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They Might be Giants[editar]

They Might Be Giants
Álbum de They Might Be Giants
Publicación 4 De Noviembre de 1986
Grabación 1985 - 1986
Género(s) Rock Alternativo
Duración 38:28
Discográfica Bar/None
Productor(es) Bill Krauss, Matthew Hill
Calificaciones profesionales
Cronología de They Might Be Giants
- Pan con queso/Sandbox/TMBG/Discos Lincoln
1988

They Might Be Giants es el primer disco de They Might Be Giants, También conocido como el "Album Rosado". Fue editado en 1986.

En las letras de las canciones del álbum se muestran irónicos y humorísticos tratamientos sobre temáticas oscuras que volverían a aparecer frecuentemente en los próximos discos de la banda, como la Muerte y Mortalidad ("Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes", "I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die", "Youth Culture Killed My Dog"); obsesion y desilusión ("32 Footsteps", "Absolutely Bill's Mood") trabajar en un lugar de ínfima importancia ("Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head"), no trabajar ("Alienation's For The Rich") o simples disparates ("Chess Piece Face", "Rabid Child")


La música del disco es mayormente Pop salpicada con extraños Samples y ocasionalmente transformandose en música tipo Country o Folk. "Rhythm Section Want Ad" Habla sobre la osadía del grupo(...), y contiene un extracto de la canción Powerhouse de Raymond Scott. "Don't Let's Start" es la canción más conocida del album. "Boat of car" claramente samplea la canción "Daddy Sang Bass" de Johnny Cash.


Se hicieron videos musicales para las canciones "Don't Let's Start", "Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head" y "(She Was A) Hotel Detective". También se realizó un video para "Rabid Child", pero nunca ha sido estrenado.

Las ilustraciones del album fueron hechas por Rodney Greenblat.

Lista de Temas[editar]

Todas las canciones escritas por They Might Be Giants (acreditados como Linnell/Flansburgh).

Lado A[editar]

  1. "Everything Right Is Wrong Again" – 2:20
  2. "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head" – 2:12
  3. "Number Three" – 1:27
  4. "Don't Let's Start" – 2:36
  5. "Hide Away Folk Family" – 3:21
  6. "32 Footsteps" – 1:36
  7. "Toddler Hiway" – :25
  8. "Rabid Child" – 1:31
  9. "Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes" – 1:58

Lado B[editar]

  1. "(She Was A) Hotel Detective" – 2:10
  2. "She's an Angel" – 2:37
  3. "Youth Culture Killed My Dog" – 2:51
  4. "Boat of Car" – 1:15
  5. "Absolutely Bill's Mood" – 2:38
  6. "Chess Piece Face" – 1:21
  7. "I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die" – 1:58
  8. "Alienation's for the Rich" – 2:25
  9. "The Day" – 1:27
  10. "Rhythm Section Want Ad" – 2:21

Personal[editar]


Lincoln[editar]

Lincoln
Álbum de They Might Be Giants
Publicación 25 De Septiembre de 1988
Género(s) Rock Alternativo
Duración 39:32
Discográfica Bar/None
Productor(es) Bill Krauss
Calificaciones profesionales
Cronología de They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants (Álbum) 1986 Pan con queso/Sandbox/TMBG/Discos Flood
1990


Lincoln es el segundo album de They Might Be Giants. Fue editado en 1988. EL Nombre del albúm proviene de la ciudad de Lincoln en donde John Linnell y John Flansburgh vivieron su infancia. Las dos personas que salen en la portada son el Bisabuelo de Linnell Lewis T. Linnell, y el abuelo materno de Flansburgh, Brigadier General Ralph Hospital

Las letras del album profundiza los surrealistas juegos de palabras vistos en su primer album, pero incluye más canciones acerca de relaciones problemáticas ("Ana Ng", "They'll Need a Crane", "I've Got a Match"), y algunas canciones bordean la sátira política o social "Purple Toupee", "Pencil Rain", "Kiss Me, Son of God").

Lincoln es un album más producido que el el primero, haciendo mucho uso del instrumento que se convertiría en el instrumento firma de TMBG, el Acordeón.


Se hicieron videos para "Ana Ng", "They'll Need a Crane", y "Purple Toupee".

