Album · 2017
50 Song Memoir
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
’66 Wonder Where I’m From
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2:44
2
’67 Come Back as a Cockroach
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2:34
3
’68 A Cat Called Dionysus
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2:46
4
’69 Judy Garland
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3:17
5
’70 They’re Killing Children Over There
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2:36
6
’71 I Think I’ll Make Another World
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2:57
7
’72 Eye Contact
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2:55
8
’73 It Could Have Been Paradise
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3:07
9
’74 No
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2:57
10
’75 My Mama Ain’t
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3:01
Disc 2
1
’76 Hustle 76
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3:16
2
’77 Life Ain’t All Bad
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4:16
3
’78 The Blizzard of ’78
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3:15
4
’79 Rock’n’Roll Will Ruin Your Life
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2:58
5
’80 London by Jetpack
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2:58
6
’81 How to Play the Synthesizer
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3:06
7
’82 Happy Beeping
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3:10
8
’83 Foxx and I
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2:43
9
’84 Danceteria!
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3:09
10
’85 Why I Am Not a Teenager
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3:07
Disc 3
1
’86 How I Failed Ethics
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2:58
2
’87 At the Pyramid
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3:10
3
’88 Ethan Frome
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2:24
4
’89 The 1989 Musical Marching Zoo
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3:06
5
’90 Dreaming in Tetris
50 Song Memoir
3:21
6
’91 The Day I Finally…
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2:20
7
’92 Weird Diseases
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3:10
8
’93 Me and Fred and Dave and Ted
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3:08
9
’94 Haven’t Got a Penny
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2:53
10
’95 A Serious Mistake
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3:13
Disc 4
1
’96 I’m Sad!
50 Song Memoir
2:12
2
’97 Eurodisco Trio
50 Song Memoir
3:15
3
’98 Lovers’ Lies
50 Song Memoir
3:06
4
’99 Fathers in the Clouds
50 Song Memoir
2:52
5
’00 Ghosts of the Marathon Dancers
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3:05
6
’01 Have You Seen It in the Snow?
50 Song Memoir
2:51
7
’02 Be True to Your Bar
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3:34
8
’03 The Ex and I
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2:59
9
’04 Cold‐Blooded Man
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3:06
10
’05 Never Again
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3:19
Disc 5
1
’06 “Quotes”
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2:17
2
’07 In the Snow White Cottages
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2:52
3
’08 Surfin’
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2:47
4
’09 Till You Come Back to Me
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2:29
5
’10 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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3:03
6
’11 Stupid Tears
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2:45
7
’12 You Can Never Go Back to New York
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3:12
8
’13 Big Enough for Both of Us
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3:04
9
’14 I Wish I Had Pictures
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3:07
10
’15 Somebody’s Fetish
50 Song Memoir
3:45
Singles from this record
In print
First pressed 2017 — 5 pressings across 3 countries.
Credits
Alix Merritt
Artwork · cover [cover art], artwork [cover art]
Eric Gaffney
Design
Evan Gaffney
Design
Maria Rice
Engineer
Brad Gordon
Instrument · trombone, trumpet [pocket trumpet]
Chris Ewen
Instrument · synthesizer [altair 231, andromeda a6], drum machine [syndrum], synth [heterodyne synth], kazoo [electric kazoo], pipe [anklung], synthesizer [roland sh-101], stylophone, synth [bugbrand synth], synthesizer [k-station], electronics [suzuki omnichord], synth [polysix]
John Woo
Instrument · acoustic guitar [martin hd-28], electric guitar [truetone speed demon, fender telecaster]
Pinky Weitzman
Instrument · viola, violin [stroh violin], saw [musical saw]
Daniel Handler
Liner Notes
Chris Bellman
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Jeff Lipton
Mastering
Arnulfo Maldonado
Photography
Catalina Kulczar
Photography
Stephin Merritt
Photography
Robert Hurwitz
Producer · executive-producer
Benny Grotto
Recording
Charles Newman
Recording
Gabrielle Valenti
Recording
Gabriel Shepard
Recording
Jay Pellicci
Recording
JJ Wiesler
Recording
Steph Durwin
Recording
Thomas Bartlett
Recording
Anthony Kaczynski
Vocal · backing vocals [background vocals]
Claudia Gonson
Vocal · backing vocals [background vocals], piano
Randy Walker (4)
Vocal · backing vocals [background vocals]
Shirley Simms
Vocal · backing vocals [background vocals]