Love At The Bottom Of The Sea (studio album) by The Magnetic Fields
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Love At The Bottom Of The Sea is ranked 11th 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 487 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,621.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Merritt's return to the synthesiser see's him get more twee'r to an almost evil extent. Songs like My Husband’s Pied-a-Terre or I’ve Run Away to Join the Fairies will either have you break out in a nervous sweat reaching for the nearest Metallica cd or like me you'll get the joke and enjoy the ride.

If you haven’t heard of The Magnetic Fields I need to explain something. The Magnetic Fields are kind of a quirky band. Not that they are a joke band, but they write very quirky, interesting songs very much like They Might Be Giants. This album is very good but it’s not for everyone. With song titles like “All She Cares About Is Mariachi" and “Infatuation (With Your Gyration)", you can tell that they write interesting songs. This is a very good album though and it’s definitely worth giving a shot.

Decent album, showing no slacking in the song-writing stakes but it's getting very twee in here!
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