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词条 50 Song Memoir
释义

  1. Recording

  2. Tour

  3. Release

  4. Reception

     Accolades 

  5. Track listing

  6. Personnel

  7. Charts

  8. References

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| name = 50 Song Memoir
| type = Studio
| artist = The Magnetic Fields
| cover = CoverMagneticFieldsLP50SongMemoir2017.jpg
| alt = 50 Song Memoir album cover
| released = {{Start date|2017|3|10}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Indie pop
| length = 2:30:15
| label = Nonesuch
| producer = Stephin Merritt
Thomas Bartlett
Charles Newman
| prev_title = Love at the Bottom of the Sea
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title =
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}}50 Song Memoir is the eleventh studio album by American indie pop band The Magnetic Fields, released on March 10, 2017. 50 Song Memoir is an autobiographical concept album that chronicles the first fifty years of lyricist Stephin Merritt's life, with one song for each year that he has lived.[1]

Recording

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Stephin Merritt began recording on his fiftieth birthday on February 9, 2015. The album was produced by Merritt with additional production by Thomas Bartlett and Charles Newman. Merritt sings on all fifty tracks.

Tour

The fully staged live shows in support of 50 Song Memoir are directed by José Zayas.[2] The Magnetic Fields have been expanded to include an additional three musicians for the tour, with each of the seven playing seven different instruments. On the tour the band play the entirety of 50 Song Memoir in two halves across two nights at each venue.[3]

Release

50 Song Memoir is available in five-L.P. and five-C.D. editions that include an interview by Daniel Handler and facsimile handwritten lyrics by Stephin Merritt, and as a bound book.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

Reception

{{album ratings
| MC = 86/100[4]
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}[5]
| rev2 = The A.V. Club
| rev2score = A−[6]
| rev3 = The Guardian
| rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}[7]
| rev4 = The Independent
| rev4score = {{rating|5|5}}[8]
| rev5 = Mojo
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}[9]
| rev6 = The Observer
| rev6score = {{rating|4|5}}[10]
| rev7 = Pitchfork
| rev7score = 7.4/10[11]
| rev8 = Q
| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}[12]
| rev9 = Uncut
| rev9score = 9/10[13]
| rev10 = Vice
| rev10Score = A−[14]
}}

Upon release, the album received near universal acclaim, with the average critical score being an 86 out of 100 according to review aggregator website Metacritic.[4]

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank{{abbr|Ref.|Reference
Uncut Albums of the Year 201767}}[15]}}

