The Wayward Bus (album)

The Wayward Bus
Studio album by The Magnetic Fields
Released

1992

January 1994 (reissue)
Genre Indie rock, indie pop
Length 28:39
Label PoPuP
Merge
The Magnetic Fields chronology
Distant Plastic Trees
(1991)		 The Wayward Bus
(1992)		 The House of Tomorrow
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Consumer GuideB+[2]

The Wayward Bus is the second studio album by American indie rock band The Magnetic Fields, released in 1992 by record label PoPuP. It is the last album with Susan Anway as lead vocalist.

Content

The title of the album is taken from the John Steinbeck novel The Wayward Bus.

The front cover was painted by Wendy Smith, the girlfriend of Stuart Moxham from Young Marble Giants. She had previously provided front covers for releases by The Gist and The Weekend.[3] (This is not the same Wendy Smith who was once a member of Prefab Sprout.)

Release

The album was reissued by Merge Records in 1994 as the second half of a double album compilation with Distant Plastic Trees.

Track listing

All tracks written by Stephin Merritt.

  1. "When You Were My Baby" – 2:43
  2. "The Saddest Story Ever Told" – 2:12
  3. "Lovers from the Moon" – 2:52
  4. "Candy" – 2:32
  5. "Tokyo à Go-Go" – 3:12
  6. "Summer Lies" – 2:59
  7. "Old Orchard Beach" – 2:54
  8. "Jeremy" – 3:01
  9. "Dancing in Your Eyes" – 2:56
  10. "Suddenly There Is a Tidal Wave" – 3:18

Personnel

Additional personnel

References

  1. ↑ Orens, Geoff. "The Wayward Bus – Magnetic Fields". AllMusic. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Magnetic Fields: The Wayward Bus". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. ↑ http://www.youngmarblegiants.com/ymgfaq.html


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