Post by Seb on Apr 3, 2022 5:05:31 GMT
Stephin Merritt (February 9, 1965)
Vocal Range: G1 - C5 (@ 1:52)
Years Active: 1989 - present
Associated Acts: The Magnetic Fields (1989-present), The 6ths (1993-present), The Gothic Archies (1996-present), Future Bible Heroes (1997-present)
Significant High Notes:
C5 ("'03: The Ex and I")
A4 ("Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits" Live in Somerville version)
F♯4 ("It's Only Time")
E4 ("'95: A Serious Mistake", "'99: Fathers in the Clouds", "'10: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", "I Looked All Over Town", "It's Only Time")
E♭4 ("'10: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", "In An Operetta", "The Sun Goes Down And The World Goes Dancing")
D4 ("'66: Wonder Where I'm From", "'84: Danceteria!", "'91: The Day I Finally...", "'95: A Serious Mistake", "'99: Fathers in the Clouds", "'04: Cold-Blooded Man", "Andrew In Drag", "Better Things", "Busby Berkeley Dreams", "Dreary, Dreary", "I Die", "I Don't Really Love You Anymore", "I Shatter", "I'm Tongue-Tied", "If There's Such A Thing As Love", "It's Only Time", "Promises Of Eternity")
C♯4 ("'78: The Blizzard of '78", "'87: At the Pyramid", "'10: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", "All You Ever Do Is Walk Away", "Born On A Train", "Famous", "I Don't Believe You", "I Thought You Were My Boyfriend", "I'll Dream Alone", "If There's Such A Thing As Love", "Keep Your Children In A Coma", "The Trouble I've Been Looking For")
C4 ("'66: Wonder Where I'm From", "'73: It Could Have Been Paradise", "'79: Rock'n'Roll Will Ruin Your Life", "'97: Eurodisco Trio", "'04: Cold-Blooded Man", "'05: Never Again", "'15: Somebody's Fetish", "A New Kind Of Town", "Andrew In Drag", "Busby Berkeley Dreams", "Castle Down a Dirt Road", "Castles Of America", "Fear Of Trains", I Don't Believe You, "I Shatter", "I Was Born", "Infatuation (With Your Gyration)", "Infinitely Late At Night", "Is This What They Used To Call Love?", "Love Is Like Jazz", "Promises Of Eternity", "Swinging London", "The Desperate Things You Make Me Do", "The Night You Can't Remember", "The Sun Goes Down And The World Goes Dancing", "The Village In The Morning", "This Abyss", "Too Drunk To Dream", "We Are Having A Hootenanny", "With Whom To Dance?")
B3 ("'71: I Think I'll Make Another World", "'76: Hustle 76", "'78: The Blizzard of '78", "'05: Never Again", "'12: You Can Never Go Back to New York", "All You Ever Do Is Walk Away", "Born For Love", "Desert Island", "Everything Is One Big Christmas Tree", "Famous", "Favorite Bar", "Grand Canyon", "Hopeless", "I Die", "I Looked All Over Town", "I Thought You Were My Boyfriend", "In An Operetta", "Love Is A Luxury I Can No Longer Afford", "My Blue Hawaii", "Papa Was A Rodeo", "Save A Secret For The Moon", "Seduced And Abandoned", "Sunset City", "You And Me And The Moon", "When My Boy Walks Down The Street", "Why I Cry", "Wi' Nae Wee Bairn Ye'll Me Beget", "Zombie Boy")
B♭3 ("'77: Life Ain't All Bad", "'78: The Blizzard of '78", "'84: Danceteria!", "'89: The 1989 Musical Marching Zoo", "'97: Eurodisco Trio", "'98: Lovers' Lies", "Dreary, Dreary", "Epitaph For My Heart", "Evil Rhythm", "How To Get Laid In Japanese", "I Think I Need A New Heart", "I Wish I Had An Evil Twin", "In the Reptile Room", "My Stupid Boyfriend", "Old Fools", "She-Devils Of The Deep", "Sugar World", "With Whom To Dance?")