Lista de Temas[editar]

All songs by They Might Be Giants.

  1. "Ana Ng" – 3:23
  2. "Cowtown" – 2:20
  3. "Lie Still, Little Bottle" – 2:06
  4. "Purple Toupee" – 2:40
  5. "Cage & Aquarium" – 1:10
  6. "Where Your Eyes Don't Go" – 3:06
  7. "Piece of Dirt" – 2:00
  8. "Mr. Me" – 1:52
  9. "Pencil Rain" – 2:42
  10. "The World's Address" – 2:24
  11. "I've Got a Match" – 2:36
  12. "Santa's Beard" – 1:55
  13. "You'll Miss Me" – 1:53
  14. "They'll Need a Crane" – 2:33
  15. "Shoehorn With Teeth" – 1:13
  16. "Stand on Your Own Head" – 1:16
  17. "Snowball in Hell" – 2:31
  18. "Kiss Me, Son of God" – 1:52

Referencias[editar]


Flood[editar]

Flood
Álbum de They Might Be Giants
Publicación 5 De Enero de 1990
Grabación 1989
Género(s) Rock Alternativo
Duración 43:24
Discográfica Elektra Records
Productor(es) They Might Be Giants,
Alan Winstanley,
Clive Langer
Certificación Bandera de Estados Unidos 1.000.000
Calificaciones profesionales
Cronología de They Might Be Giants
Lincoln 1988 Pan con queso/Sandbox/TMBG/Discos Apollo 18
1992


Flood es el tercer Álbum de estudio de They Might Be Giants, y el primero con un sello importante, Elektra Records. Fue lanzado en el año 1990, y grabado en el 1898 en los Estudios Skyline de Nueva York.

El Primer Single, «Birdhouse In Your Soul», alcanzó el puesto numero 3 en el Hot Modern Rock Tracks de Billboard, y entro en el top 40 en otras partes del mundo, incluyendo Australia. Flood además tiene dos de sus canciones más conocidas, «Istanbul (Not Constantinople)», un cover de The Four Lads' , y «Particle Man», ambas canciones tuvieron videos animados en el programa infantil Tiny Toon Adventures, los cuales expusieron la banda a una audiencia mucho más joven.


Por ser su álbum más popular y la primera experiencia del grupo para muchos fans, el álbum ha sido tocado en su totalidad en shows en vivo.

Con todo el éxito que Flood Gozó, algunos fans y críticos quedaron desarmados con su pulida producción y sus ligeramente más ridículas letras. El grupo volvería a un sonido más orgánico y a un territorio más oscuro en su siguiente álbum Apollo 18 . Flood es uno de los álbumos favoritos de Frank Black

Flood es es primer disco de la banda en obtener el disco de platino


Portada[editar]

La foto de la portada del álbum muestra a un hombre remando un bote hecho con lavabos (...) . La foto fue tomada por Margaret Bourke-White y era parte de una serie de fotografías tomadas después de la Inundación del rio Ohio en el año 1937. [1]​. El emblema que muestra el nombre de la banda y el álbum es muy similar al logo de la International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes.

Lista de temas[editar]

All songs by John Flansburgh and John Linnell unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Theme From Flood" – 0:28
  2. "Birdhouse in Your Soul" – 3:20
  3. "Lucky Ball & Chain" – 2:46
  4. "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" (Jimmy Kennedy, Nat Simon) – 2:38
  5. "Dead" – 2:58
  6. "Your Racist Friend" – 2:54
  7. "Particle Man" – 1:59
  8. "Twisting" – 1:56
  9. "We Want a Rock" – 2:47
  10. "Someone Keeps Moving My Chair" – 2:23
  11. "Hearing Aid" – 3:26
  12. "Minimum Wage" – 0:47
  13. "Letterbox" – 1:25
  14. "Whistling in the Dark" – 3:25
  15. "Hot Cha" – 1:34
  16. "Women & Men" – 1:46
  17. "Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love" – 1:36
  18. "They Might Be Giants" – 2:45
  19. "Road Movie To Berlin" – 2:22

Personal[editar]


Apollo 18[editar]

