I
by The Magnetic Fields

I by The Magnetic Fields
Year: 2004
Release date: 2004-05-04
Overall rank: 7,241st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 63 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2004 (106th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,257th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,241st)

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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 505 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,423.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 7,241st | 2000s rank: 1,257th | 2004 rank: 106th

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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 63 votes)
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05/06/2026 13:05 Liks_on_music  Ratings distribution  64481/100
 
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08/17/2025 13:27 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,72164/100
 
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01/05/2025 06:02 lanadeleswift  Ratings distribution  3,68786/100
 
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11/15/2024 15:18 davidleewrong  Ratings distribution  2,35781/100
 
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09/28/2024 18:35 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,45036/100

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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 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.

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From 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.
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From 05/29/2016 00:46 | #167114
Not sure how people who found 69 Love Songs missed "i".
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From 10/26/2012 22:26 | #53507
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.
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85/100
From 03/06/2012 06:33 | #37913
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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