The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) (All 3 Volumes)

69 Love Songs is a three-volume concept album by The Magnetic Fields. As its title indicates, the album is composed of 69 love songs, all written by Magnetic Fields frontman Stephin Merritt. The album was released in 1999 in the United States.

Volume 1

1. "Absolutely Cuckoo" – 1:34
2. "I Don't Believe in the Sun" – 4:16
3. "All My Little Words" – 2:46 (vocal by LD Beghtol)
4. "A Chicken with Its Head Cut Off" – 2:41
5. "Reno Dakota" – 1:05 (vocal by Claudia Gonson)
6. "I Don't Want to Get Over You" – 2:22
7. "Come Back from San Francisco" – 2:48 (vocal by Shirley Simms)
8. "The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side" – 3:43 (vocal by Dudley Klute, violin by Ida Pearle)
9. "Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits" – 2:25
10. "The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be" – 1:11
11. "I Think I Need a New Heart" – 2:32
12. "The Book of Love" – 2:42
13. "Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long" – 2:33
14. "How Fucking Romantic" – 0:58 (vocal by Klute)
15. "The One You Really Love" – 2:53
16. "Punk Love" – 0:58
17. "Parades Go By" – 2:56
18. "Boa Constrictor" – 0:58 (vocal by Simms)
19. "A Pretty Girl Is Like..." – 1:50
20. "My Sentimental Melody" – 3:07 (vocal by Beghtol)
21. "Nothing Matters When We're Dancing" – 2:27
22. "Sweet-Lovin' Man" – 4:59 (vocal by Gonson)
23. "The Things We Did and Didn't Do" – 2:11

Volume 2

1. "Roses" – 0:27 (vocal by Beghtol)
2. "Love Is Like Jazz" – 2:56
3. "When My Boy Walks Down the Street" – 2:38
4. "Time Enough for Rocking When We're Old" – 2:03
5. "Very Funny" – 1:26 (vocal by Klute, arrangement by Gonson)
6. "Grand Canyon" – 2:28
7. "No One Will Ever Love You" – 3:14 (vocal by Simms)
8. "If You Don't Cry" – 3:06 (vocal by Gonson)
9. "You're My Only Home" – 2:17
10. "(Crazy for You But) Not That Crazy" – 2:18
11. "My Only Friend" – 2:01
12. "Promises of Eternity" – 3:46 (arrangement and instruments by Chris Ewen)
13. "World Love" – 3:07 (arrangement by Gonson)
14. "Washington, D.C." – 1:53 (vocal by Gonson)
15. "Long-Forgotten Fairytale" – 3:37 (vocal by Klute)
16. "Kiss Me Like You Mean It" – 2:00 (vocal by Simms)
17. "Papa Was a Rodeo" – 5:01 (vocal by Stephin Merritt and Simms)
18. "Epitaph for My Heart" – 2:50
19. "Asleep and Dreaming" – 1:53 (arrangement and keyboards by Daniel Handler)
20. "The Sun Goes Down and the World Goes Dancing" – 2:46
21. "The Way You Say Good-Night" – 2:44 (vocal by Beghtol)
22. "Abigail, Belle of Kilronan" – 2:00
23. "I Shatter" – 3:09

Volume 3

1. "Underwear" – 2:49
2. "It's a Crime" – 3:54 (vocal by Klute, arr. and all instruments by Ewen)
3. "Busby Berkeley Dreams" – 3:36 (arr. by Gonson)
4. "I'm Sorry I Love You" – 3:06 (vocal by Simms)
5. "Acoustic Guitar" – 2:37 (vocal by Gonson)
6. "The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure" – 3:10
7. "Love in the Shadows" – 2:54
8. "Bitter Tears" – 2:51 (vocal by Beghtol)
9. "Wi' Nae Wee Bairn Ye'll Me Beget" – 1:55
10. "Yeah! Oh, Yeah!" – 2:19 (vocal by Gonson/Merritt, guitar by Gonson)
11. "Experimental Music Love" – 0:29
12. "Meaningless" – 2:08
13. "Love Is Like a Bottle of Gin" – 1:46
14. "Queen of the Savages" – 2:12
15. "Blue You" – 3:03 (vocal by Klute, whilsting by Gonson, theremin by Ewen)
16. "I Can't Touch You Anymore" – 3:05
17. "Two Kinds of People" – 1:10
18. "How to Say Goodbye" – 2:48
19. "The Night You Can't Remember" – 2:17
20. "For We Are the King of the Boudoir" – 1:14 (vocal by Beghtol)
21. "Strange Eyes" – 2:01 (vocal by Simms)
22. "Xylophone Track" – 2:47 (harmonium by Beghtol)
23. "Zebra" – 2:15 (vocal by Gonson)