69 Love Songs

You'd think an album revolved around a sex position would be better

Ei jumalauta

Just too long

Nah....get out of here. A 2 hour 45 minute, 69 song album just flat out isn't necessary. Just release three different albums (or MAYBE even cut some filler- what a novel idea). Male lead singer's deep voice is unnerving as well. Isn't the worst on this list by far but come on now. 4/10 (2/5)

This album is really going to test the aged old saying of quantity does not equal quality. Let’s see. 3 hours is going to be a long chunk out of my day. Track one grabbed me, I liked it, following on the album had some nice moments like I don’t want to get over you, the one you really love and Fido, your leash is too long. Overall through it was full of filler and was like a poor Leonard Cohen album, lots of love but poor story telling. It went on too long. I feel with 10 of the best tracks this could be good. Favourite song: Absolutely Cuckoo Least favourite: 60 out of the 69 tracks Album artwork: Simple yet smart cover.

Moi quand l'album m'a été généré: haha, funny number Moi en ouvrant l'album: QUOI?!! YA VRAIMENT 69 CHANSONS? ÇA DURE FUCKING 3H DE TEMPS??!!! Moi vers le tiers de l'album: 🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮

Too long

Meh

Quite depressive, melancholic music. A couple of very nice, beautiful songs, but overall often annoying and definitely 2 discs too long.

Self indulgent and very average indeed.

es sind wirklich 69 Titel, naja; auf Duer ermüdend und einschläfernd

Not completely unlistenable but 3 hours and 69 songs? Yeah I’m good.

Much too long

It's LGBTQ week (apparently)! I think I've heard of this band before. Not familiar, though. I kind of don't have time for this and it's not really "my jam," but I'll try. Cringier than expected, actually. How long is this? I'm going to move on now that I know what this is. It's fine, I understand why critics would praise it. Probably could have been 9 love songs? DNF.

Do you like love songs? If you do then this album is for you. Look I like love songs but only in spańish. The lyrics are pretty good but I don like the guy voice. The beat is good but would I listen to this no but if you want to try something new I would recommend this album.

Are you going through a break-up and want to listen to music that expresses what you are feeling at the moment? 69 Love songs by The magnetic fields would be the perfect album for you. This album literally has 69 love songs you can listen to, they are quick and only say a few lyrics over and over again but maybe that's how you feel. maybe you need a song or an album you can connect with at the moment. I think I would listen to this album while I'm doing homework or something because it feels relaxing. I do recommend this album to anyone.

The idea for this album is bad and so are most of the songs. I didint like the songs they sound repetative. would not recommend 3/10

Nice

Didn't hate it but it's just too much

HAHAHAHAH ok tbh ich find absolutely cuckoo huere funny I don't believe in the sun würkt um einiges ernster und dramatischer es söttet ja auchli theaterlieder sii? eso luegis au ah und finds bis jz na fun I don't wanna get over you singter weird aber hans na gern WISO HET DE BEAT EN TON WIR WENNS EN FÜECHTE FURZ WÄR???? bunny rabbits isch na fun han bis jz eh vill besseri ziit als ich denkt hett?? parades go by erinneret mich ah talking heads (NEGATIV GMEINT) ok jz fangts ah uf de sack gah my sentimental melody isch SCHRECKLICH nothing matters when we're dancing isch en grund zum so schnell tanze wie möglich, nöd willd musig ah sich zum tanze ihladt, sondern eifach dassmer das lied chan ihgnoriere bc nothing matters sweet lovin man isch endlich wiedermal es LIED OK PAUSSSEEEE PART 2 love is like jazz nervt schomal no one will ever love you isch endlich wiedermal es lied id you dont cry ARACH UND WASHINGTON DC ich hass sini stimm bin ich gester in somene krass andere stimmig gsi oder isches rifach normal papa was a rodeo hani eig na gern gha bro I shatter isch unglaublich nervig das isch gad echt schlimm gsi es het würkli nöd schlecht ahgfange, doch disc 2 es het sich jz stetig richtig zwei grabe...mal luege was no passiert bro was isch das chönnts nöd wieder 2 minütigi lieder sii?? hahaha acoustic guitar na funny bro en weirde synthi, chli trümmle und en guy wo tüfer versuecht z singe als ers chan isch keis LIED WAS ISCH DAS JZ yeah oh yeah isch easyy dark und für das hanis na gern de rest halt wieder eifach bö ICH HASSE WENNER GSCHISSE TÜF SINGT ok xylophon track ohni xylophon funny (ussert ich spinn und ghör nüt?) wtf vo allne lieder hend sie sich für zebra entschide als letschts lied?? was isch das??? so unglaublich arsch ich respektiere s projekt ah sich und han eig au hie und daa freud gha aber iwie das als letschts stuck zeigt mier chli, was hend die sich überleit? vlt chammer au behaupte, dass sie extra eifach no es random lied annegfizzt hend als letschts lied because fuck you idem liecht betrachtet findis no funny ok doch keis 1 aber zebra hets gad würkli schier uf es 1 druckt also ja d längi isch natürlich s einte. s andere isch sochli, dass 60% vode tracks nöd würkli lieder sind, sondern sochli ideä oder en joke, wo jz halt eifach au als song zählt, gott weiss wiso. hie und daa, wenn ich mich uf d lyics gachtet han, hanis auno funny gfunde, aber vor allem usere text-perspektive und weniger usere musig-perspektive alles in allem hani de erst drittel rig würkli no solid gfunde, aber ab denn ischs für mich würkli steeiiiiil bergab gange, immer wieder hets moment gha wo ich gfunde han "bro was iiiisch das" weg dem erste ⅓ gits es 2, aber würkli GUCKING ZEBRA

Too long

Not terrible, but definitely not great. And there's waaaaaay too much of it. This is 3rd rate They Might Be Giants or something. Favorite song: a chicken with its head cut off.

Obviously this album is too much. There are some good songs on here, though few and far between. The length and amount of songs brings this down. 2/5 Won’t listen again

I listened to this in 5 parts as it was a real beast, and I must say disk one made me doubt it was worth sticking with. Disk two made me glad I stuck with it with Papa Was a Rodeo being the real turning point, and disk three was honestly great all the way through. 69 songs allows for love to be explored in all angles, and the variety on display here is impressive. Sadly, at the same time, 69 songs is just too many and the quantity over quality experience means that this album failed to achieve "good". Favourite track: Papa Was a Rodeo.

