catalogue

MAGNETIC FIELDS, THE

THE WAYWARD BUS / DISTANT PLASTIC TREES (MERGE)

MAGNETIC FIELDS, THE - THE WAYWARD BUS / DISTANT PLASTIC TREES 137177
format:
1 CD
release:
13.12.2019
label:
MERGE
item ID:
137177
barcode:
0036172937523
The 1st and 2nd albums by The Magnetic Fields; originally released in 1991 & 1992. 2xLP is black vinyl in two jackets with obi wrap and full album download.

CD is jewel case with printed insert. Distant Plastic Trees, the Magnetic Fields' first album, was originally released in England and Japan in 1991.

Merritt's accordion player, the novelist Daniel Handler, later noted that "this tinny and intimate recording, in quiet defiance of the reigning roar of pop music, recalls both the early, scratchy field recordings of folk music and the first experiments in electronic music_precisely the sort of stylistic balance the Magnetic Fields liked to achieve." The album includes the early-'90s college radio single "100,000 Fireflies" which had earlier appeared as a single on Harriet Records and was later covered by Superchunk.

The album artwork on both Distant Plastic Trees and The Wayward Bus was created by watercolorist Wendy Smith.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. WHEN YOU WERE MY BABY
  • 1.2. THE SADDEST STORY EVER TOLD
  • 1.3. LOVERS FROM THE MOON
  • 1.4. CANDY
  • 1.5. TOKYO A GO-GO
  • 1.6. SUMMER LIES
  • 1.7. OLD ORCHARD BEACH
  • 1.8. JEREMY
  • 1.9. DANCING IN YOUR EYES
  • 1.10. SUDDENLY THERE IS A TIDAL WAVE
  • 1.11. (NO AUDIO)
  • 1.12. RAILROAD BOY
  • 1.13. SMOKE SIGNALS
  • 1.14. YOU LOVE TO FAIL
  • 1.15. KINGS
  • 1.16. BABIES FALLING
  • 1.17. LIVING IN AN ABANDONED FIREHOUSE WITH YOU
  • 1.18. TAR-HEEL BOY
  • 1.19. FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE WOLFBOY
  • 1.20. JOSEPHINE
  • 1.21. 100,000 FIREFLIES