Obscurities is a compilation album by Stephin Merritt released in 2011 on Merge Records, consisting of B-sides, compilations cuts, and various other previously unreleased material. According to Metacritic, it received generally positive reviews, with a weighted average of 74 out of 100.[1] The most positive review came from Robert Christgau, who wrote that he was "swept off [his] feet by Merritt thoughtfully intoning some little green men's "Song From Venus.""[2]
Reception
Track listing
- Forever and a Day
- Rats in the Garbage of the Western World
- I Don't Believe You
- Plant White Roses
- Rot in the Sun
- The Sun and the Sea and the Sky
- Yet Another Girl
- Scream ('Till You Make the Scene)
- The Song From Venus
- Beach-a-Boop-Boop
- When I'm Not Looking, You're Not There
- Take Ecstasy With Me
- When You're Young and in Love
- You Are Not My Mother and I Want to Go Home
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Obscurities at Metacritic
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