It gets exhausting listening to each disc individually… what makes you think I want to listen to all three back-to-back?

I listened to the first disc, and I think that was more than sufficient to understand this project. “The Book of Love” sounds better when Peter Gabriel sings it.

one off from being my 69th album, what missed opportunity three hours long, this better be the best album i've ever heard i tired asf i had two long ass lectures today and an assignment due tonight and i wanna nap sb, but i started this three hour album first and i hate listening to album in multiple sessions so now i stuck listening to this while doing an assignment i dont want to do. this sucks its not even bad, i just know that it gonna go on like this for another two hours and thats fucking dreadful to think about. I kind of hate how some of the tracks make fun of other genres like jazz and punk, ik its a joke but it feels so lame and unfunny. i gave up, im taking a break i forgot i have to finish this fucccccccccckkk im not even halfway through the second disk. The songs with the girl singing sound like that new cindy lee album if it sucked. Listen to Diamond Jubilee if you want to listen to a good long ass album. Papa was Rodeo feels like a bad dean blunt and johanne robertson song at the end. i don't like this album finally on the last disk yippeeee. i finished my assignment before i finished this album im gonna kms make it fucking end theres still 11 songs left holy shit i cant do it anymore it went to go brush my teeth and i ACCIDENTLY forgot to pause the album a missed like four tracks whoops the albums alright i suppose

it insists upon itself i’ll give it a 2 bc the music itself isn’t half bad, but i will never listen to this album in full again

songs range from ok to boring to corny to some which are legitimately good, but not worth 3hrs of listening for sure. fav track: come back from sf other picks: book of love, cactus where your heart, when my boy walks down the street

Just far too long

An edifying example for the importance of curation. Were this a tight 45 minutes with only the best material from this album, it would be a 5. There are moments, but the bloat is unbearable.

Ain’t nobody got time for allllll this. Good lord. Wish I did and could give an honest review!

Jesus. Over two hours of petulant noise.

I did like "I'm Sorry I Love You" but was that really worth it for 68 others?

Only liked Absolutely cuckoo. Made me stop the challenge.

69 songs…. literally 69

Not a fan

Holy shit this is long and pointless. This is why editing is required when you have an idea. Can't just throw everything at the wall and see what sticks

First of all, obviously way too long! An eclectic mix of indie-rock kinda stuff. Some of it pretty decent, but buried amongst the rest of it... I wouldn't mind revisiting the best bits of it somehow .

I have to say I find this dull. I like the idea, just not the execution. Maybe it's having so many tracks it's diluted it?

69 album reviews • With an album as huge as this one it would be easier to go song by song, so, on a scale from 0 to 1, where 1 is bueno and 0 is no bueno: 011100000110110001110011010010110110100101101100011011000100110101100101 • You 'member tiktok? Some of these songs remind me of those low-effort tiktok songs about the importance of consent or something idk • I once thought it would be a funny performance to write 1089 songs about each album I've heard here, compile them into one album, write a wiki article and then submit it for user albums. You're lucky I don't know shit about making music • If you're gonna write 69 songs about love it better be all kinds of love. I feel underrepresented, there's only 2 songs about necrophilia and just 1 same-sex african-american love song • Nice • You might think that I'm retarded for writing 69 reviews but I'm actually making a point here. Notice how with every review I get lazier and more off-topic because I just need to write something that passes as a review. Not that my regular reviews are any better but... oh fuck off • I really wanted to hate it for it's length but it's not that bad. Filler-filled, yes, but somehow it's not boring, I'm curious about what I will hear next • How hard would it be to notice if one of these songs was AI-generated? A friend of mine made a meme song, just threw some random notes and let the AI finish everything. He also used AI-generated lyrics, and that was what gave it away, but the music itself sounded alright. What I'm getting at, I've seen plenty reviews for other albums saying something like "yeah the music is shit but I can tell it takes a lot of musicianship to make". But let's be real, it's frickiny pop, AI could do it and we wouldn't notice • I usually avoid romantic movies, animes, etc. I mean, they are great, it's easy to squeeze a tear out of me so I like almost every one of them, but they eventually end and I'm back to reality. Reality sucks. At least this album never ends • The longer it goes on the more I like it. As is usually the case with music. Maybe every album should be 3h long? Or even longer? I will try it next time I see a 150th anniversary edition album with 20 hours of extra content • Remember This Song from The Hour Of Bewilderbeast? Well, turns out not only it was a bad idea, they were not even first to do it. Abigail, Belle of Kilronan is literally the same and I can't listen to it. The only song I skipped in the entirety of 1001 (so far) and it was not because it was bad, but because I felt physically unwell listening to it • I feel like I've matured a lot during since the beginning of the project. Something as immature as this album has no place in my heart anymore • I mean, they could've at least made a tl;dl version • Experimental review Experimen evi ntaview perital re rimtal revieExp mentaExperimntal revieental review. Don't know what to call this song if I pretty much called the other ones "low-effort" • It was a 3 at some point, but they didn't quit while they were ahead. Too bad • What do you mean "Baby don't hurt me" is not from this album? I've been waiting for it... • It's crazy to see people commenting "new favorite from the album" under some of these songs. They all sound identical. Or maybe they don't, but the whole experience is so drawn out you can't really tell • Okay maybe not 69, the album's ended, that's all I have

Imagine that The Divine Comedy and Kirsty MacColl got together and gave birth to James McCartney who then made a concept album with Sean Lennon.

When I was 14 we bet with some friends that 3 of us could tell 1000 jokes in 24h. We succeeded, but let me tell you than about 95% of the jokes were pure rubbish and mostly bad situational jokes. This album is the equivalent of this stupid 14 year old bet, done by a professional musician.

It's impressive and there are some real gems in here, but it's WAY too long for a single release. Would've rated higher if it were released in separate parts, maybe.

I really tried to make it all the way through this, but, and this is probably by #1 criticism of the CD, it's WAY, WAY, WAY too long. It's not bad, not exactly my style, whatever. Big picture though, if you're gonna make me sit through 3 hours, you better have a LOT to say. I don't think they clear that bar. The other thing that really stands out here is that despite having a lengthy roster of singers, basically all of them are bad. Male or female, tenor or baritone, they all kind of stink. The music itself alternates between very stripped-down stuff (you could call it garage rock but 1/2 of it is more like guy-with-a-guitar) and super-cheasy way over the top lounge rock. I see the influence. In particular, "Thirteen Tales" almost seems like a sequel. But it's shorter, better, and more fun. I liked "When My Boy Walks Down The Street". That's a cool song. 1 for 69, not bad.

