Wasps Nest

6ths | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 21, 1995)
• Original Release Date: March 21, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: London / Umgd
• ASIN: B000001FIC
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,179 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. San Diego Zoo

2. Aging Spinsters

3. All Dressed up in Dreams

4. Falling Out of Love (With You)

5. Winter in July

6. Pillow Fight

7. Dream Hat

8. Movies in My Head

9. In the City in the Rain

10. Looking for Love (In the Hall of Mirrors)

11. Heaven in a Black Leather Jacket

12. Here in My Heart

13. Puerto Rico Way

14. You Can't Break a Broken Heart

15. When I'm Out of Town

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great Stephin Merritt album, April 4, 2000

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Kurt (New Brunswick, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wasps Nest (Audio CD)

If you have listened to all the Magnetic Fields albums and are interested in some of Stephin's side projects, this is the album to get. I would describe it as a cross between the lush melodies of "Get Lost" and the techno edge of "Holiday." The different vocalists add to the album's high level of listening pleasure. Plus, there are some songs here which rank among the best Magnetic Fields songs. "Heaven in a Black Leather Jacket" and "Falling Out of Love (With You)" are standouts with everything else ranking close behind.

This is a great album to get if you have worn out your CD player with "69 Love Songs" and are thirsty for more Merritt.

PS - The Future Bible Heroes is 80s technopop overdrive (also recommended) while the Gothic Archies EP is weird, slightly inconsistent but still has some high points.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lush synth-pop with hipper-than-hip vocal support., September 2, 1998

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Pop Kulcher "Pop Kulcher" (San Carlos, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wasps Nest (Audio CD)

Pop Kulcher Review: Stephin Merritt writes sensitive pop-poetry, and his band, the Magnetic Fields, has put out some albums of melodic ditties with lovelorn lyrics and lo-fi (primarily synthesizer-driven) instrumentation. But far better is this one-shot effort as The 6ths (the band name & album title were chosen as a tongue-twister: try saying it out loud), in which Merritt turns over vocal duties to a Who's Who of alternative rock heroes (including Dean Wareham of Luna, Lou Barlow of Sebadoh, Mac McCaughan of Superchunk, Georgia Hubley of Yo La Tengo, Robert Scott of the Bats, Mitch Easter, Barbara Manning, etc.). So the album manages to sound a bit like a cover-song compilation, with Merritt's sweet melodies, quiet keyboards and guitars, and simple but moving lyrics being the constants holding the whole thing together. It's a lush treat that should not be missed.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of the best "pop" albums of the nineties, March 1, 2004

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race_of_doom (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wasps Nest (Audio CD)

These sixteen songs are so wonderfully catchy, so beautifully composed, so attractive in a good poppy way, that they'll stick in your head for years. I'm living proof -- I first heard these songs in early 2000, and I'm still humming "Movies In My Head." Four years. Believe me, these songs just simply never, ever get old! It's pretty weird, but it's completely true.

Stephin Merritt is a genius. He's probably the most prolific songwriter out there right now (or was, considering Ryan Adams... ugh) that also consistently writes compelling, interesting, and wonderful music. "69 Love Songs" is a great example.

For this release, he somehow found fifteen of the greatest indie vocalists around. Barbara Manning, Lou Barlow (of Sebadoh), Georgia Hubley (of Yo La Tengo), Mac MacCaughan (of Superchunk -- he also runs Merge Records, home of many Magnetic Fields releases), Mark Robinson (of Unrest -- he also runs the wonderful TeenBeat label), Amelia Fletcher (of Heavenly), Dean Wareham (of indie heroes Galaxie 500), Mary Timony (of Helium), and more -- including himself. It's just simply astounding.

If you have any sense, do yourself a favor and purchase this album. It's worth every single penny.