Apollo 18
Álbum de They Might Be Giants
Publicación 24 De Marzo de 1992
Grabación Marzo de 1991
Género(s) Rock experimental
Duración 42:37
Discográfica Elektra Records
Productor(es) They Might Be Giants
Calificaciones profesionales
Cronología de They Might Be Giants
Flood 1980 Pan con queso/Sandbox/TMBG/Discos John Henry
1994


Apollo 18 es el Cuarto Álbum de estudio de They Might Be Giants. Fue editado el año 1992 y sunombre proviene de las Misiones Apollo, ya que la última de las misiones fue la Apollo 17

El Álbum marcó el primer esfuerzo de la banda para diversificar su sonido, optando por ritmos roqueros más tradicionales y arreglos musicales más completos. El Dúo añadiría una banda de acompañamiento con baterías durante el tour promocional.


A pesar de la falta de un single comercialmente exitoso y una una recepción variada de los críticos, Apollo 18 semantiene como un favorito de los fanes. La banda incluso tocó el disco en su integridad en una pocos shows en el 2003


Curiosidades[editar]

  • "Fingertips" es una serie de veintiún canciones que duran entre cuatro y sesentaiún segundos (Aunque la mayoría de las canciones duran menos de quince), totalizando en cuatro minutos y treintaicinco segundos. (...)
  • "Which Describes How You're Feeling" originally appeared on They Might Be Giant's 1985 demo tape[2]​. This version was later included in Then: The Earlier Years.
  • The album's cover depicts a giant squid locked in combat with a sperm whale in space.
  • The story for their inclusion as "Musical Ambassadors to International Space Year," as mentioned on the back cover of the album, is as follows: While Linnell and Flansburgh were searching the NASA Archive Center for photographs and visual materials appropriate for the album's cover, staff members at the NASA facility took notice of John and John and inquired about their business in their research. Linnell responded that they "were in this band, we're making this record, and we're going to start touring next year...They were particularly interested in that, because they said that 1992 was International Space Year. It was the first time we ever heard of that, but they said because we were a band going to be touring around the world in 1992 they wondered if we wanted to be spokesband for the International Space Year. So we said why not?”[3]​

Lista de Temas[editar]

  1. "Dig My Grave" – 1:08
  2. "I Palindrome I" – 2:25
  3. "She's Actual Size" – 2:05
  4. "My Evil Twin" – 2:37
  5. "Mammal" – 2:14
  6. "The Statue Got Me High" – 3:06
  7. "Spider" – 0:50
  8. "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)" – 3:49
  9. "Dinner Bell" – 2:11
  10. "Narrow Your Eyes" – 2:46
  11. "Hall of Heads" – 2:53
  12. "Which Describes How You're Feeling" – 1:13
  13. "See the Constellation" – 3:27
  14. "If I Wasn't Shy" – 1:43
  15. "Turn Around" – 2:53
  16. "Hypnotist of Ladies" – 1:42
  17. "Fingertips: Everything Is Catching On Fire" – 0:12
  18. "Fingertips: Fingertips" – 0:06
  19. "Fingertips: I Hear the Wind Blow" – 0:10
  20. "Fingertips: Hey Now, Everybody" – 0:05
  21. "Fingertips: Who's That Standing Out the Window?" – 0:06
  22. "Fingertips: I Found a New Friend" – 0:07
  23. "Fingertips: Come On and Wreck My Car" – 0:12
  24. "Fingertips: Aren't You the Guy Who Hit Me in the Eye?" – 0:07
  25. "Fingertips: Please Pass the Milk Please" – 0:08
  26. "Fingertips: Leave Me Alone" – 0:05
  27. "Fingertips: Who's Knockin' on the Wall?" – 0:04
  28. "Fingertips: All Alone" – 0:05
  29. "Fingertips: What's That Blue Thing?" – 0:08
  30. "Fingertips: Something Grabbed Ahold of My Hand" – 0:12
  31. "Fingertips: I Don't Understand You" – 0:27
  32. "Fingertips: I Heard a Sound" – 0:04
  33. "Fingertips: Mysterious Whisper" – 0:28
  34. "Fingertips: The Day That Love Came to Play" – 0:08
  35. "Fingertips: I'm Having a Heart Attack" – 0:22
  36. "Fingertips: Fingertips (Reprise)" – 0:10
  37. "Fingertips: I Walk Along Darkened Corridors" – 1:01
  38. "Space Suit" – 1:36

Referencias[editar]

  1. ↑ TMBG.com
  2. ↑ http://tmbw.net/wiki/1985_Demo_Tape
  3. ↑ Jackson, Joab. "How They Might Be Giants Became the House Band for NASA." New Route Magazine, May 1992.

