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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 50 years of lyricist Stephin Merritt's life, with one song for each year that he has lived.




Recording


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 were directed by José Zayas with an expanded Magnetic Fields lineup that included three additional musicians for the tour for a total of seven musicians, each playing a different instrument. On the tour the band played the entirety of 50 Song Memoir in two halves across two nights at each venue.




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.




Reception



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.




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Track listing






Personnel


The Magnetic Fields

Stephin Merritt – lead vocals, Roland vocoder, ukulele, resonator ukulele, bass ukulele, 8-string ukulele, classical guitar, 12-string guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, electric bass, acoustic bass, mandola, autoharp, marxolin, bass banjo, charango, cavaquinho, harp, hammered dulcimer, bowed psaltery, electric sitar, Prophet-5, ARP String Ensemble, Moog Voyager, Casio VL-Tone, piano, keyboards, Wurlitzer electric piano, Rhodes Piano Bass, organ, pianet, celeste, toy piano, prepared piano, Omnichord, audio pattern generator, kazoo, melodica, xylophone, glockenspiel, bass drum, log drum, slit drum, ocean drum, cymbal, tubes, rainstick, wind chimes, chimes, maracas, conga, bongos, triangle, tambourine, washboard, steel drum, shakers, finger cymbals, guiro, djembe, cajon, woodblock, bells, sleighbells, fingersnaps, thunder sheet, cabasas, cowbells, tongs, bottle, abacus, drum machines, tapes, feedback
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






References

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• All About My Mom
• Carole Bayer Sager
• Time After Time (lagu)
• Harry, Adipati Sussex
• Taxi Driver (seri televisi Korea Selatan)
• Jerman Nazi
• Rihanna
• Britney Spears
• Daftar buku terlaris
• First Love (seri televisi 1996)
• 50 Song Memoir
• Stephin Merritt
• The Magnetic Fields
• Love at the Bottom of the Sea
• 50 Cent
• Figures on a Beach
• Stonewall riots
• Quickies (album)
• Stephin Merritt discography
• List of concept albums