"Zebra"; other backing vocals; duet with Merritt and guitar on "Yeah! Oh, Yeah!"; arrangement on "Very Funny", "World Love", and "Busby Berkeley Dreams"; whistling on "Blue You" John Woo – banjo, lead guitar, mandolin, bass on "Time Enough for Rocking When We're Old" Additional musicians LD Beghtol – harmonium on "Xylophone Track", lead vocals on "All My Little Words", "My Sentimental Melody", "Roses", "The Way You Say Good-Night", "Bitter Tears", and "For We Are the King of the Boudoir;" duet with Merritt on "The One You Really Love"; other backing vocals; graphic design of box and book Chris Ewen – backing tracks and arrangement on "Promises of Eternity" and "It's a Crime", theremin on "Blue You" Daniel Handler – accordion, keyboards, arrangement on "Asleep and Dreaming" Dudley Klute – lead vocals on "The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side", "How Fucking Romantic", "Very Funny", "Long-Forgotten Fairytale", "It's a Crime", and "Blue You;" duet with Merritt on "Underwear;" other backing vocals Ida Pearle – violin on "The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side" Shirley Simms – duet with Merritt on "Papa Was a Rodeo", vocals on "Come Back from San Francisco", "Boa Constrictor", "No One Will Ever Love You", "Kiss Me Like You Mean It", "I'm Sorry I Love You", and "Strange Eyes;" other backing vocals Production Jon Berman – engineering Chris Ewen – engineering Claudia Gonson – engineering Jeff Lipton – mastering Eric Masunaga – engineering Stephin Merritt – production, engineering Charles Newman – engineering Charts References External links 69 Love Songs unofficial companion wiki 1999 albums 2006 books Concept albums Domino Recording Company albums Merge Records albums The Magnetic Fields albums