John Henry[editar]

John Henry
Álbum de They Might Be Giants
Publicación 13 de Septiembre de 1994
Grabación 1993 - 1994
Género(s) Rock Alternativo
Duración 57:07
Discográfica Elektra Records
Productor(es) Paul Fox
Calificaciones profesionales
Cronología de They Might Be Giants
Apollo 18 1992 Pan con queso/Sandbox/TMBG/Discos Factory Showroom
1996

John Henry is the name of They Might Be Giants' fifth original album, although it is the sixth disc in their discography. It was released in 1994 (see 1994 in music). It is the first album in which John Linnell and John Flansburgh utilized a full band, as opposed to playing most or all of the instruments themselves. The album's name, a reference to the man vs. machine fable of John Henry, is roughly an allusion to the band's fundamental switch to more conventional instrumentation, especially the newly-established use of a human drummer instead of a drum machine.

John Henry is both TMBG's longest record (twenty tracks clocking in at about a full hour) and their most divisive. However, it remains the band's highest-charting adult album, having peaked at #61 on the Billboard 200.

Lyrical themes[editar]

The lyrics to the song "AKA Driver" refer to a "NyQuil driver". Legal issues — whether real or perceived — required a title with no reference to the medicine, and the lyrics to the song are omitted from the CD insert.

"I Should Be Allowed to Think" excerpts the first line (I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical) of the poem Howl by Allen Ginsberg.

"Meet James Ensor" refers to an eccentric Belgian expressionist painter whose works excited John Flansburgh. In an interview, Flansburgh explained that "the line 'Dig him up and shake his hand' is actually very specific – a parallel idea to a lot of his paintings which involve resurrections, skeletons and puppets being animated. [...] With the song, I'm trying to encapsulate the issues of his life – an eccentric guy who became celebrated and was soon left behind as his ideas were taken into the culture and other people became expressionists."[1]​

The song "Subliminal" contains a subliminal message at the end of the song saying "Stare into the subliminal for as long as you can" twice.

Lista de Temas[editar]

(All songs by They Might Be Giants unless otherwise noted)

  1. "Subliminal" – 2:45
  2. "Snail Shell" – 3:20
  3. "Sleeping in the Flowers" – 4:30
  4. "Unrelated Thing" – 2:31
  5. "AKA Driver" – 3:14 (They Might Be Giants, Tony Maimone, Brian Doherty)
  6. "I Should Be Allowed to Think" – 3:09 (They Might Be Giants, Tony Maimone)
  7. "Extra Savoir-Faire" – 2:48
  8. "Why Must I Be Sad?" – 4:08
  9. "Spy" – 3:06
  10. "O, Do Not Forsake Me" – 2:30
  11. "No One Knows My Plan" – 2:37
  12. "Dirt Bike" – 3:05
  13. "Destination Moon" – 2:27
  14. "A Self Called Nowhere" – 3:22
  15. "Meet James Ensor" – 1:33
  16. "Thermostat" – 3:11
  17. "Window" – 1:00
  18. "Out of Jail" – 2:38
  19. "Stomp Box" – 1:55
  20. "The End of the Tour" – 3:18

Personal[editar]

John Henry is the first album credited to They Might Be Giants as a full band, rather than a duo:

Invitados[editar]

  • Robert Quine - Solos de Guitarra en "Sleeping in the Flowers" y "No One Knows My Plan"
  • Hudson Shad – vocales on "O, Do Not Forsake Me"


Factory Showroom[editar]

Factory Showroom
Álbum de They Might Be Giants
Publicación 8 de Octubre de 1996
Grabación 1995 - 1996
Género(s) Rock Alternativo
Duración 42:41
Discográfica Elektra Records
Productor(es) Pat Dillet
Calificaciones profesionales
Cronología de They Might Be Giants
John Henry 1994 Pan con queso/Sandbox/TMBG/Discos Long Tall Weekend
1999


Factory Showroom is the sixth studio album by the band They Might Be Giants. It was released in 1996 (see 1996 in music) through Elektra Records.

