Wasps' Nests is the 1995 debut album by The 6ths, a side-project created by Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields. Merritt wrote and recorded the album, inviting different vocalists to sing lead.
| Wasps' Nests | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 21, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | Let's Rain Studios | |||
| Genre | Indie pop | |||
| Length | 45:17 | |||
| Label | Factory Too FACD-2.06 | |||
| Producer | Stephin Merritt | |||
| The 6ths chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Chicago Tribune | [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A[3] |
| The Guardian |  [4] |
| NME | 6/10[5] |
| Pitchfork | 8.5/10[6] |
| Rolling Stone | [7] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [8] |
| Spin | 8/10[9] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 8/10[10] |
Like the band's name, the album title is a tongue-twister.
"Yet Another Girl" originally only appeared on the vinyl release of the album, but was later included on Merritt's 2011 compilation Obscurities.
Track listing edit
All tracks are written by Stephin Merritt[11]
| No. | Title | Singer | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "San Diego Zoo" | Barbara Manning | 3:22 |
| 2. | "Aging Spinsters" | Stephin Merritt | 2:20 |
| 3. | "All Dressed Up in Dreams" | Mary Timony | 2:55 |
| 4. | "Falling Out of Love (With You)" | Dean Wareham | 2:55 |
| 5. | "Winter in July" | Ayako Akashiba | 2:32 |
| 6. | "Pillow Fight" | Mitch Easter | 2:34 |
| 7. | "Dream Hat" | Mac McCaughan | 2:27 |
| 8. | "Movies in My Head" | Georgia Hubley | 4:19 |
| 9. | "In the City in the Rain" | Lou Barlow | 3:43 |
| 10. | "Looking for Love (In the Hall of Mirrors)" | Amelia Fletcher | 2:43 |
| 11. | "Heaven in a Black Leather Jacket" | Robert Scott | 2:46 |
| 12. | "Here in My Heart" | Anna Domino | 3:30 |
| 13. | "Puerto Rico Way" | Mark Robinson | 3:28 |
| 14. | "You Can't Break a Broken Heart" | Jeffrey Underhill | 3:16 |
| 15. | "When I'm Out of Town" | Chris Knox | 2:34 |
| 16. | "Yet Another Girl" | Stuart Moxham | 3:30 |
Notes edit
- ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Wasps' Nests – The 6ths". AllMusic. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
- ^ Kot, Greg (May 11, 1995). "Precious Pain". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
- ^ Huston, Johnny (April 7, 1995). "Wasps' Nests". Entertainment Weekly. p. 92. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
- ^ Sullivan, Caroline (July 14, 1995). "The 6ths: Wasps' Nests (Factory Too)". The Guardian.
- ^ "The 6ths: Wasps' Nests". NME. September 16, 1995. p. 50.
- ^ Ham, Robert (November 18, 2017). "The 6ths: Wasps' Nests". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ Manning, Kara (June 15, 1995). "Wasps' Nests: The 6ths". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
- ^ Randall, Mac (2004). "The Magnetic Fields". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 509–10. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Kreilkamp, Ivan (May 1995). "The 6ths: Wasps' Nests". Spin. Vol. 11, no. 2. p. 98. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
- ^ Hunter, James (1995). "Magnetic Fields". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 237–38. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
- ^ "Wasps' Nests". houseoftomorrow.com. The Magnetic Fields. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2011.