Name: Holiday
Brand: Merge Records
SKU: 192221
Price: 12.86 GBP
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Holiday

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Album: Holiday
#	Song Title		Time
1)	BBC Radiophonic Workshop	More Info...
2)	Desert Island	More Info...	0:03
3)	Deep Sea Diving Suit	More Info...	0:02
4)	Strange Powers	More Info...	0:02
5)	Torn Green Velvet Eyes	More Info...	0:04
6)	The Flowers She Sent And The Flowers She Said She Sent	More Info...	0:02
7)	Swinging London	More Info...	0:02
8)	In My Secret Place	More Info...	0:01
9)	Sad Little Moon	More Info...	0:02
10)	The Trouble I've Been Looking For	More Info...	0:02
11)	Sugar World	More Info...	0:03
12)	All You Ever Do Is Walk Away	More Info...	0:02
13)	In My Car	More Info...	0:03
14)	Take Ecstasy With Me	More Info...	0:03

Album: Holiday
#	Song Title		Time
1)	BBC Radiophonic Workshop	More Info...
2)	Desert Island	More Info...	0:03
3)	Deep Sea Diving Suit	More Info...	0:02
4)	Strange Powers	More Info...	0:02
5)	Torn Green Velvet Eyes	More Info...	0:04
6)	The Flowers She Sent And The Flowers She Said She Sent	More Info...	0:02
7)	Swinging London	More Info...	0:02
8)	In My Secret Place	More Info...	0:01
9)	Sad Little Moon	More Info...	0:02
10)	The Trouble I've Been Looking For	More Info...	0:02
11)	Sugar World	More Info...	0:03
12)	All You Ever Do Is Walk Away	More Info...	0:02
13)	In My Car	More Info...	0:03
14)	Take Ecstasy With Me	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

The Magnetic Fields: Stephin Merritt.
Additional personnel includes: Sam Davol (cello); Johny Blood (tuba); Claudia Gonson.
Personnel: Sam Davol (cello).
Audio Remasterer: Jeff Lipton.
Stephin Merritt has claimed that each of the first four Magnetic Fields albums has a specific and unique musical style. It is telling that HOLIDAY shares its name with Madonna's first major hit single, because the musical style on display here is early-'80s-style synth-dance-pop. Of course, in 1994, at the pinnacle of the post-grunge "alternative" era, few musics could have been more resolutely unfashionable. There's no doubt that the ever-contrary Merritt had this in mind all along.
In keeping with the escapist title and lighthearted music, Merritt's lyrics only occasionally-and then only lightly-touch upon his usual world-weary cynicism, as on the mournful "Deep Sea Diving Suit." Merritt pursues a more romantic path for most HOLIDAY, crooning the swooning "Take Ecstasy With Me" and "Strange Powers" with an uncharacteristic lightness of spirit. Chances are that it is all deeply ironic and bitter, but at least on the surface, HOLIDAY is sheer delight.