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- Summary: Stephin Merritt's final album in his "no-synth trilogy" was largely inspired by 1960s-70s British folk.
- Record Label: Nonesuch
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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| You Must Be Out of Your Mind | |
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| You think I'll run, not walk, to you Why would I want to talk to you? I want you crawling back to me Down on your knees, yeah Like an... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 21 out of 28
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Mixed: 6 out of 28
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Negative: 1 out of 28
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The delicate melodies--sung by Merritt and various innocents, including longtime collaborator Claudia Gonson--make all the psychic mayhem go down smoothly, barely leaving a trace of blood on the floor.
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After a decade of contrarian, even petulant repudiations of the music that made the Magnetic Fields famous, Realism is capitulation, contrition, and celebration at once. It’s back to basics in the best way.
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More A-grade angst from one of our cleverest songwriters.
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The Magnetic Fields’ eighth album, provides yet another example of why Merritt belongs on the shortlist of America’s greatest songsmiths.
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Merritt’s songs are, as ever, as lugubrious yet playful as his voice.
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The experiment of the Fields' ninth record sometimes rewards, but too often struggles for urgency and warmth.
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Here there are few bright spots and barely any prevailing concept to blame that fact on, leaving Realism as a bad album with nothing but the band behind it to blame.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 3
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Mixed: 1 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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AlR.Jan 26, 2010As good as a Distortion follow-up can get. Merritt writes like no one.
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Dec 4, 2014
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Aug 15, 2010
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