Obscurities Stephin Merritt

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  • Release Date: 08/23/2011
  • Sales Rank: 19,116
  • Label: Merge Records
  • UPC: 673855043029
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Obscurities

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Obscurities

1LISTENForever and a Day previously unreleased 1:57
2LISTENRats In the Garbage of the Western World 2:16
3LISTENI Don't Believe You 3:06
4LISTENPlant White Roses 3:28
5LISTENRot In the Sun 3:04
6LISTENThe Sun and the Sea and the Sky previously unreleased 2:09
7LISTENYet Another Girl 3:40
8LISTENScream ('Till You Make the Scene) previously unreleased 3:02
9LISTENThe Song From Venus previously unreleased 2:25
10LISTENBeach-A-Boop-Boop 1:39
11LISTENWhen I'm Not Looking, You're Not There 2:10
12LISTENTake Ecstasy With Me 3:33
13LISTENWhen You're Young and In Love previously unreleased 2:51
14LISTENYou Are Not My Mother and I Want To Go Home 2:52

About this Artist

Editorial Reviews

B-sides and rarities collections can often help give fans insight into their favorite artists' creative processes, or at the very least, provide either a light snack between releases or a post-retirement victory lap, but when an artist as prolific as Stephin Merritt decides to clean house, it can be a little daunting. Over the years, Merritt's seemingly endless supply of wry, melodic, basement electro-folk songs has required him to use multiple pseudonyms (Magnetic Fields, the 6ths, the Gothic Archies), nearly all which of make an appearance on Obscurities. At its best, the collection stirs some up left-field gems like 'Forever and a Day' and 'When You're Young and in Love,' both of which were pulled from an unfinished musical called The Song from Venus, and the breezy Wasps' Nest outtake 'Yet Another Girl.' Reverend Lee Power, All Music Guide

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