50 Song Memoir

CD1

1. '66: Wonder Where I'm From
2. '67: Come Back as a Cockroach
3. '68: A Cat Called Dionysus
4. '69: Judy Garland
5. '70: They're Killing Children Over There
6. '71: I Think I'll Make Another World
7. '72: Eye Contact
8. '73: It Could Have Been Paradise
9. '74: No
10. '75: My Mama Ain't

CD2

1. '76: Hustle 76
2. '77: Life Ain't All Bad
3. '78: The Blizzard of '78
4. '79: Rock'n'Roll Will Ruin Your Life
5. '80: London by Jetpack
6. '81: How to Play the Synthesizer
7. '82: Happy Beeping
8. '83: Foxx and I
9. '84: Danceteria!
10. '85: Why I Am Not a Teenager

CD3

1. '86: How I Failed Ethics
2. '87: At the Pyramid
3. '88: Ethan Frome
4. '89: The 1989 Musical Marching Zoo
5. '90: Dreaming in Tetris
6. '91: The Day I Finally...
7. '92: Weird Diseases
8. '93: Me and Fred and Dave and Ted
9. '94: Haven't Got a Penny
10. '95: A Serious Mistake

CD4

1. '96: I'm Sad!
2. '97: Eurodisco Trio
3. '98: Lovers' Lies
4. '99: Fathers in the Clouds
5. '00: Ghosts of the Marathon Dancers
6. '01: Have You Seen It in the Snow?
7. '02: Be True to Your Bar
8. '03: The Ex and I
9. '04: Cold-Blooded Man
10. '05: Never Again

CD5

1. '06: "Quotes"
2. '07: In the Snow White Cottages
3. '08: Surfin'
4. '09: Till You Come Back to Me
5. '10: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
6. '11: Stupid Tears
7. '12: You Can Never Go Back to New York
8. '13: Big Enough for Both of Us
9. '14: I Wish I Had Pictures
10. '15: Somebody's Fetish

The Magnetic Fields' 50 Song Memoir chronicles the 50 years of songwriter Stephin Merritt's life with one song per year. Merritt sings vocals on all 50 songs and plays more than 100 instruments, from ukulele to piano to drum machine to abacus. Unlike his previous work, the lyrics are nonfiction—a mix of autobiography (bedbugs, Buddhism, buggery) and documentary (hippies, Hollywood, hyperacusis). This five-disc deluxe vinyl box set includes a 100-page bound book with an extensive interview by Daniel Handler and facsimile handwritten lyrics by Merritt.