This is the disc that made them go the live full-band route: They couldn't perform most of it onstage as a duo! Their most electronic-heavy LP, Apollo 18 is also their...
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Although it lacks a standout single like "Birdhouse in Your Soul," Apollo 18 is a more consistent album than Flood, overflowing with ideas and pop hooks. The most noteworthy...
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They Might Be Giants' eponymous debut album is a wild fusion of new wave pop and arty post-punk experiments borrowed from the New York underground. It runs through a...
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I Palindrome I is the second CD maxi-single released to promote They Might Be Giants' 1992 album, Apollo 18. One of their shorter EPs, I Palindrome I features just four...
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This 1990 EP features the title track, which helped establish They Might Be Giants, if only temporarily, as legitimate pop stars in the U.S. and the U.K. Even though...
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Their most brilliantly-conceived songs--"Ana Ng," about a Vietnamese woman they've never met, "Purple Toupee," a before-its-time anti-boomer anthem, and "Mr. Me," a foray...
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Cutting away some of the artier aspects of their debut, They Might Be Giants craft another wildly eclectic and geekily fun collection of alt-pop with Lincoln. In general,...
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For being the record that introduced fans of They Might Be Giants to the full-band sound/style/lineup, Why Does the Sun Shine? is curiously slight. The title track is a...
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One of the better TMBG EPs by a good margin, The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) is much longer than their usual maxi-single release, features better original material, and...
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Oft flat-out rockin'--they used a human drummer all the way through for the first time--JH is also a powerhouse of the poppish ("Out Of Jail"), the balladic ("End Of The...
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Just in case you thought that the only thing they were capable of was smart-aleck herky-jerk novelty tunes, on this album John Flansburgh and John Linnell put together an...
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Back to Skull was released four weeks before John Henry, They Might Be Giants' true full-band debut. Surprising, then, that the tracks on this EP so closely resemble TMBG...
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Their most pop-driven work, Flood probably did more to establish their rep as a novelty band with songs like "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" and "Particle Man" than anything...
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On their major-label debut, Flood, They Might Be Giants exchange quirky artiness for unabashed geekiness and a more varied and polished musical attack. Although the album...
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Several of They Might Be Giants' finest songs were buried on B-sides, which makes the rarities compilation such a welcome addition to their catalog. While several of these...
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Then: The Earlier Years is a double-disc set containing all of They Might Be Giants' original, independent records -- the two albums They Might Be Giants and Lincoln, plus...
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Perhaps it's no surprise that following 1996's Factory Showroom, They Might Be Giants began a prolonged recording absence, releasing only the Internet-only album Long Tall...
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The disco strings and slap bass hits of "S-E-X-X-Y" make the song an unexpected stylistic shift for They Might Be Giants. It's a thematic shift, too -- it's the first song...
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A super-distilled compilation album featuring material borrowed from another, more thorough compilation album. Whether these ten tracks truly represent the best of the best...
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Live trims off the fat from Severe Tire Damage and delivers a fine pulp of sweaty, full-band TMBG goodness. The ten selections on this budget-priced mini-album really do...
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Perhaps it's no surprise that following 1996's Factory Showroom, They Might Be Giants began a prolonged recording absence, releasing only the Internet-only album Long Tall...
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While They Might Be Giants' clever, playful melodies and lyrics make their music nearly ideal listening for kids anyway, their first children's album, No!, is one of their...
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Despite the title, Dial-a-Song is not a collection of highlights from They Might Be Giants' famed Dial-a-Song service (call a toll-free number, get a new song from They...
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On their very first live album, Severe Tire Damage, intellectual rockers They Might Be Giants offer a best-of set, which contains mostly radical re-workings of fan...
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Arriving just a few months after their very enjoyable Indestructible Object EP, They Might Be Giants' The Spine is relatively disappointing, with fewer memorable moments...
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They Might Be Giants make their Barsuk debut with the Indestructible Object EP, which finds John Linnell and John Flansburgh sounding more mature than they have in years...
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Hot on the heels of their Mink Car album and their success with the Malcolm in the Middle theme comes They Might Be Giants' Holidayland EP, which collects the holiday-themed...
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