I really enjoyed the quirkiness of 69 Love Songs in the beginning, quite liked the first album, especially Come Back From San Francisco. Some of the songs reminded me of The Shins. Going deeper with the album(s), I wasn't sure what to make of this – it doesn't really feel like a coherent concept despite the title, and there is great variety when it comes to the quality of the songs, too: I think the highlights are nice, but its lowlights are downright annoying. I don't think there's enough quality to justify the 2 hour 52 minute length of the album(s) as there's plenty of fillers between the better songs and it's tend to lose it's edge towards the third album. On another note, I think the algorithm should always assign these longer albums to a Friday – it took me 4 days to finish these 3 albums and it would be easier to get these done on a weekend.

At first, it's an extremely fun concept. However I haven't gone any further than the first part of the album. I also agree that Come Back From San Francisco is a highlight.

The music here is fine, but this is way too long. How am I expected to enjoy listening to this entire thing? Maybe that's the point?

No…just no. I’m only giving this a 2 because there were a few songs that weren’t as terribly boring like the rest.

wow they really weren't lying about the 69 part like i'm impressed, bored but impressed does it actually deserve a 2? no idea i got tiktok attention span but through my speedrun of this album there were ok-ish (more like meh) parts so i'll be generous for once listened to way worse

Reminded me at times of Adam Green but not as funny. M. F., your album's too long!

As the title states; this album contains 69 love songs. I could only sample a few, as the album is much (MUCH) too long. Most of the songs I listened to were nothing to write home about; the record is more of a revue than a proper album. For this the songs might be OK, but not for just listening. 2/5

"69 Love Songs" is an impressive achievement and it takes in so many genres, sounding like The Velvet Underground one minute and Leonard Cohen the next. It's genuinely surprising how much variety it's packed with. But it never rises to be much more than a novelty record, and the short tracks mean that it can never really indulge or focus on a certain style. It's an experiment that doesn't quite work and makes everyone suffer as a result. Like "Jurassic Park."

Are these really love songs? Some of them are breakup songs. Sweet loving man is probably the best of the bunch. It's got 69 something. Love songs would be a stretch. Punk love barely qualifies. Roses... etc... We are the king of the Budoir is truly terrible.

Ain't nobody got time for that!

This should not be on the list. It’s terrible. The dude can’t sing. It’s like listening to my dog wail. It’s disrespectful of my time. Who’s got 3 hours to listen to this garbage. Be better.

23 love songs was enough.

Was hoping the title was more of an innuendo. Had some flashes but way too long

Had high hopes, shouldn't have.

Kind of a slog to get through, didn’t really connect to any of it but there were hints of things I liked here and there

Every single song on this is… fine? Found it overall quite tedious and wasn’t really on board at any point.

This is way too long and so many of the songs don't feel fully finished. Cool idea but meh execution

I anticipated this would be the "nice" kind of 69 love songs, or romantic ballads contemporary to the year 1969, or an album titled "love songs" by the band "69" or some alternate combination. Indeed this is non-figuratively a count of 69 musical tracks of earnest, wholesome serenades. I must disclose I probably gave up with the first third, or 23 songs, but that was my torture threshold.

Too long

This list is becoming more and more demanding every day. Three hours!?

What am I supposed to say here “oh it really comes alive halfway through the second album oh the third disc really has some hidden gems in it.” Get tf outta here with a nearly 3 hour long album comprised mostly of male manipulator music. This album was a huge test of strength for me to meet a piece of art where it’s at, and I tried my hardest. But after a while, these songs did what I’m guessing a lot of deadmau5 songs do for his first time listeners: blended all together. This was a Spotify streaming bloat album well before it’s time though, I’ll give it that

Cool concept album but not really my cup of tea

Absolutely Cuckoo A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off Let’s Pretend We’re Bunny Rabbits Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long My Sentimental Melody Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing Time Enough for Rocking When We’re Old No One Will Ever Love You I Can’t Touch You Anymore The second 3 hour album I’ve gotten. Idk who enjoys an over 1.5 hour album. But I don’t. Wasn’t the worst I suppose. Genuinely surprised I made it to the end without much struggle. Some melodies were quite entertaining and the vocals sounded depressed but in a strangely good way.

This album is nearly 3 hours long … the hubris of this band! While it is mostly pleasant (I feel like I hear this type of music all the time when eating at trending restaurants in Seattle), it’s simply too long to listen to in it’s entirety without skipping. And I can only stand so much ukulele…

too many songs - but pretty good album

3 hours! I don’t even listen to three hours in a row of music I do want to listen to

Full of itself

Too long and arduous to finish . 50 - 55 songs too long Cake ish There's some Len Cohen here too

1 star for the concept and 1 star for not sticking with the original plan of 100 love songs

Decent background music and there is definetly a good album in there somewhere. There was just no reason to make it this long

About one albums worth of quality songs. Ambitious project, but not worth a spot here.

I appreciate the challenge mindset behind this album project, but this was too much. Some songs were okay but they really all blended together and became monotonous. 2.5/5

A lot of songs, some of them are okay

J'aime bien le concept mais trop long là

Too long

Woah, this is some Kanye level shit.

Too long.

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. They probably would have been better making 10 good songs rather than 69 meh songs. They have created a talking point but thats it.

Before Spotify was a thing these guys nailed the 'slightly mediocre love songs' playlist. The better moments were well hidden in the massive amounts of self-indulgent nonsense but I'm still not sure there's a decent album's worth hiding in here

When it says 69 Love Songs on the tin, I wasn't expecting literally 2 hours 45 minutes worth of songs. To give a reasonable review of this album it'd need to be listened to in a few instalments, which I doubt I'd want to put the effort in for. From the initial one-off listen, it's an alright 3-side album, giving me Lou Reed vibes, quite humorous in places, tiresome in others, nothing I disliked, but equally who would love a chicken with its head cut off? 2.5

Muy extenso. No es demasiado de mi agrado.

This felt like the worst kind of homework. Cute at times, with some variety, but a slog. Like others have mentioned, they should have focused their attention on 10-12 really good ones instead of 69 mediocre ones. 2/5

I just can’t. 3 hours is too much, and I don’t love “indie” music in the best of times. It wasn’t awful, there were some toe tappers, but it’s just too much.

