I (The Magnetic Fields album)
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| Studio album by The Magnetic Fields | ||||
| Released | May 4, 2004 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop | |||
| Length | 41:19 | |||
| Label | Nonesuch | |||
| Producer | Stephin Merritt | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100 |
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| AllMusic |    |
| Blender | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B |
| The Guardian | |
| Mojo | |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.7/10 |
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| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin | B+ |
| The Village Voice | B+ |
i is the seventh studio album by American indie pop band The Magnetic Fields. It was released on May 4, 2004 by record label Nonesuch. The songs of the album are connected by their starting with the letter "i", and are also arranged in alphabetical order.
The album ditches many of Stephin Merritt's past synthpop and electropop influences, largely being led by guitars and strings. It was followed in 2008, by Distortion, and in 2010, by Realism, which were both also free of synthesizer instrumentation, forming the so-called "no-synth trilogy".
The cover art, designed by Evan Gaffney, is based on Gravity in Four Directions by Fred Tomaselli.
i has been well received by critics. It currently holds a score of 79/100 on review aggregator website Metacritic.
All tracks written by Stephin Merritt.
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