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The Magnetic Fields - Distortion flac album
  • Performer The Magnetic Fields
  • Title Distortion
  • Date of release 2008
  • Country US
  • Style Alternative Rock, Indie Rock
  • Other formats AIFF AHX DMF WMA AUD MPC FLAC
  • Genre Rock
  • Size MP3 1877 mb
  • Size FLAC 1552 mb
  • Rating: 4.9
  • Votes: 172

Distortion is the eighth studio album by American indie pop band The Magnetic Fields. It was released on January 15, 2008 on Nonesuch Records. As the album's title implies, several of the musical performances featured are distorted by various means. In particular, the album's sound was influenced by the 1985 album Psychocandy by The Jesus and Mary Chain. Distortion was recorded at Mother West in New York City. It was produced by Stephin Merritt and co-produced by Charles Newman.

The Magnetic Fields is ranked number 293 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 9,791. Members who like this artist also like: Boards Of Canada, Radiohead and Stereolab. The Magnetic Fields : Distortion CD (2008) Condition: Very Good. Time left: 2h 54m 57s. Ships to: Worldwide. Get Lost by The Magnetic Fields: New Condition: Brand New. Time left: 4h 40m 27s. MAGNETIC FIELDS, The - The Wayward Bus/Distant Plastic Trees - Vinyl (2xLP) Condition: New. Time left: 6h 45m 23s.

Stephin Merritt celebrates all that is fuzzy, sexy, and drenched in reverb on Distortion, a 13-track rendering of the Jesus and Mary Chain's Psychocandy through the barbed sieve of the Magnetic Fields mastermind's seemingly endless notebook of relationship dos and don'ts and self-effacing cognitive therapy sessions.

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Band Name The Magnetic Fields. Album Name Distortion. 版公司 Nonesuch Records. 9. Till the Bitter End. 10. I'll Dream Alone. 11. The Nun's Litany. 12. Zombie Boy. 13. Courtesans. Other productions from The Magnetic Fields. Love at the Bottom of the Sea. Realism.

The Magnetic Fields: Distortion. Distortion’, MF’s eighth album, archly twists the tale once more. Just as Glasvegas grab the scree-infested Wall Of Sound baton from The Raveonettes and race off into the Glasgow tenement estates chasing the last child support cheque, ‘Distortion’ finds Merritt (in a nod to his more noise-friendly early albums) making everything from cello to acoustic piano feed back in an attempt to out-Mary Chain the Mary Chain, swathing the entire. record in a white noise shimmer and thus scooping off another slice of the zeitgeist

The Magnetic Fields, Distortion. On Distortion, Merritt's history-worship goes nuclear. These 13 songs are intended to revive the essential spirit of the Jesus and Mary Chain's Psychocandy, the 1985 album whose mix of wailing feedback, rumbling menace and Phil Spector-esque pop aesthetics endeared it to mid-1980s John Peel listeners in much the same way that the Clash's first album soundtracked the lives of punk rockers.

Distortion is hardly a retread, though- its fuzzy production substantially alters the focus and nature of Merritt's music. Opener "Three Way" serves as a straightforward statement of purpose; its simple, surf-y riff is almost unimaginable without a distorted guitar tone. Throughout Distortion, the squelching, tight-focus rhythmic interplay of Merritt's music is blown out into loud, distorted drum beats and smeared guitars, introducing a new level of messy, energizing depth to Merritt's characteristically stately and considered songwriting. While the sonic treatment of Distortion flatters Merritt's singing, the album's greatest moments belong to Shirley Simms, the finest and most nuanced singer in Merritt's orbit. Drive On, Driver" brings to mind The Charm of the Highway Strip with its serpentine melody and roadway imagery.

Tracklist

1 Three-Way 3:02
2 California Girls 3:00
3 Old Fools 3:03
4 Xavier Says 2:42
5 Mr. Mistletoe 2:59
6 Please Stop Dancing 3:01
7 Drive On, Driver 2:51
8 Too Drunk To Dream 3:00
9 Till The Bitter End 3:03
10 I'll Dream Alone 3:07
11 The Nun's Litany 2:58
12 Zombie Boy 3:05
13 Courtesans 2:58

Companies, etc.

  • Manufactured By – Warner Music Canada Co.
  • Distributed By – Warner Music Canada Co.
  • Pressed By – Cinram
  • Recorded At – Mother West Studios
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – WEA International Inc.
  • Copyright (c) – WEA International Inc.
  • Mastered At – Peerless Mastering

Credits

  • Accordion – Daniel Handler
  • Artwork By [Design] – Evan Gaffney Design
  • Artwork By [Logo] – Michael English
  • Cello – Sam Davol
  • Drums, Piano, Organ [Farfisa], Backing Vocals, Other [Management] – Claudia Gonson
  • Engineer [Assistant] – Robert Stevens*
  • Guitar [Lead] – John Woo
  • Mastered By – Jeff Lipton
  • Mastered By [Additional] – Tom Rogers
  • Mixed By – Charles Newman, Tom Rogers
  • Other [Orgiasts] – A. Klasinski, I. Pearle, R. Stevens
  • Photography – Marcelo Krasilcic
  • Recorded By, Producer [Additional] – Charles Newman
  • Songwriter, Mixed By, Performer – Stephin Merritt
  • Vocals – Shirley Simms

Notes

Recording and additional production at Mother West, NY.
Mastering at Peerless, Boston.

Jewel case inside Slipcase

All songs © 2008 Stephin Merritt
Published by Gay and Loud (ASCAP)
ⓟ & © Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Made in the U.S.A. by WEA Manufacturing Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 0 75597 99654 8
  • Matrix / Runout: [Cinram Logo] LT36 2 327036 #80108Z14 (11 Stamped)
  • Mastering SID Code: IFPI LT36
  • Mould SID Code: IFPI6000

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
7559-79965-4 The Magnetic Fields Distortion ‎(CD, Album) Nonesuch 7559-79965-4 US 2008
327036-1 The Magnetic Fields Distortion ‎(LP, Album + CD, Album) Nonesuch 327036-1 US 2008
Pro 400018 The Magnetic Fields Distortion ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Nonesuch Pro 400018 US 2008
327036-2 The Magnetic Fields Distortion ‎(CD, Album) Nonesuch 327036-2 US 2008
327036-1 The Magnetic Fields Distortion ‎(LP, Album, TP) Nonesuch 327036-1 US 2008