I can appreciate the ambition and commitment to the bit. I did not like one song on this album though

ура осилила один раз и СРАЗУ узнала первую песню когда пошёл на второй. в среднем есть интересные идеи и музыка, но вокал совсем не для меня, это какой-то Том Петти / Леонард Коэн уровень завывания

Realistically I will not be listening to all 3 hours of this.

this is too many love songs

Some of this is good. Some of this is bad. But it's 3 hours long. Sorry

I’m not going to listen to this entire album out of principle. Very few artists will earn my attention for three discs, and a sub-par, boredom-inducing caterwauler is not going to make the cut. Two stars.

69 songs on 1 album? Must be grindcore. It isn't? Pas.

I was extremely disappointed that I had to listen to almost 3 hours of this album, which consists of 3 disks. It wasn't THAT bad, but would've enjoyed it just as much if it was only 15 minutes long. Kinda chill, it's nice that the songs were relatively short. Definitely very weird at times, and although I was going to rate it 1 star, it kind of made me not hate it too much after bonding with the album for almost 3 hours...

Another one that I’ll stop after disc 1. The cover of Book of Love is great as Izzy says. The rest, a bit subpar Divine Comedy.

Songs we ok but way too long

Quantity over quality. Honestly, not gonna listen to all of these. Low effort creativity and musicianship. Feels like a stunt album just to use "Love" and "69" hyuk, hyuk.

I almost admire the audacity to release a 3 hour album of love songs. By my ratings system, I should give this a 1 because I didn't finish it. I only got through about 40 songs. Most are generic nothing songs and it was all blending by the time I called it quits. There are a couple in here that I actually recognized and enjoyed, but the rest was forgettable. I would hardly call this mandatory listening.

It's like Our Gang meets painfully ironic ennui. Trying way too hard to be clever and original and not really pulling it off for me. Maybe a third of these songs I'd want to hear again, but not for a while.

Music for a middle school drama club. And way too much of it. Barely listenable for me. Bright spot - Sweet Lovin' Man Might be 10 or 12 decent songs in here, but easy to miss amongst the nonsense

What I listened to was fine, but this was just too long to commit to without it being truly exceptional.

69 Love Songs is one love song too many. The song that should have been omitted is Love Is Like Jazz, but ya can’t really have an album about love songs titled 68 Love Songs so ya might as well leave it in. It’s just a bad song, or bad jazz, or both. Overall, I like the album and the concept. A Chicken With It’s Head Cut Off, Let’s Pretend We’re Bunny Rabbits, and Papa Was a Rodeo are among the better songs. Album runs a little long for one listening session, no kidding. (2.2*s)

What a bloated, pretentious collection of average Indie rock. Maybe there are some good or very good of songs but they are lost within all the mediocrity.

How about 10 love songs next time?

Idk how to rate this. I guess I like the intention and context of this record but I could never listen to it again.

Quirky and funny. Every song is different but same theme and concept throughout. Never something I’d revisit.

One full extra star for Book of Love

Meh. Way too long, did not finish.

We’ve had two classic albums by two of the biggest and most influential artists of the period. Now this.

I made it through 2/3s of this to realize that I don’t need to spend another hour on it. Now, a few songs are good without a doubt. But is this a good listening experience as an album? Absolutely not. And some songs are outright bad and/or simply fillers. I can understand that it’s a fun project to put together for yourself, but to write 69 love songs for the sake of it doesn’t really cut the mustard for me as an album.

Too long, seemed amateurish.

2.5. Funny project. Some good songs, a lot of ok songs, but also a lot of stinkers

The band members can’t seriously think all of these songs are good? Some of them are so close to being good songs, maybe if they’d cut out a majority of the songs and focused on these few this would be a fantastic indie album. As it is, it stinks.

This is a 4 star album, less 1 star for stretching it to 3 disks and less another star for stretching it to 2 disks. They who live by the disk die by the disk.

69 love songs but nary a one about 69

3 hours of love songs? How about no. It only gets a 2nd star because I'm feeling nice for putting in the effort.

Ok, c'était vraiment trop long...

i mean i guess some songs are okay but seriously what do you want from me. its not even that impressive of a feat to make this large of an album, it was 1999 producing music was easy at this point.

Too many sub par songs

The water drop torture is a method of torture consisting of tying a condemned person immobile to a board. From then on, at regular intervals, a drop of water fell on his forehead. Lack of sleep and repetition wear down the subject's resistance. This results in a psychological alteration of the victim, who ends up going crazy.

A bit droning, not too interesting

Certainly a variety

Unique indie sound. It's a mood

Was ok but just way too long. I only got through about half of it before I was done

It's almost impossible to try to appraise in the way we've been doing so because of the length and diversity of the content, and it really does come across at times as if the inspiration for putting this work together was to receive acclaim for exactly that, rather than because of the music. Some of the songs are really nice, some of them are pretty, some quirky, there's cross-genre stuff, there's stripped back stuff, there's a lot going on. The femle vocals are infinitely more tolerable than Merritt's (my favourite songs are those ones, No One Will Ever Love You, Come Back From San Francisco, Acoustic Guitar), which I find annoying most of the time, although it works on the most stripped back songs like The Book of Love and Meaningless and Nothing Matters When We're Dancing. If I was going to give this a 3 because of everything going on and settling in the middle, I'm dropping it to a 2 because it is far, far, far too long and doesn't hit enough highs to remotely justify it.

Listened to Vol1, that was enough

This album overstays its welcome. It has some decent tracks, especially the Book of Love, which is its only saving grace in my opinion and raises it to a 2 instead of a 1. The rest is just drivel.

boring but it has the song from the scrubs finale

the magnetic fields' 69 love songs went in almost every direction, and they tried to tackle too much within one album. yes, it's full of creativity, but it lacks so much cohesiveness. i thought i understood this album with its quick turns from indie to pop to electronic, but then some celtic sounds came out of nowhere. i'm annoyed i had to listen to such an unnecessarily long album, and i didn't want to even like this album. i suppose when you create 69 songs, odds are some of them can be hits. the lyrics didn't stand out at all. it figures with so many songs that the creative songwriting juice would run out. having different lead vocalists help switch things up in this three CD album. with the lead vocalist, i found myself reminded of leonard cohen often with that raspy voice.

