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by The Magnetic Fields
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The Magnetic Fields bestography
I is ranked 5th best out of 15 albums by The Magnetic Fields on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Magnetic Fields is 69 Love Songs which is ranked number 506 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,412.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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I track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
I rankings
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I ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/19/2026 23:51 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,325 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/06/2026 13:05 | Liks_on_music | 655 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/17/2025 13:27 | TonySayers61 | 25,082 | 64/100 |
| ! | 01/05/2025 06:02 | lanadeleswift | 3,734 | 86/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2024 15:18 | davidleewrong | 2,357 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.2/100, a mean average of 71.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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Sandrof1969 02/20/2018 21:22 | #208993
Stephin Merritt ( ben più di un terzo dei Magnetic Fields ) scrive 69 canzoni d'amore ed intitola quindi l'album che le contiene "69 love songs"; poi ne scrive altre i cui titoli li fa iniziare con la lettera "i" e l'album lo chiama ? Esatto: "i". I titoli sono quindi un pretesto per Merritt per veicolare la sua arte pop, scarna ma sublime, povera eppure ricchissima, qui un pelo al di sotto del monumentale "69 love songs" ma ben al di sopra di ciò che si sentirà nei successivi dischi dei Magnetic Fields.
Not sure how people who found 69 Love Songs missed "i".
johnner 10/26/2012 22:26 | #53507 | TOP COMMENT
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The songs on i idle by in a more languid mood than many of those already featured in Stephin Merrits oevre, if anything, this adds to rather than detracting from the album, lending it a unique and a much-appreciated appeal. Cool.
A beautiful album with just really sweet songs. I don't think there's another band that can match the charm that The Magnetic Fields radiate through an entire album. Not a single underwhelming song on the entire record.
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