A3 ("(I Want to Join A) Biker Gang", "'66: Wonder Where I'm From", "'67: Come Back as a Cockroach", "'69: Judy Garland", "'71: I Think I'll Make Another World", "'72: Eye Contact", "'73: It Could Have Been Paradise", "'76: Hustle 76", "'79: Rock'n'Roll Will Ruin Your Life", "'80: London by Jetpack", "'82: Happy Beeping", "'83: Foxx and I", "'85: Why I Am Not a Teenager", "'88: Ethan Frome", "'94: Haven't Got a Penny", "'97: Eurodisco Trio","'99: Fathers in the Clouds", "'05: Never Again", "'15: Somebody's Fetish", "A Pretty Girl Is Like...", "Aging Spinsters", "All I Care About Is You", "Asleep And Dreaming", "Better Things", "Blond Adonis", "Castle Down a Dirt Road", "Castle Of America", "Death Opened A Boutique", "Drink Nothing But Champagne", "Everything Is One Big Christmas Tree", "Favorite Bar", "Freakshow", "I Don't Know What To Say", "I Don't Like Your Tone", "I'll Dream Alone", "I'm Lonely (And I Love It)", "I've Run Away To Join The Fairies", "Is This What They Used To Call Love?", "Kill a Man a Week", "Let's Get Drunk Again (And Get Divorced)", "Lonely Highway", "Long Vermont Roads", "Love Is Lighter Then Air", "My Blue Hawaii", "Nothing Matters When We're Dancing", "Parades Go By", "Sadder Than The Moon", "Save A Secret For The Moon", "The Desperate Things You Make Me Do", "The Night You Can't Remember", "The Things We Did And Didn't Do", "Two Characters In Search Of A Country Song", "When The Brat Upstairs Got A Drum Kit", "When The Open Road Is Closing In", "You And Me And The Moon")
Significant Low Notes:
G2 ("(I Want to Join A) Biker Gang", "'66: Wonder Where I'm From", "'67: Come Back as a Cockroach", "'69: Judy Garland", "'70: They're Killing Children Over There", "'71: I Think I'll Make Another World", "'72: Eye Contact", "'73: It Could Have Been Paradise", "'74: No", "'80: London by Jetpack", "'82: Happy Beeping", "'83: Foxx and I", "'84: Danceteria!", "'85: Why I Am Not a Teenager", "'86: How I Failed Ethics", "'88: Ethan Frome", "'90: Dreaming in Tetris", "'92: Weird Diseases", "'93: Me and Fred and Dave and Ted", "'94: Haven't Got a Penny", "'97: Eurodisco Trio", "'02: Be True to Your Bar", "'08: Surfin'", "'11: Stupid Tears", "'12: You Can Never Go Back to New York", "'13: Big Enough for Both of Us", "'14: I Wish I Had Pictures", "'15: Somebody's Fetish", "A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off", "Abigail", "Aging Spinsters", "All I Care About Is You", "Belle Of Kilronan", "All The Umbrellas In London", "Asleep And Dreaming", "Better Things", "Busby Berkeley Dreams", "Come Back As A Cockroach", "Dreary, Dreary", "Drink Nothing But Champagne", "Ever Falls the Twilight", "Everything Is One Big Christmas Tree", "Evil Rhythm", "Favorite Bar", "Fear Of Trains", "Freakshow", "I Can't Touch You Anymore", "I Don't Know What To Say", "I Don't Like Your Tone", "I Don't Really Love You Anymore", "I Don't Want To Get Over You", "I Shatter", "I Think I Need A New Heart", "I Was Born", "I'm Lonely (And I Love It)", "I've Run Away To Join The Fairies", "In My Car", "It's Only Time", "It's Useless to Struggle", "Kill a Man a Week", "Long Vermont Roads", "Love Gone Wrong", "Love Is Lighter