Distortion (The Magnetic Fields album)

Distortion (The Magnetic Fields album)
Distortion
Studio album by The Magnetic Fields
Released January 15, 2008 (US)
Recorded Mother West, New York
Genre Indie pop, noise pop
Length 38:46
Label Nonesuch Records (US)
Producer Stephin Merritt
The Magnetic Fields chronology
i
(2004)
Distortion
(2008)
Realism
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[1]
Art Nouveau Magazine (Positive)[2]
The A.V. Club (A)[3]
Blender 3.5/5 stars[4]
NME (8/10)[5]
Pitchfork Media (8.0/10)[6]
PopMatters (8/10)[7]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[8]
This Is Fake DIY 4/5 stars[9]
Time Off 4/5 stars[10]
Tiny Mix Tapes 4/5 stars[11]

Distortion is an album by The Magnetic Fields. It was officially released on January 15, 2008 by Nonesuch Records.

As the album's name implies, several of the musical performances featured were distorted by various means. In particular, this sound quality was influenced by the 1985 album Psychocandy by The Jesus and Mary Chain.[12][13] No synthesizers were used to record the album; it is the second in a "no-synth trilogy", after the 2004 album i and before the 2010 album Realism.[14]

Distortion debuted at number 77 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 8,000 copies in its first week.[15]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Stephin Merritt.

  1. "Three-Way" – 3:01
  2. "California Girls" – 3:00
  3. "Old Fools" – 3:02
  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" – 3:08
  11. "The Nun's Litany" – 2:58
  12. "Zombie Boy" – 3:05
  13. "Courtesans" – 2:59

Personnel

Performance

Production

Distortion was produced by Stephin Merritt. It was recorded with additional production by Charles Newman at Mother West, New York. Robert Stevens acted as assistant engineer. The album was mixed by Charles Newman, Stephin Merritt, and Tom Rogers. It was mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless, Boston with additional mastering by Tom Rogers.

The album design is by Evan Gaffney Design, with a photo by Marcelo Krasilcic. The Magnetic Fields logo was designed by Michael English.

Claudia Gonson provided management.

References

External links


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