The Charm of the Highway Strip

by The Magnetic Fields

The Charm of the Highway Strip cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 April 1994
  • Label: Merge
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 33:21
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: Stephin Merritt, Claudia Gonson, Sam Davol

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Charm of the Highway Strip' is a brilliant, travel-themed concept album that blends synthpop melodies with lonely, alt-country narratives. Stephin Merritt utilizes vintage drum machines and bittersweet, nocturnal storytelling to craft a deeply melancholic and melodic roadmap of the American landscape.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, conceptual, lgbtq, male-vocalist, melodic, vehicles

Tracklist

  1. Lonely Highway (3:05)
  2. Long Vermont Roads (3:26)
  3. Born on a Train (3:45)
  4. I Have the Moon (2:36)
  5. Two Characters in Search of a Country Song (3:32)
  6. Crowd of Drifters (3:35)
  7. Fear of Trains (3:14)
  8. When the Open Road Is Closing In (3:38)
  9. Sunset City (4:05)
  10. Dust Bowl (2:19)

Credits

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