Well, this was every bit as exhausting as I thought it would be. From a creative expression perspective, I can absolutely appreciate the creative endeavor of making 69 love songs, all of which seem to be short poems narrating the various aspects of love. The compositions are all fairly unique, but also seem to be fairly subdued, if not simplistic, almost as if to convey this idea of modern minstrel music. But being forced to LISTEN to 3 hours of this is an absolute chore.

random 1-2 minuutin pituisia kappaleita spämmitty oikeiden biisien keskelle.. koska pitää olla 69 konsepti, mutuaalinen suuseksi asentoesque album... hyviä pätkiä löytyy mutta niitä täytyy suurennuslasilla pyynätä kolmen tunnin mörkäleestä, ei kiitos.......vihaan kaikkia tällä sivustolla, myös itseäni. (i shat)ter

Almost 3 hours Long album?! It has some weird songs

Far too long!

Thoughts before listening: This comes up a lot on best albums lists but I have never listened. I think that's mainly cause 69 songs is A LOT of songs and it just seems like a daunting task. Plus I have heard bits and pieces of the album and I don't really like what I've heard. Review: Wow, right out the gate this album has some really nice songs on it. Wonderful melodies and super catchy pop rock songs. Stylistically this is lo fi pop rock with a bunch of different influences on the songs: some remind me of the Smiths, some sound like Irish folk songs, there are some country rock tunes and some that jse electronic inspired instrumentation. There are definitely too many songs, and a lot of this feels like half assed songs thrown together to meet the silly 69 tracks concept. The highs are very high, but the lows are something I'd never go back to. Also, I don't have time for nearly 3 hours of music...I tried to listen all the way through, but once I realized there are some jokey throwaways on here I started skipping a lot. I tried to cheat a bit and looked up best of lists to help pick and choose tracks, but there is very little consensus. Tracks that were at the top of one list would be at the bottom of others. That certainly speaks to just how polarizing this album can be as well as the stylistic variation throughout. There are definitely highlights here: I Don't Believe in the Sun, All My Little Worlds, The One You Really Love, When My Boy Walks Down the Street, Long Forgotten Fairytale, Papa Was a Rodeo, Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side, and Death of Ferdinand de Saussure. Overall this is way too hit or miss to get a good score from me, although I will happily revisit the songs above that I added to the playlist.

The length affects this album greatly. Fair play making that many songs for one album though, even if most are garbage.

I did it, I did it! All 69, all 2.5+ hours. Am I better for it? Not really. The songs are mediocre, which made me kind of mad. What hubris to put out almost three hours of mediocrity! There were great moments and ultimately I wish this was boiled down to ten stellar songs. As it is, a harsh rating for the sheer audacity of this project!

This is like an MFA thesis. Quite an accomplishment, but that doesn't mean it's any good. I'll be more charitable than I was initially thinking - there's more than a decent album among these "69 Ideas for Love Songs in Various Stages of Final Draft." Maybe a decent double album. But it's quite a bit too much as 69. Also, the ABCB rhyme scheme in 50+ of them is a big part of overstaying the welcome.

And then the doorbell rang and the trance was broken. Got just about half way. Quite a scatterbrain collection. This is car journey stuff at best where one needs something light heading up the motorway. As it is so long one might even create a playlist from it picking a select bunch of tunes. That seems the best option for repeated plays.

Distinctly average with some very uninspiring lyrics, simplistic to a fault

Well, not my idea of Love Songs apparently. I didn't like the style , the simplicity, and the vocal, just terribly not my type of music. I tried to listen to at least 10 songs, to make an opinion (out of 69, which is actually unbelievable), but it was quite repetitive, so no reason to listen to it in whole. Bad match.

69 songs is a lot. I nearly didn't even attempt it but I swore I'd listen to all these albums. I didn't enjoy it 95% of the time, and as you'd expect it is massively quantity over quality... but it's not the worst thing i've heard on this list - and it blows my mind that nearly 3 hours later I'm willing to give more than 1 star

I got about 20 songs in. Tedious. I'm terrible at music so I wouldn't even be able to write one of these songs admittedly, but I can't help but feel any musician who's half decent could knock up a similar set of 69 unfleshed out ideas within 24 hours. How is this even anywhere near the 1001 list.

Cool idea for an album, I'm just not listening to all that shit. I don't know if their idea transitioned into the actual creation as well as they would've liked, but still thought provoking. I hate that to find a good song or 2, you have to sift through 50-60 shitty fillers. Granted, this was created as a theatrical performance type of album, so it's more understandable when you know that. I didn't listen through every song but I read through a lot of the lyrics. There aren't a lot of love songs in this love album, just an album full of random genres with lyrics loosely pertaining to love in a not so direct way (aside from a few). All in all, it could've been good if it wasn't for its ridiculous length and collection of unthoughtful fillers. Personal Favorites: The book of love, All my little words, I don't want to get over you, I think I need a new heart

Songs were very much a 3/5 average not bad, but to make 3 hours of them is self indulgent and a waste of everyone's time

Whew, just finished listening to this whole thing. It’s interesting, I’m glad it exists because I know some people really love it. And it’s a neat idea. But personally I find his singing and lyrics overwrought, and most of the songs just sort of blend together.

Sounds like something Matthew would like

Disjointed and annoying and long

Long and weird... some okay tracks

This monster of an album is a darling of rock critics everywhere. One Christgau gave it an A+, the rock nerds came running and boom, it landed on this list. I've tried to listen to this album in earnest at least 5 times in my life and I've never made it past the first CD. My brain goes numb somewhere around Punk Love and I just can't recover. This time I made it to Promises of Eternity before tapping out. It's a damn shame too because there are several tracks in the first 10 songs that are legitimately interesting and engaging. If only they made this a normal LP length.

there were some decent songs on here. it’s actually kind of impressive how eclectic this album is, so many different styles of music are represented. many of the songs are intentionally tongue in cheek, some more clever than others. overall, this album was about 3x as long as it should have been, too much filler. it was too gimmicky to have an album that was almost 3 hours long full of love songs, 69 to be exact.

I'm not going to listen to 3 hours of love songs from a no-name band

I’m really questioning on why I should listen to these 1,001 albums. This one was ok for a bit but 3 hours?

Boring and samey. Is there really three lots of 23 songs to endure? I sure wouldn't like to actually listen to these. Concentration over that period of time is a legitimate chore, however just having this playing along in the background isn't actually objectionable. It does seem like a lot of effort to go to for such a juvenile joke, though.

