Get Lost
by The Magnetic Fields

Get Lost by The Magnetic Fields
Year: 1995
Overall rank: 12,809th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 57 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1995 (216th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (2,032nd)
Award Best albums of all time (12,809th)

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The Magnetic Fields bestography

Get Lost is ranked 9th 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 3,496.

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Overall rank: 12,809th | 1990s rank: 2,032nd | 1995 rank: 216th  Overall chart history
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From 08/08/2012 10:59 | #48091
Stephin Merritts songwriting got better and better with each album during the 90s, by now he was 2 albums away from his masterpiece 69 Love Songs. Get Lost unfairly languishes in its big brodher's shadow especially as it is not without merit. By now Stephin had honed his songwriting to a craft where we get Abba/Human League inflected songs recorded with a lo-fi sensibility often with an infuriaratingly earworm quality. Highlights include With Whom To Dance, Don't Look Away, and The Desperate Things You Made Me Do. (Edited)
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From 05/06/2026 13:07 | #314340
All the songs here are good.
But damn, The Dreaming Moon is really really good. (Edited)
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