Distant Plastic Trees


Distant Plastic Trees is the debut studio album by American indie pop band The Magnetic Fields, released in 1991. Lead vocals on the album are performed by Susan Anway.
The album is noteworthy for its stripped down sound and largely synthesized instrumentation. Stephin Merritt himself described the album as a 'small record, intentionally small' and heavily inspired by Young Marble Giants.
The song "Babies Falling" is a cover of a song by The Wild Stares.

Release

Distant Plastic Trees was originally released in Japan and the United Kingdom on the RCA Victor and Red Flame labels, respectively. The album was released in the United States on the band's own imprint, PoPuP.
Merge Records reissued the album in 1994 as a double album compilation with the band's second album, The Wayward Bus. The song "Plant White Roses" was omitted from the Merge reissue.

Track listing

Personnel

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