This article is a detailed listing of releases by singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt, including the discographies of the Magnetic Fields, the Gothic Archies, the 6ths, Future Bible Heroes, and solo releases by Merritt.
The Magnetic Fields
Albums Album title Format Year Original label Chart positions Sales Distant Plastic Trees LP 1991 Red Flame— The Wayward Bus LP 1992 PoPuP— The House of Tomorrow EP 1992 Feel Good All Over— The Charm of the Highway Strip LP 1994 Merge Records— Holiday LP 1994 Feel Good All Over— Get Lost LP 1995 Merge Records— 69 Love Songs LP 1999 Merge Records— US: 203,000 i LP 2004 Nonesuch Records#152 (Billboard 200) US: 63,000 Distortion LP 2008 Nonesuch Records#77 (Billboard 200) Realism LP 2010 Nonesuch Records#110 (Billboard 200) Love at the Bottom of the Sea LP 2012 Merge Records#89 (Billboard 200)50 Song MemoirLP2017Nonesuch Records—QuickiesLP/5xEP2020Nonesuch Records—
Singles TitleYear Album "100,000 Fireflies"1991 Distant Plastic Trees "Long Vermont Roads"1992 The Charm of the Highway Strip "All the Umbrellas in London"1995 Get Lost "Why I Cry" "I Don't Believe You"1998 Non Album Single "I Thought You Were My Boyfriend"2004i "California Girls" 2007Distortion "Three-Way"2008 "Please Stop Dancing" "Andrew in Drag"2012Love at the Bottom of the Sea "Quick!" "'81: How To Play The Synthesizer"2017 50 Song Memoir "'83: Foxx And I" "The Day The Politicians Died"2020Quickies
Non-album releases "Plant White Roses" (Stephin Merritt re-recording), 5 Rows of Teeth (1994) "Heroes", Crash Course for the Ravers: A Tribute to the Songs of David Bowie (1996) "I Die: You Die", Random: Gary Numan Tribute (1997) "Le Tourbillon", Pop Romantique: French Pop Classics (1999) "Take Ecstasy with Me" (original Susan Anway recording), Oh Merge (1999) "If I Were a Rich Man", Knitting on the Roof (1999)
The Gothic Archies
Albums Album title Format Year Original label Chart positions Looming in the Gloom EP 1996 Hello Recording Club— The New Despair EP 1997 Merge Records— The Tragic Treasury: Songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events LP 2006 Nonesuch Records—
The 6ths
Albums Album title Format Year Original label Chart positions Wasps' Nests LP 1995 London Records— Hyacinths and Thistles LP 2000 Merge Records—
Singles TitleYear Album "Heaven In A Black Leather Jacket"1993 Wasps' Nests "San Diego Zoo"1995
Future Bible Heroes
Albums Album title Format Year Original label Chart positions Memories of Love LP 1997 Slow River/Rykodisc (US), Elefant (Europe, Korea), Setanta (UK)— Lonely Days EP 1997— I'm Lonely (And I Love It) EP 2000— Eternal Youth LP 2002 Instinct Records— The Lonely Robot EP 2002 Instinct Records— Partygoing LP 2013 Merge Records—
Singles TitleYear Album "Lonely Days"1998 Memories of Love "The World Is a Disco Ball"2003 Eternal Youth
Solo The following releases are credited solo to Stephin Merritt.
Albums Eban and Charley (Merge, 2002) Pieces of April (Nonesuch, 2003) Showtunes (Nonesuch, 2006) "Coraline (Original Cast Recording of the Off-Broadway play)" (2010) Obscurities (2011)
Non-album releases "The Meaning of Lice", Plague Songs (2006) "I'm In A Lonely Way", iTunes-only single (2007) "The Man of a Million Faces", NPR Music: Two Days with Project Song (2007) "Beauty", Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox (2009) "Not One Of Us", I'll Scratch Yours (2010) "Dream Again", Covers E.P. (2011)
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