Honestly, there's enough ok to decent songs on here to make it not a terrible album but holy shit 69 songs is way too long for this quality of music. 3 hours is a complete slog to get through. I'm still listening but this will probably be my first DNF. The album title is self explanatory. Some people got together and wrote 69 simple love songs and threw them all together on this album. Many of them (if not most) sound like they were written in an hour. They're simple little hippy era accoustic things with simple singing over the top. The guys voice kind of sounds like Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros and sometimes the music gives the same vibe but, with much less thought put into it. (I feel like this comparison is an insult to Edward Sharp) This HAS to be a background album while you're doing other things to enjoy it. Some stuff is pretty good like "No One Will Ever Love You" "Long Forgotten Fairy Tale" I thought were pretty good. And a few others had some quality to them but on the whole its just mostly half-assed filler. There's probably enough decent songs on here to make a mediocre 3 star album but as it stands with the length of this thing and the amount of filler junk on here its like a 1.5 - 2 star album.

A bit too indie band for me. I quite like Merritt's voice though.

Kon hier niet veel Kaas van maken.

meh

Interminable opera magna de Magnetic Fields (amb el permís de '50 Songs Memoir'), amb 69 esbossos de cançons fent referències i acceptant influències de multitud de géneres i autors. Hi ha uns quants encertos i l'exercici mereix respecte, però és massa llarg i malauradament els resultats estan força lluny de l'esforç que requereix la seva escolta

Anything good about this album is buried under hubris and volume.

First off this is insanely long.

Very ambitious, and took too big of a swing

Wow, it's really 69 songs... in 3 albums... ok. I mean, I kind of like this simplified style, and I appreciate the ability to write and record so many songs... but it's a little like going to the Golden Corral--lots of food, but no single item is all that amazing. I'd rather go to Ruth's Chris and get a couple of unforgettable items.

I am reminded of the story of a young man who went to a brothel and asked the madame for a girl to try '69' with. The madame only had one girl available, but she had just come back from a Mexican restaurant. They got into position and were just starting to get busy when the girl passed some mean gas. They kept at it and in a few minutes the girl tooted again. A few coughs and tears later the guy went back to it and was soon greeted by one of the most horrendous farts ever dealt. Finally, after gagging to the point of almost upchucking, the guy rose and put his clothes back on. The girl was aghast as she never before had someone quit in the middle of an encounter. The guy wiped a few more tears away and said, "Darling, I am sorry but I don't think I can take another 66 of those." For this album, quirky as it was, I tapped out at ten.

Of all of the albums I have listened to, this is one of them.

Not a huge fan of this one.

When I first saw a three hour run time I was about to nope the fuck out but then I saw it was broken down into three 23 track albums so I listened to 1 a day. It’s at least listenable too but definitely an exercise in endurance.

Idk what this was….

Too long man

Didn’t have the time or motivation to listen to 69 songs. What I did listen to didn’t “grab” me. 2*

Alt for langt!

The sum is not greater than its individual parts, all of which suck.

Quirky, poppy, okay songs but I'm really not so sold on this that I am going to listen to almost 3 hours worth of this. Life is too short

Magnetic Fields have always been a "small doses" group for me due to the vocals and maudlin nature of their sound. So the prospect of listening to 3 hours of not-very-curated output from this band was several giant leaps beyond my tolerance. Did I listen to all of it? Of course not. I read reviews and picked out about 1/4 of what seemed to be the best-regarded. A few were clever. Most were meh. I don't feel particularly bad about missing the rest.

Jeg gjorde det!! Knap 3 timer er desværre for langt, men der var da nogle meget gode indimellem

No album should ever be this long

Got old quick. 69 tracks is 60 too many

Meh

Quirky - hard to assign to a particular genre; some tracks are like C&W performed by Lou Reed. Some tracks feel a bit pretentious.

Wymiękłem w połowie pierwszej płyty

This got funnier as it went on (and yes I listened to all of it). I can't say I'll need to listen to this again and do feel like this guy is punking us a bit.

I listened to the entire album over a couple days. There are some good songs on here but they are sandwiched between a bunch of mediocre songs. The Washington DC song is something else. If this was cut down to 15 songs it could have been a great album.

I love Book of Love. But this whole thing is a little weird.

Too long.

2/5. I am only going to listen to this album once. Sure there are some good songs but this is insane. Like, if this was a band that tried wildly different genres it could super enjoyable but I can’t tell 20 songs from each other. Not a 1 for the ambition.

Cut out about two hours of filler, and this would actually be a pretty good album.

Tried to listen through it all but almost 70 similar sounding songs gets grading, ended up skimming through to find the good stuff and skip the duds (and was happier for it). Not worth a full listen but definitely gonna save a couple songs off this thing

Ugh. 2 hours and 52 minutes of not good. Still better than Lorde

OMG. It is *actually* 69 songs. No. NO album should be that long. Three. Hours.

It really is 69 songs. Oh dear. I'd struggle to listen to 69 songs by The Beatles in one sitting, let alone 69 songs by a US indie act I don't give a shit about. Most of the songs reminded me of nursery rhymes, rather than love songs. I made it as far as track 23. Nice innuendo with the album title, all the same.

Fun in parts, a drag in others. I found it hard to get through. It's way too long. I know! I know! It's in the TITLE that it's 69 Love Songs. Might I suggest 12?

Nothing special and bit of a strange mix across the album.

Muutama hyvä biisi mukana, mutta 69 kappaleen listaan mahtuu melkonen määrä paskaa. Ihan hauska idea tehdä tuollainen setti, mutta materiaali ei vaan riitä.

Weird as shit. Grew on me a bit, but wouldn't want to listen to it again. 2.5

Hard to listen but great name

This album felt like it would never end. The only redeeming quality was that each song felt different and it faded into the background.

5/10

A concept album, self evidently. I can't say I felt the concept translating terribly well. Irony is a selection of about 10 of these songs would have made quite the album.

Listened to the most popular songs, did not listen to all 69. Would give this a 3, maybe even 4, for its quirky humor and genuine feel, if it wasn't so bloody long.

