Distant Plastic Trees

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Distant Plastic Trees
Studio album by The Magnetic Fields
Released	1991 (UK, JP) 1992 (US) January 1994 (reissue)
Length	31:27
Label	Red Flame (UK) RCA Victor (JP) PoPuP (US) Merge Records (reissue) MRG075
Professional reviews
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The Magnetic Fields chronology
Distant Plastic Trees (1991) The Wayward Bus (1992)

Distant Plastic Trees is the 1991 debut album by The Magnetic Fields. It features Susan Anway as the band's lead vocalist. Merge Records reissued it in 1994 as a double album compilation with the band's following release, The Wayward Bus.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Stephin Merritt except where noted.

1. "Railroad Boy" – 2:59
2. "Smoke Signals" – 3:28
3. "You Love to Fail" – 2:30
4. "Kings" – 2:15
5. "Babies Falling" – 3:18 (Gregoropoulos/Miller/Burrill)
6. "Living in an Abandoned Firehouse with You" – 3:58 (Merritt/Gage/Gil)
7. "Tar-Heel Boy" – 2:26
8. "Falling in Love with the Wolfboy" – 4:05
9. "Josephine" – 3:08
10. "100,000 Fireflies" – 3:20
11. "Plant White Roses" (omitted from the reissue with The Wayward Bus)

[edit] Trivia

• Indie rock band Superchunk covered the song "100,000 Fireflies" in 1992. It was later released on their album Incidental Music 1991-95.

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