Originally released in 1999, 69 Love Songs has received unprecedented acclaim all over the world. It has received rapturous reviews worldwide in Spin, Rolling Stone and The New York Times hail the triple CD as a work of "genius". 69 Love Songs is the work of New York City based songwriter-producer-musician Stephin Merritt, whose previous songs have attracted the attention of Lou Reed, Brian Wilson and Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys. Dubbed "the Cole Porter of his generation", the introspective Merritt also possesses one of the most distinctive voices in modern American music - a bleak, sonorous croon which is reminiscent of Johnny Cash, Joy Division's Ian Curtis and Scott Walker. The compositions on 69 Love Songs are some of Merritt's most ambitious and diverse to date, incorporating Spector-esque pop, folk, synthesizer ballads, imaginary Broadway showtunes, R&B and country. Merritt is a prolific songwriter who has turned the absurd idea of writing and recording a 69-track triple album on the theme of love into a reality.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Absolutely Cuckoo
2. I Don't Believe In The Sun
3. All My Little Words
4. A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
5. Reno Dakota
6. I Don't Want To Get Over You
7. Come Back From San Francisco
8. The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side
9. Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits
10. The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be
11. I Think I Need A New Heart
12. The Book Of Love
13. Fido, Your Leesh Is Too Long
14. How Fucking Romantic
15. The One You Really Love
16. Punk Love
17. Parades Go By
18. Boa Constrictor
19. A Pretty Girl Is Like
20. My Sentimental Melody
21. Nothing Matters When We're Dancing
22. Sweet-lovin' Man
23. The Things We Did And Didn't Do

Disc 2:

1. Roses
2. Love Is Like Jazz
3. When My Boy Walks Down The Street
4. Time Enough For Rocking When We're Old
5. Very Funny
6. Grand Canyon
7. No One Will Ever Love You
8. If You Don't Cry
9. You're My Only Home
10. (Crazy For You But) Not That Crazy
11. My Only Friend
12. Promises Of Eternity
13. World Love
14. Washington, D.c.
15. Long-forgotten Fairytale
16. Kiss Me Like You Mean It
17. Papa Was A Rodeo
18. Epitaph For My Heart
19. Asleep And Dreaming
20. The Sun Goes Down And The World Goes Dancing
21. The Way You Say Goodnight
22. Abigail, Belle Of Kilronan
23. I Shatter

Disc 3:

1. Underwear
2. It's A Crime
3. Busby Berkeley Dreams
4. I'm Sorry I Love You
5. Acoustic Guitar
6. The Death Of Ferdinand De Saussure
7. Love In The Shadows
8. Bitter Tears
9. Wi' Nae Wee Bairn Ye'll Me Beget
10. Yeah! Oh, Yeah!
11. Experimental Music Love
12. Meaningless
13. Love Is Like A Bottle Of Gin
14. Queen Of The Savages
15. Blue You
16. I Can't Touch You Anymore
17. Two Kinds Of People
18. How To Say Goodbye
19. The Night You Can't Remember
20. For We Are The King Of The Boudoir
21. Strange Eyes
22. Xylophone Track
23. Zebra