The story ass it that Stephin Merrit came up with the idea for 69 Love Songs while siting in an elegant midtown Manhattan gay piano bar. Go figure. This box set includes volumes 1,2 & 3, that featuring some of Merritt's most ambitious and diverse compositions to date. Includes a beautiful 76-page booklet and an interview with Stephin Merritt explaining the motivation behind every song.

Track List:

    - Disc 1 -
    1 Absolutely Cuckoo
    2 I Don't Believe in the Sun
    3 All My Little Words
    4 A Chicken with It's 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 Leash Is Too Long
    14 How F***ing 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
    - 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 Good-Night
    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 Ferdinad 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

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