The Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic Trees (compilation album) by The Magnetic Fields

The Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic Trees by The Magnetic Fields
(Compilation album)
Year: 1995
Overall rank: 59,031st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1995 (952nd)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (9,028th)
Award Best albums of all time (59,031st)
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The Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic Trees is ranked 13th 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 509 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,479.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (3 out of 21 tracks have been rated).

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Many consider The Magnetic Fields one of the essential acts in alternative music. Usually, this claim is immediately defended with mentions of Stephin Merritt's songwriting and vision. While I could never knock one of the greatest pop figures of our times or diminish the fact that the Fields really are his brainchild, I will fight to the grave the notion that The Magnetic Fields were not at their absolute peak under their early female vocalist Susan Anway. The delicacy of her delivery combined with whatever you want to chock up Merritt's songwriting to - starry-eyed youth, a keen cleverness - resulted in one of the most serene, delectable dishes in the indie lexicon.
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