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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Anybody who bought 69 Love Songs and is hoping for more of the same with this set will be, initially at least, disappointed. Sung throughout both albums by Sunsan Anway and preseented in a wall-of-sound-done-cheap approach, the first impression is of murk. But when you begin to listen to it on its own terms, then it starts to appeal. Both albums were very short and you have about one hours music here...
The songs are good and Anway's voice makes sense once you get used to it. One further oddity to get used to is that the songs are written from a male point of view, but sung by a woman. Odd, but easy to get used to.
Less easy to get used to is the four and a half minutes of silence that separates the two album. Track 11 is, for some reason, their tribute to the notorious 4.33. As it is a seperate track, you can skip it, but it is irritating.
This is not Magnetic Fields' greatest record. It doesn't have the charm and appeal of 69 Love Songs, but then few albums do. But it is an enjoyable set and well worth the asking price...
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Like most people, I went into this having heard Merritt's later stuff first and so was used to him as singer. At first it took a while to get used to Susan Anway, but when I did, I realised that not only does her voice absolutely suit Merritt's music perfectly, but in fact, it was a huge loss when she left the band and Merritt took over the singing duty himself. She just has such a gorgeous and indescribable tone which adds so much more to the music (not that Merritt is a bad singer per se, but he really doesn't add as much to the music as Anway does).
This compilation took a few listened to get into, especially with it being so different to Merritt's later stuff and so not really what I was expecting when I first listened, but not only did I find it matched his later stuff, it completely outstrips it and this is even without the exceptional "Plant White Roses", which was strangely omitted from this compilation despite being on the original Distant Plastic Trees album.
Anyone going into this expecting another 69 Love Songs will be disappointed, it's absolutely nothing at all like 69 Love Songs, but once you let Anway's vocals settle on you and get over the fact Merritt isn't singing and this is a far more lo-fi and synth-based release you'll grow to love it even more.
This compilation took a few listened to get into, especially with it being so different to Merritt's later stuff and so not really what I was expecting when I first listened, but not only did I find it matched his later stuff, it completely outstrips it and this is even without the exceptional "Plant White Roses", which was strangely omitted from this compilation despite being on the original Distant Plastic Trees album.
Anyone going into this expecting another 69 Love Songs will be disappointed, it's absolutely nothing at all like 69 Love Songs, but once you let Anway's vocals settle on you and get over the fact Merritt isn't singing and this is a far more lo-fi and synth-based release you'll grow to love it even more.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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With a production in thrall to Phil Spector and early Brian Wilson, Stephen Merritt's first two Magnetic Fields album already show him as an accomplished songwriter. While the constantly excessive reverb and the sometimes cheesy electronic instrumentation make it hard to listen to there are very good songs on here. Whilst this CD contains two albums in truth it is hard to distinguish between them with Distant Plastic Trees arguably having more variety. Susan Anway's vocals are fine - but they do have a hard time battling against the wall of sound(lo fi Casiotone version.) Nevertheless, after a few plays it does get easier to pick out the songs from the murk. It probably sounds good on a cheap transistor radio but you don't hear stuff like this on the radio so we'll never know. A worthwhile start to a great run of albums.
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