50 Song Memoir
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| Studio album by The Magnetic Fields | ||||
| Released | March 10, 2017 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop | |||
| Length | 2:30:15 | |||
| Label | Nonesuch | |||
| Producer |
Stephin Merritt Thomas Bartlett Charles Newman |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 89/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The A.V. Club | A− |
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| Mojo | |
| The Observer | |
| Pitchfork | 7.4/10 |
| Q | |
| Uncut | 9/10 |
| Vice | A− |
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 songwriter Stephin Merritt's life, with one song for each year that he has lived.
Stephin Merritt began recording on his 50th 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 and plays more than one hundred instruments throughout.
The fully staged live shows in support of 50 Song Memoir are directed by José Zayas. 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.
50 Song Memoir is available in five-LP and five-CD editions that include an interview by Daniel Handler and facsimile handwritten lyrics by Stephin Merritt, and as a bound book.
Upon release, the album received near universal acclaim, with the average critical score being a 89 out of 100 according to review aggregator website Metacritic.
All tracks written by Stephin Merritt.
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