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The Magnetic Fields – The Charm Of The Highway Strip (1994) | Album profile | Dork

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The Magnetic Fields
The Charm Of The Highway Strip

ALBUM

The Magnetic Fields

The Charm Of The Highway Strip

Release date: 1st January 1994

Merge Records

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About This Album

"The Charm Of The Highway Strip" is an album by The Magnetic Fields, released 1st January 1994 via Merge Records.

About the Artist

The Magnetic Fields

The Magnetic Fields

From this album

Music videos

The Magnetic Fields — Dust Bowl

The Magnetic Fields

Dust Bowl

The Magnetic Fields — Fear of Trains

The Magnetic Fields

Fear of Trains

If you like The Magnetic Fields

The 6ths

Stephin Merritt

Future Bible Heroes

Belle and Sebastian

Belle and Sebastian

The Gothic Archies

Silver Jews

Silver Jews

of Montreal

of Montreal

Beat Happening

Beat Happening

Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone

The Magnetic Fields — Crowd of Drifters

The Magnetic Fields

Crowd of Drifters

The Magnetic Fields — Two Characters in Search of a Country Song

The Magnetic Fields

Two Characters in Search of a Country Song

The Magnetic Fields — When the Open Road Is Closing In

The Magnetic Fields

When the Open Road Is Closing In

Pressings & releases

The Charm Of The Highway Strip — release variants

Country, format and catalogue-number detail for each known pressing.

CD · Album
Main
Country USYear 1994
Merge Records · MRG055
Barcode: 036172935529
Cassette
Country USYear 1994
Merge Records · MRG055c
Barcode: 036172935543
CD · Album
Country EuropeYear 1995
Virgin · 7243 8 40944 2 3
Barcode: 7 242384 09442 3
CD · Album
Country UKYear 1995
Setanta · SETCD21
Barcode: 5 021289 702121
CD · Album · Reissue
Country EuropeYear 2004
Domino · REWIGCD 16
Barcode: 5 034202 001621

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