Love at the Bottom of the Sea

by The Magnetic Fields

Love at the Bottom of the Sea cover art

After a decade of eschewing electronics, Stephin Merritt returned to the synthesizer-heavy sound of his 1990s material. The album is a brief, incredibly playful collection of quirky indie-pop tracks driven by his signature sarcastic, hyper-literate, and frequently humorous perspectives on romance.

Genres

  • Synthpop
  • Indie Pop

Tracklist

  1. God Wants Us to Wait
  2. Andrew in Drag
  3. Your Girlfriend's Face
  4. Born for Love
  5. I'd Go Anywhere with Hugh
  6. Infatuation (With Your Gyration)
  7. The Only Boy in Town
  8. The Machine in Your Hand
  9. Goin' Back to the Country
  10. I've Run Away to Join the Fairies
  11. The Horrible Party
  12. My Husband's Pied-a-Terre
  13. I Don't Like Your Tone
  14. Quick!
  15. All She Cares About Is Mariachi