Genre Indie rock, indie pop Artist The Magnetic Fields Label Popup | Length 28:39 Release date 1992 | |
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Released 1992
January 1994 (reissue) The Wayward Bus
(1992) The House of Tomorrow
(1992) Similar The Magnetic Fields albums, Other albums | ||
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.
Contents
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. (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.
Personnel
Songs
1When You Were My Baby2:44
2The Saddest Story Ever Told2:12
3Lovers From the Moon2:53