score
6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. Ricko
    Aug 27, 2020
    5
    When The Magnetic Fields are on form they are the best in the business at weird and clever catchy pop. When they are off form they are hard work. "Quickies" is hard work for the listener and is made up of (in my opinion) mostly throw away material. All 28 songs are similarly uninspiring and there is maybe 3 what can only be described as song sketches that I feel the need to revisit again.When The Magnetic Fields are on form they are the best in the business at weird and clever catchy pop. When they are off form they are hard work. "Quickies" is hard work for the listener and is made up of (in my opinion) mostly throw away material. All 28 songs are similarly uninspiring and there is maybe 3 what can only be described as song sketches that I feel the need to revisit again. I tried but I'm just going to listen to 69 Love Songs now instead to remind me how good this outfit can be.… Expand

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. The Quietus
    Jul 16, 2020
    70
    The album rewards as time passes. Initially tracks change relentlessly and the notion of fifteen more feels like a chore, but by Quickies’ end you’ve encountered so many characters and so many songwriting modes that this slight album feels like an entire populated universe. The Magnetic Fields have pulled off their old trick of reminding you that there can be something to a gimmick after all.
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  2. Classic Rock Magazine
    Jul 6, 2020
    80
    A torrid tumble of greatness. [Summer 2020, p.89]
  3. Uncut
    Jun 10, 2020
    70
    Though it lacks the ingenuity of Holiday, the palpable tenderness of Get Lost or the rigour of 69 Love Songs, it does satisfy a need. [Jun 2020, p.36]
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