Then Air", "Memories Of Love", "Nothing Matters When We're Dancing", "Old Fools", "Papa Was A Rodeo", "Sadder Than The Moon", "Satan, Your Way Is A Hard One", "Save A Secret For The Moon", "Scream and Run Away", "She-Devils Of The Deep", "Smile! No One Cares How You Feel", "Strange Powers", "Sunset City", "Swinging London", "Take Ecstacy With Me", "The Abandoned Castle of My Soul", "The Book Of Love", "The Boy In The Corner", "The Dada Polka", "The Desperate Things You Make Me Do", "The Machine In Your Hand", "The One You Really Love", "The Trouble I've Been Looking For", "This Abyss", "Things Are Not What They Appear", "Too Drunk To Dream", "Torn Green Velvet Eyes", "Two Characters In Search Of A Country Song", "Walking My Gargoyle", "With Whom To Dance?", "When The Brat Upstairs Got A Drum Kit", "When The Open Road Is Closing In", "When You're Old And Lonely", "World Love", "You're My Only Home", "Your Long White Fingers")
F♯2 ("'79: Rock'n'Roll Will Ruin Your Life", "'87: At the Pyramid", "'91: The Day I Finally...", "'95: A Serious Mistake", "'99: Fathers in the Clouds", "Born For Love", "Born On A Train", "I'll Dream Alone", "I Wish I Were a Prostitute Again", "In An Operetta", "In the Reptile Room", "Mr. Mistletoe", "My Stupid Boyfriend", "Shipwrecked", "Smoke And Mirrors", "The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be", "The Tiny Goat", "The Village In The Morning", "The World Is a Very Scary Place", "Things Are Not What They Appear")
F2 ("'66: Wonder Where I'm From", "'68: A Cat Called Dionysus", "'80: London by Jetpack", "'90: Dreaming in Tetris", "'96: I'm Sad!", "'98: Lovers' Lies", "'00: Ghosts of the Marathon Dancers", "'03: The Ex and I", "'06: "Quotes", "Crows", "Don't Look Away", "Epitaph For My Heart", "Freakshow", "I Don't Believe In The Sun", "I Wish I Had Fangs and a Tail", "Lonely Highway", "Love Gone Wrong", "Nothing Matters When We're Dancing", "My Only Friend", "O! What A Dream It Was!", "The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be", "Two Characters In Search Of A Country Song", "When You Play the Violin", "Xylophone Track")
E2 ("'72: Eye Contact", "'77: Life Ain't All Bad", "'88: Ethan Frome", "'91: The Day I Finally...", "'95: A Serious Mistake", "'96: I'm Sad!", "'99: Fathers in the Clouds", "'01: Have You Seen It in the Snow?", "'08: Surfin'", "'10: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", "'11: Stupid Tears", "'13: Big Enough for Both of Us", "Abigail", "Asleep And Dreaming", "Belle Of Kilronan", "Ever Falls the Twilight", "Favorite Bar", "From A Sinking Boat", "Good Thing I Don't Have Any Feelings", "I Can't Touch You Anymore", "I Have The Moon", "In a Cave", "In My Secret Place", "Love Is Like A Bottle Of Gin", "Scream and Run Away", "She Says Hello", "The Flowers She Sent And The Flowers She Said She Sent", "Underwear", "Walking My Gargoyle", "You're My Only Home", "Your Long White Fingers")
E♭2 ("(Crazy For You But) Not That Crazy", "'77: Life Ain't All Bad", "'98: Lovers' Lies", "'06: "Quotes", "Don't Look Away", "How To Say Goodbye", "How Very Strange", "I Wish I Had Fangs and a Tail", "I Wish I Were a Prostitute Again", "Long-Forgotten Fairytale", "Mr. Mistletoe", "My Only Friend", "O! What A Dream It Was!", "She-Devils Of The Deep", "The Boy In The Corner", "The Dada Polka", "The One You Really Love", "The Tiny Goat", "Underwear")