Track listing

{{Track listing|collapsed=yes|headline=Disc one|all_writing = Stephin Merritt|total_length = 28:54|title1={{thin space}}'66 Wonder Where I'm From|length1=2:44|title2={{thin space}}'67 Come Back as a Cockroach|length2=2:34|title3={{thin space}}'68 A Cat Called Dionysus|length3=2:46|title4={{thin space}}'69 Judy Garland|length4=3:17|title5={{thin space}}'70 They're Killing Children Over There|length5=2:36|title6={{thin space}}'71 I Think I'll Make Another World|length6=2:57|title7={{thin space}}'72 Eye Contact|length7=2:55|title8={{thin space}}'73 It Could Have Been Paradise|length8=3:07|title9={{thin space}}'74 No|length9=2:57|title10={{thin space}}'75 My Mama Ain't|length10=3:01}}{{Track listing|collapsed=yes|headline=Disc two|total_length = 31:48|title11={{thin space}}'76 Hustle 76|length11=3:16|title12={{thin space}}'77 Life Ain't All Bad|length12=4:16|title13={{thin space}}'78 The Blizzard of ’78|length13=3:15|title14={{thin space}}'79 Rock'n'Roll Will Ruin Your Life|length14=2:58|title15={{thin space}}'80 London by Jetpack|length15=2:58|title16={{thin space}}'81 How to Play the Synthesizer|length16=3:06|title17={{thin space}}'82 Happy Beeping|length17=3:10|title18={{thin space}}'83 Foxx and I|length18=2:43|title19={{thin space}}'84 Danceteria!|length19=3:09|title20={{thin space}}'85 Why I Am Not a Teenager|length20=3:07}}{{Track listing|collapsed=yes|headline=Disc three|total_length = 29:43|title21={{thin space}}'86 How I Failed Ethics|length21=2:58|title22={{thin space}}'87 At the Pyramid|length22=3:10|title23={{thin space}}'88 Ethan Frome|length23=2:24|title24={{thin space}}'89 The 1989 Musical Marching Zoo|length24=3:06|title25={{thin space}}'90 Dreaming in Tetris|length25=3:21|title26={{thin space}}'91 The Day I Finally...|length26=2:20|title27={{thin space}}'92 Weird Diseases|length27=3:10|title28={{thin space}}'93 Me and Fred and Dave and Ted|length28=3:08|title29={{thin space}}'94 Haven't Got a Penny|length29=2:53|title30={{thin space}}'95 A Serious Mistake|length30=3:13}}{{Track listing|collapsed=yes|headline=Disc four|total_length = 30:19|title31={{thin space}}'96 I'm Sad!|length31=2:12|title32={{thin space}}'97 Eurodisco Trio|length32=3:15|title33={{thin space}}'98 Lovers' Lies|length33=3:06|title34={{thin space}}'99 Fathers in the Clouds|length34=2:52|title35={{thin space}}'00 Ghosts of the Marathon Dancers|length35=3:05|title36={{thin space}}'01 Have You Seen It in the Snow?|length36=2:51|title37={{thin space}}'02 Be True to Your Bar|length37=3:34|title38={{thin space}}'03 The Ex and I|length38=2:59|title39={{thin space}}'04 Cold-Blooded Man|length39=3:06|title40={{thin space}}'05 Never Again|length40=3:19}}{{Track listing|collapsed=yes|headline=Disc five|total_length = 29:21|title41={{thin space}}'06 "Quotes"|length41=2:17|title42={{thin space}}'07 In the Snow White Cottages|length42=2:52|title43={{thin space}}'08 Surfin'|length43=2:47|title44={{thin space}}'09 Till You Come Back to Me|length44=2:29|title45={{thin space}}'10 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea|length45=3:03|title46={{thin space}}'11 Stupid Tears|length46=2:45|title47={{thin space}}'12 You Can Never Go Back to New York|length47=3:12|title48={{thin space}}'13 Big Enough for Both of Us|length48=3:04|title49={{thin space}}'14 I Wish I Had Pictures|length49=3:07|title50={{thin space}}'15 Somebody's Fetish|length50=3:45}}

Personnel

The Magnetic Fields
  • Stephin Merritt – lead vocals, ukulele, keyboards, piano, synthesizers, guitar, dulcimer, autoharp, xylophone, glockenspiel, percussion
  • Claudia Gonson – background vocals, piano
  • Sam Davol – cello, musical saw
  • John Woo – guitar
  • Shirley Simms – background vocals
Additional personnel
  • Thomas Bartlett – mellotron, clavinet, omnichord, rhodes, piano, Moog synthesizer, optigan
  • Christopher Ewen – synthesizers, kazoo, angklung, stylophone, omnichord
  • Pinky Weitzman – viola, Stroh violin, musical saw
  • Daniel Handler – background vocals, accordion, vibraphone, piano, Hammond organ, celeste
  • Johny Blood – tuba, flugelhorn, mouthpiece
  • Brad Gordon – trombone, pocket trumpet
  • Randy Walker – background vocals
  • Anthony Kaczynski – background vocals
  • Otto Handler – spoken word

