Distant Plastic Trees
Distant Plastic Trees | ||||
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Studio album by The Magnetic Fields | ||||
Released |
1991 (UK, Japan) | |||
Length | 36:18 | |||
Label |
PoPuP (US) | |||
Producer | Stephin Merritt | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Robert Christgau | [2] |
Distant Plastic Trees is the debut studio album by American indie pop band The Magnetic Fields, released in 1991. It features lead vocals by Susan Anway.
Content
The song "Babies Falling" is a cover of a song by The Wild Stares.
Release
Merge Records reissued the album in 1994 as a double album compilation with the band's second album, The Wayward Bus. The song "Plant White Roses" was omitted from the Merge reissue.
Track listing
All tracks written by Stephin Merritt and sung by Susan Anway except where noted.
- "Railroad Boy" – 2:59
- "Smoke Signals" – 3:28
- "You Love to Fail" – 2:30
- "Kings" – 2:15
- "Babies Falling" – 3:18 (Steve Gregoropoulos/Fran Miller/Justin Burrill)
- "Living in an Abandoned Firehouse with You" – 3:58 (Merritt/Gage/Gil)
- "Tar-Heel Boy" – 2:26
- "Falling in Love with the Wolfboy" – 4:05
- "Josephine" – 3:08
- "100,000 Fireflies" – 3:20
- "Plant White Roses" – 4:52
Personnel
- Stephin Merritt - songwriting, instrumentation and production
- Additional personnel
- Susan Anway - lead vocals
- Ken Michaels - engineering
- Wendy Smith - album cover
- Art Daly - insert photo
References
- ↑ "Allmusic review".
- ↑ Christgau, Robert. "The Magnetic Fields". Robert Christgau.
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