[2] For the album's concept, Magnetic Fields singer and songwriter Stephin Merritt was influenced by the short fiction of Lydia Davis and the writing of his own book of Scrabble poetry.

[4] A single LP release was done for Record Store Day of the same year, pressed on pink vinyl and featuring a bonus track on Side A - "The Witches' Fly".

[5] Marc Hogan from Pitchfork said that the album "thrives" on the shortness of its songs,[3] and Slant Magazine stated that Merritt "[flourishes] under the constraints he sets for himself".

", and "The Best Cup of Coffee in Tennessee" – and summarized the album as "28 songs in 48 minutes, too few as clever as you'd hope, several rather nice, more than that stupider than this very smart man believes".

[7] All tracks are written by Stephin MerrittThe Magnetic Fields[1] Other Personnel[1]