I made it through 8½, then a couple more. Some are good, some are ok, some are shit

Dull and so god damn long

3 hours of love songs. is 2 hours and 50 min to much

1.5/5 some good songs in there, but holy sht is it long and boring with at times very bad vocals

Not terrible songs, but certainly not good enough to warrant 69 of them 1.5/5

You cannot fucking give me this now. It gave me a little bit of hope to get through this though. And then the last line of "The One You Really Love" hit me... "Punk Love" saved it all though ahahhah When you make an album 3 hours long, some of it is gonna sound like shit. Quite a bit of this does just that. 2

too avant-garde. and _long_.

Hljómar eins og eitthvað grín, hef heyrt verri tónlist svo sem.

I get the appeal. But the sheer length is just absolute disregard for the listener. Gotta wade through some filler crap to find a decent record. There is one in here. I could judge it based on its ambition which I might give it a few more points but on track quality and overall experience. It's a 2 from me.

Some good stuff, but a little self-indulgent. Did not listen to the whole three hours.

Too long

Interesting concept, but don’t think I would listen again. Witty lyrics, but not many songs out of the 69 that kept me engaged

Concept albums almost always fall short of the mark. Even when they don't take three hours to get through. The schtick always wears thin as songwriters work to force thoughts into spaces that don't fit like Cinderella's step sisters trying on shoes. In the end, concept albums always find they have to cut off their toes to get the shoe on. The result is a bloody, painful mess. And that's exactly what we're dealing with here. It's a slow, shallow, painful slog of an album. I didn't need it. Nobody needs it. Take the best 15-20 of these tracks and put them on an album without all the trash tracks and you've got something. But that doesn't fit the concept. And, because Stephin Merritt insisted on serving the concept, he's failed the listener.

I was dreading this and it lived down to my prejudice. I love The Charm of the Highway Strip and Get Lost, but you can't even cut the highlights of this down to a single album that would be of remotely similar quality. The definition of indulgence, and a real puzzle who has the time for this

Didn't like it at all!!!

Way too long. Sorry

This was fine but I lost interest after about a dozen songs. I liked the ones with the female lead vocals much better than the males ones. His voice reminds me of The National, who I don’t like at all.

This album frustrates me because I quite enjoy the song writing, the wit, the vibe, and the variety of this album but it's length seems self-indulgent and gimmicky. I only made it through 31 songs and I'm just not inclined to continue to listen...the enjoyment just doesn't outweigh my willingness to give it more of my time

Whilst this was playing, I groped a young Japanese man in the checkout queue at Tesco. He was happy and smelt of oranges.

It was just way to much filler

It's amazing how you can make 69 songs on a single album but not one stands out.

Very average, no real highs or lows, just alright throughout. Although the concept is clear, the album is way too long and unmemorable.

Three hours of this? Fuck off.

That was a lot of songs. Did not enjoy them, mostly due to the vocals.

Way too long of an album 3 hours and only a handful of interesting songs the vast majority were quite boring

TLDR

Meh

Ma come 69 canzoni e 2 ore e 52 minuti?! 'I don't believe in the sun' non male. Anche 'A Chicken with its head cut off' e 'Reno Dakota', boh forse come spettacolo da guardare live ci può stare, ma non so se me la sento di ascoltarlo tutto. Qualcuna appunto, si fa ascoltare, ma l'esperienza in generale, non la consiglierei. Il tutto per essere stato mollato, spero abbia aiutato. Non pessimo, ma 1 stella in meno per la lunghezza.

Nice songs. But 2.5 hours???

Appreciate & respect the project, just not songs I'd seek out for three full hours. I listened to it all but it became background music... I know there were songs sprinkled in that almost caught my ear but not enough for me to stop what I was doing to see which ones. Maybe will try again sometime.

didn't listen to much of it

Self indulgent? Tongue in Cheek? Sometimes funny? Yes to all, and that’s why it should not be soooo long. I get that you’re going for 69(hehe) but c’mon.

Mmm mmm mmm mmm. I'll crash test this one. Some quality deep vocals. 3 discs. 3 hours... Sounds like Beck in parts. And like a high school drama production in others. Interesting to say the least. The Book of Love has tender moments.

So so so so long. Some of these were good. Others felt like the throw away games on those cheap knock off 42 in 1 video game consoles. Need some filler to hit the numbers.

Way to long. Some of the songs were interesting (I need a new heart my favorite) but I think there was too much filler to get to 69 songs.

69 tracks! I got bored after 5 or 6.

Got it but didn’t want to listen.

Not my jam

Holy shit what a fucking punish. 3 hours of dreary indie rock. Yes it's very ironic, here's the annoying hipster award. I listened to about half, which is still twice as long as it should've been. 2/5.

rather would be 19 songs instead of 69 :)

It was saved from a 1 star rating by The Book of Love alone because that song did strike a chord with me. 1 gold nugget amid 68 turds.

Ok indie music, it actually has 69 songs

No es mal álbum, de hecho es algo bueno pero ¿por qué 69 canciones? Después de las primeras 10 se torna aburrido y repetitivo ¿cómo puedo pasar 3 horas escuchando lo mismo?

I like some of the Magnetic Fields' other songs so I really tried to give this a chance. But this is a classic case of quantity over quality. After about 10 songs they get so monotonous and the voices are so freaking annoying I really couldn't continue. This is a cute gimmick that has gone badly off the rails.

Boring, self indulgent, twee…. And that was just the first 10.1%

Jesus Christ its actually 69 songs long. unfortunately the beginning doesnt seem to be very good

The good tracks are good, and the lyrics are great. But this many tracks is just way too much. There's not enough stuff to tie the whole thing together which I guess means I don't get the concept of the concept album but hey.

There's a good album in here somewhere. I'm guessing a fun game to play would be to pair it down from 69(!) songs to around 15. Then we might have a 5 star album. As it is, it's just too self-indulgent.

Ambitious for the goal in mind. I applaud anyone who actually went through the entire album, as I only went through the first third and any other tracks that had a high number of Spotify plays or interesting titles. A lot of the tracks are decent, and a few work really well, mostly the folk-pop / country-pop songs. They had a lot of fun experimenting with all these different genres, and it helps keep you going through the tracklist, but they don't understand how to use these different genres. Their attempts with world music or synth only possess remnants of the music they try to represent. The sounds and instruments often clash with the vocals and seem like they're doing their own thing. Despite being gimmicky, it gave me insight on distinguishing all these genres.

This album is way too long. I am not a lyrics person in general so I feel like I missed a lot of what makes this album a good one. Musically wasn't anything stellar.

Meh too many songs nothing particularly remarkable. Did not finish.

