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Stephin Merrit

Stephin Merritt releases albums under the band names the Magnetic Fields, the 6ths, the Gothic Archies, and Future Bible Heroes. With his band The Magnetic Fields, Merritt has written, produced and recorded nine albums to date.

Their 1999 album 69 Love Songs was a 3-disc masterwork which garnered Merritt widespread acclaim, including "best of" year-end lists in Spin, Rolling Stone, the New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post and most other major US publications. In 2002, Merritt signed to Nonesuch Records.

Merritt has composed original music and lyrics for several music theater pieces including the off-Broadway adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline. Merritt composed the score for the academy award nominated film Pieces of April (dir. Peter Hedges) and for the independent film Eban and Charley, and released soundtrack albums for each.

His song "The Book of Love," was performed by Peter Gabriel and appears in the film "Shall We Dance."



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Credits

Performed by Stephin Merritt, circa 1988
Recorded at home on TEAC A-3440 reel-to-reel 4-track.