Reviews Of The Album

• [Greil Marcus], Salon, 1999-08-23
• [James Hannaham], Village Voice, 1999-09-08
• [Glenn McDonald], The War on Silence, 1999-10-14
• [Brian J Dillard], armchair-dj.com, 1999-10-28
• [Sam Frank], Yale Herald, 1999-10-29
• [Nathan Rabin], The Onion, 1999, [republished in 2002]
• [Nick Mirov], Pitchfork Media, 1999
• [David Sim], Freaky Trigger, 1999-12
• [Eric Wittmershaus], Flak Magazine, 1999
• [Peter Solderitsch], Pop Matters, 1999
• [Betty Clarke], The Guardian, 2000-06-02
• [Andy Gill], The Independent, 2000-06-02
• [Sunday Times], 2000-06-04
• [The Independent on Sunday], 2000-06-04
• [New Musical Express], 2000
• [Robin Carmody], Elidor, 2000-08-03
• [Josh Kortbein] and [Part 2], 2001-02/03, a song-by-song treatment of the album, combining extensive quotes from the 69 Love Songs booklet and personal reflections
• [Tony Pellum], culturedose.net, 2001-06-27
• [CultureDose.com], 2002-01-21
• [Rick Moody] cuts the album down to 31 Love Songs, The Believer, 2003-05
• [Ryan Hamilton], Stylus Magazine, 2003-09-01
• [Jasonaparkes], Head Heritage, 2003-11-01
• [Nate De Young], selects 16 Love Songs, Stylus Magazine, 2004-01-27
• [Robert Christgau], date and publication unknown
• [More review excerpts from around the world]
• [A review of the reviews] metacritic.com

LD Beghtol has written 69 Love Songs — A Field Guide, an illustrated history of the album. LD was a member of The Magnetic Fields for the recording of the album and has contributed to many pages on this site. So you are warmly encouraged to buy his book [Amazon UK] [Amazon US].