Just stupid BS

Gimmick idea (69 songs in 3 CDs of 23 songs each), but I found the results rather meh

2/5 to tell you the truth they probably decided to go with quantity instead of quality

Eclectic I think the word is!

Way too long

Toooooooo long

Pedestrian

Konzeptalbum!!!! Ja, großer Wurf, die Box beinhaltet 3 CDs - ich schwöre sie nicht ein Mal komplett gehört zu haben. Und ich werd das wohl auch nie schaffen, even „not for all the tea in China“

highlights - a chicken with its head cut off, i think i need a new heart, book of love, Sweet Lovin' Man, Long-Forgotten Fairytale, bitter tears (i wanted more of this, it's too short) lowlights - how f*ng romantic, a pretty girl is like This "album" is like a 30 songs in 30 days challenge; when artists do this, not everything should be kept...Sometimes greatness comes out, but a lot of filler that's best left on the cutting room floor. There are certainly gems to be found, but many are tough to listen through...luckily most tracks are short (Bitter Tears was a great track I wanted MORE), but after a while fatigue sets in and I stopped caring. Some tracks were distractingly bad (how f*ing romantic)...and overall I started to feel like Book of Love (gem) is also a review of this album...Long and boring...some of it is transcendental...some of it is just really dumb.

Difícil não ter uma dúzia de música boa entre 69, mas a maioria é ruim ou chata.

“All my little words” is an all-time favorite of mine, but, funnily enough, I was not aware it was from a 69 songs record lol... the album starts strong, some good tunes and interesting music but then it becomes more and more of the same and drags for literally hours. It changes a bit and grabs new strength starting the third record but falls again in nonsense and half backed songs. There are some good tunes but I wonder if it would have made the list if it had been a regular length record with the best say 12 songs and not just because it was a 69 songs long record.

some classics, mostly fluff

This one brings me back to 2011, and to my first real heartbreak in particular. I played the hell out of "Absolutely Cuckoo" because Stacy introduced it to me, and the Book of Love has shown up on quite a few playlists. The whole project is 3 hours long, though... way too long, and not every song was great.

seems like a gimmick?

Not that good

69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields. Containing 69 songs (over 3 discs) by The Magnetic Fields. Fuck. That.

Not so brilliant, much more a waste of time

No album needs to be this long. I'll relisten to it somewhere down the line but 69 songs? It's ridiculous.

One of the worst albums of all time

Ahh - just no. Felt like what it was - a bunch of love songs written in a hurry. Vocals always felt like he was searching for a note he couldn’t find. Made it through much of it, but just not a good effort.

Hmmm

The Good: We've got 69! The Bad: Turns out this 69 does not involve my wife and I... The Ugly: Having to sit through someone elses 69... You've got to be fucking kidding me here. These cats did not listen well to Prince's advice regarding the year 1999... instead partying like it's 1999 we are slicing our wrists, I guess. I've read people comparing Stephin Merrit's voice to that of Crash Test Dummies Brad Roberts (note that I mentioning their names like I know them, but I had to google both... because I am NOT a music journalist, evident of the fact that this record would NEVER have made it on a 1001 list...) Shit, I lost my train of thought... right, baritone voices... this one was bad, annoying... sounded like what's his face from that '80s emo band that I can't recall right now. Nothing on this album is unique, or groundbreaking, or special... so why the fuck did I need to listen to three albums worth of shitty songs? Not a total waste of my time... I can see this being played at a mall, for background music to keep the masses dull like sheep being led to slaughter... Can I give this album 3 1*?

Nope not doing it. I made it to track 14 while walking around New York this morning and decided I had heard enough. I’ve had a few albums on this project where I started skipping tracks but it’s always been an attempt. First time I’m straight refusing to go on. 1/5

Never heard of the artist. I naively thought the album name was a pun on the use of '69', and was expecting a punk album or similar. After listening to the fist couple of tracks and being completely underwhelmed I had a dive into the wikipedia page - 3 albums, each 1 hour long, that sound like this! I persevered until track 8 (of 69) but that was my limit. Fuck right off.

Meh….bailed after 10 songs. Maybe it got better with the last 59 tracks, but I have no desire to find out 😑 1.5⭐️

Spolade igenom de första 5 låtarna och kände att detta tänker jag inte lägga nästan 3h av mitt liv på.

imagine releeasing this and feeling pride

Uh, is this a joke?

Too long 3 hours ffs

Got to song 20 and lost the will to live

It isn’t unlistenable in quality, but it is in quantity. Not sitting through 3 hours of this.

Guff

Love the concept and back story. Music is all over the place for me so I’m rating a solid 3

이거 뭔가요? 23번 트랙까지 있는대 진짜 69 럽 송을 만들려다가 만거임? 제 스타일 아닙니다 그리고…

estás tú que me voy a estar durante 3 horas escuchando 69 canciones iguales. escuché tres y no me hace falta más.

Why did Spotify ask, "Are you sure?", before playing this album.

Tell me how I went 25 plus years without hearing this album. I need to do that again.

Very hard to get through. hAhA 69… GeT iT? 1.41

Var typ 3 av 69 låtar som jag tyckte om

I feel like there is a couple somewhere in this world that took a huge amount of acid or special mushrooms or anything else to see a lot of colors, they put this on and fucked their brains out. This is the only way I could imagine having this as a background and even then it wouldn't be good. This is bullshit. 3 hours of nothing.

JL : 1, might have been a 2 if it weren't 3 hours long

If this was only one disc, it would be a 2/5. I turned it off a few songs into the second disc. I'm sure there's a decent record here if you cut out 55 songs, but I'm not gonna find out.

It sounds like the husband-and-wife band from a kid’s birthday party discovered vaudeville and committed to it for nearly three hours.

Album title was funny. Actually having 69 songs is funny. Running nearly 3 hours is not cool. All songs not being very good and many sounding like cheap rip offs is egregious. So yeah…eff this guy.

There were songs in here I almost liked, except that I was so emotionally deadened by the entire experience that I couldn't bring myself to like anything. To me this is an abundance of dirges (derogatory)

I ain’t listening to 69 songs in an album. Congratulations or I’m sorry that happened

Doomed from conception. I am not listening to the full 3 hours just because some pretentious cunt thought it would be funny to have 69 songs on an album.

No, just no.

Utter drivel! There's almost three hours of this banal, meaningless slush to sit through, I've got more important things to do. I got to track 6 and had to stop before my brain died.