On January 26, 2010, “Nonesuch” label released “Realism”, the ninth Magnetic Fields studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Mother West” in New York, and was produced by Stephin Merritt.
Personnel:
- Stephin Merritt– vocals, instrumentation
- Claudia Gonson– vocals, piano, tablas, cajon, leaves
- John Woo– banjo, cuatro, sitar
- Johny Blood – vocals, flugelhorn, tuba
- Daniel Handler– vocals, accordion
- Shirley Simms – vocals, violin
- Ida Pearle – violin
- Sam Davol– cello
Track listing:
All tracks by Stephin Merritt.
- You Must Be Out of Your Mind
- Interlude
- We Are Having a Hootenanny
- I Don’t Know What to Say
- The Dolls’ Tea Party
- Everything Is One Big Christmas Tree
- Walk a Lonely Road
- Always Already Gone
- Seduced and Abandoned
- Better Things
- Painted Flower
- The Dada Polka
- From a Sinking Boat
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