Charts

{{album chart|Flanders|155|artist=The Magnetic Fields|album=50 Song Memoir|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 18, 2017}}{{album chart|Germany4|77|id=326104|artist=The Magnetic Fields|album=50 Song Memoir|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 18, 2017}}{{album chart|Portugal|29|artist=The Magnetic Fields|album=50 Song Memoir|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 23, 2017}}{{album chart|Scotland|96|date=2017-03-17|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 18, 2017}}
Chart (2017)Peak
position

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/50-song-memoir|title=The Magnetic Fields 50 Song Memoir|last=|first=|date=17 November 2016|website=Nonesuch|publisher=|access-date=18 November 2016}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.houseoftomorrow.com/blog/2016/10/18/magnetic-fields-roll-out-2017-us-tour-schedule-for-50-song-memoir|title=Magnetic Fields Roll Out 2017 US Tour Schedule for 50 Song Memoir|last=|first=|date=18 October 2016|website=The House of Tomorrow|publisher=|access-date=18 November 2016}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/69164-the-magnetic-fields-announce-tour/|title=The Magnetic Fields Announce Tour|last=Yoo|first=Noah|date=20 October 2016|website=Pitchfork|publisher=|access-date=18 November 2016}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/50-song-memoir/magnetic-fields |title=Reviews for 50 Song Memoir by Magnetic Fields |website=Metacritic |accessdate=March 24, 2017}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/50-song-memoir-mw0003003467 |title=50 Song Memoir – Magnetic Fields |website=AllMusic |accessdate=March 12, 2017 |last=Deming |first=Mark}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.avclub.com/live/magnetic-fields-grandaddy-minus-bear-and-more-week-251226/entry/149 |title=Stephin Merritt is his charming, morose self on The Magnetic Fields’ sprawling, autobiographical 50 Song Memoir |work=The A.V. Club |date=March 3, 2017 |accessdate=March 12, 2017 |last=Colburn |first=Randall}}
7. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/09/magnetic-fields-50-song-memoir-review-nonesuch-stephin-merritt |title=The Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir review – Stephin Merritt's richly observed life |work=The Guardian |date=March 9, 2017 |accessdate=March 12, 2017 |last=Simpson |first=Dave}}
8. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-reviews-the-shins-heartworms-the-magnetic-fields-valerie-june-les-amazones-dafrique-sir-was-a7619026.html |title=Album reviews: The Shins – Heartworms, The Magnetic Fields – 50 Song Memoir, Valerie June – The Order of Time and more |work=The Independent |date=March 8, 2017 |accessdate=March 12, 2017 |last=Gill |first=Andy}}
9. ^{{cite journal |title=Fifty shades darker |work=Mojo |issue=281 |date=April 2017 |last=Farber |first=Jim |page=94}}
10. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/12/the-magnetic-fields-50-song-memoir-review-stephin-merritt |title=The Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir review – the joys are many |work=The Observer |date=March 12, 2017 |accessdate=March 12, 2017 |last=Empire |first=Kitty |authorlink=Kitty Empire}}
11. ^{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22930-50-song-memoir/ |title=The Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir |work=Pitchfork |date=March 6, 2017 |accessdate=March 12, 2017 |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam}}
12. ^{{cite journal |title=The Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir |work=Q |issue=370 |date=April 2017 |last=Harrison |first=Ian |page=115}}
13. ^{{cite journal |title=The Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir |work=Uncut |issue=239 |date=April 2017 |last=Anderson |first=Jason |page=32}}
14. ^{{cite web |url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/stephin-merritts-exceptional-life-and-janet-weisss-genius-expert-witness-with-robert-christgau |title=Stephin Merritt's Exceptional Life and Janet Weiss's Genius: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau |work=Vice |date=March 24, 2017 |accessdate=March 24, 2017 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |authorlink=Robert Christgau}}
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/795-uncuts-75-best-albums-of-2017/|title=Uncut's 75 Best Albums of 2017 |work= Uncut |publisher= |date=November 21, 2017 |accessdate=November 21, 2017}}
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