D2 ("'77: Life Ain't All Bad", "'86: How I Failed Ethics", "'95: A Serious Mistake","'96: I'm Sad!", "'99: Fathers in the Clouds", "'01: Have You Seen It in the Snow?", "'02: Be True to Your Bar", "'03: The Ex and I", "'13: Big Enough for Both of Us", "A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off", "All The Umbrellas In London", "Dreary, Dreary", "Electric Love", "Ever Falls the Twilight", "From A Sinking Boat", "Grand Canyon", "How Do You Slow This Thing Down?", "I Can't Touch You Anymore", "I Don't Want To Get Over You", "Love In The Shadows", "Love Is Like Jazz", "Papa Was A Rodeo", "Parades Go By", "Queen Of The Savages", "Sunset City", "The Book Of Love" (Live at WFUV), "The Boy In The Corner", "The Dada Polka", "Things Are Not What They Appear", "Time Enough For Rocking When We're Old", "We Are The Gothic Archies", "When The Open Road Is Closing In", "World Love", "Xylophone Track")
C♯2 ("'09: Till You Come Back to Me", "A Million Mushrooms", "Absolutely Cuckoo", "Love Is Like A Bottle Of Gin", "Wi' Nae Wee Bairn Ye'll Me Beget")
C2 ("'02: Be True to Your Bar", "'03: The Ex and I", "'06: "Quotes", "'09: Till You Come Back to Me", "Chicken With Its Head Cut Off", "I Wish I Had Fangs and a Tail", "How Do You Slow This Thing Down?", "Love Gone Wrong", "Love In The Shadows", "Papa Was A Rodeo", "We Are The Gothic Archies", "Wi' Nae Wee Bairn Ye'll Me Beget", "You're My Only Home")
B1 ("How Very Strange", "I Wish I Were a Prostitute Again", "Walking My Gargoyle")
B♭1 ("Absolutely Cuckoo", "Time Enough for Rocking When We're Old", "Xylophone Track")
A1 ("Electric Love", "Grand Canyon", "Walking My Gargoyle")
G1 ("Electric Love", "Xylophone Track" Live Philadelphia 2015)
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
{Bolded Notes}
C5 "'03: The Ex and I" (@ 1:52)
E4 "'95: A Serious Mistake"
D4 "'04: Cold Hearted Man"
F2 "'00: Ghosts of the Marathon Dancers" (@ 0:26)
E2 "'72: Eye Contact"
D2 "'96: I'm Sad!" (@ 0:46), "Electric Love"
C♯2 "'09: Till You Come Back to Me" (@ 0:05)
C2 "I Wish I Had Fangs And A Tail"
B1 "I Wish I Were a Prostitute Again"
B♭1 "Time Enough for Rocking When We're Old"
C5 "'03: The Ex and I" (@ 1:52)
E4 "'95: A Serious Mistake"
D4 "'04: Cold Hearted Man"
F2 "'00: Ghosts of the Marathon Dancers" (@ 0:26)
E2 "'72: Eye Contact"
D2 "'96: I'm Sad!" (@ 0:46), "Electric Love"
C♯2 "'09: Till You Come Back to Me" (@ 0:05)
C2 "I Wish I Had Fangs And A Tail"
B1 "I Wish I Were a Prostitute Again"
B♭1 "Time Enough for Rocking When We're Old"
{Questionable Notes}
G4 ("'75: My Mama Ain't" [2])
F4 ("'04: Cold-Blooded Man" [2])
[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
G4 ("'75: My Mama Ain't" [2])
F4 ("'04: Cold-Blooded Man" [2])
[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
Special thanks to Platypus for making the original thread and contributing research. The thread is mostly imported in its original form, and I shall update it over time (bolded notes, discography, etc.).