The album reclaims the more diverse and electronic sound of their early work, moving away from the live, relentlessly driving rock feel of its 1994 predecessor, John Henry. Still, Factory Showroom differed from previous They Might Be Giants recordings in several ways. While the band introduced a bassist and a drummer for John Henry, Factory Showroom was their first album to feature a second guitarist. Eric Schermerhorn played lead guitar on the album, adding solos to tracks like "XTC vs. Adam Ant", but evidently the band felt that this brand of guitar work did not mesh with their style, as Schermerhorn left the band after a short amount of touring. Factory Showroom also had, by far, the fewest number of tracks of any They Might Be Giants album up until the release of The Else, coming in at only thirteen, while no previous TMBG album had any fewer than eighteen tracks. The tracks on Factory Showroom tend to be longer than their older songs, however, so the album as a whole takes about as much time as their previous efforts.

John Flansburgh (founding member, guitarist and songwriter) has publicly declared Factory Showroom to be his favorite of the duo's many recordings [2]​. Feeling that Elektra Records did not do enough to promote the album, among other disputes, They Might Be Giants left the label after its release.

Trivia[editar]

  • "I Can Hear You" was recorded at the Edison Laboratory on a wax cylinder phonograph without the use of electricity.
  • "New York City" is a cover of a song by the band cub.
  • "James K. Polk" is a song about James Knox Polk, the 11th President of the United States. A sparser, drum machine driven version had previously popped up on the Istanbul (Not Constantinople) EP (1990).
  • The hidden track (Track 0) on the CD entitled "Token Back to Brooklyn" is accessible by rewinding from the beginning of Track 1 ("S-E-X-X-Y"), and is not playable on all CD players. It can, however, also be heard on the rarities compilation They Got Lost along with the Internet-only album Long Tall Weekend.
  • Much to the disdain of the Johns, a cassette version of the album that claimed to be a "promotional item" from Elektra was leaked by an unknown source. Along with every song from the standard release (including "Token Back To Brooklyn"), this version also included versions of "On The Drag" and "Older" that have not reappeared on an official release, as well as "SenSurround" (the single version), "Counterfeit Faker", "Certain People I Could Name", "Unforgotten", "Reprehensible", "They Got Lost", and "Rat Patrol". All of these tracks were rejects from the Factory Showroom sessions, and were either released on the S-E-X-X-Y EP or the 1999 album Long Tall Weekend.

Lista de Temas[editar]

All songs by They Might Be Giants unless otherwise noted.

    *"Token Back to Brooklyn" – 0:52
    • A hidden track (see Song notes above)
  1. "S-E-X-X-Y" – 3:51
  2. "Till My Head Falls Off" – 2:53
  3. "How Can I Sing Like a Girl?" – 4:32
  4. "Exquisite Dead Guy" – 2:02
  5. "Metal Detector" – 3:50
  6. "New York City" (Robynn Iwata, Lisa Marr, Lisa Nielsen) – 3:02
  7. "Your Own Worst Enemy" – 1:45
  8. "XTC vs. Adam Ant" – 3:37
  9. "Spiraling Shape" – 4:24
  10. "James K. Polk" (Matthew Hill, They Might Be Giants) – 3:04
  11. "Pet Name" – 4:04
  12. "I Can Hear You" – 1:57
  13. "The Bells Are Ringing" – 3:32

Long Tall Weekend[editar]

Long Tall Weekend
Álbum de They Might Be Giants
Publicación 19 de Julio de 1999
Grabación 1996 - 1999
Género(s) Rock Alternativo
Duración 34:31
Discográfica eMusic
Productor(es) Pat Dillet, They Might Be Giants
Calificaciones profesionales
Cronología de They Might Be Giants
Factory Showroom 1996 Pan con queso/Sandbox/TMBG/Discos Mink Car
2001


Long Tall Weekend is a downloadable album released by They Might Be Giants in 1999. It was released exclusively on-line through eMusic (see 1999 in music). It was the first major full-length album released exclusively on the Internet by an established major label band. [1] Many of these songs were outtakes from the Factory Showroom sessions. There were some copies of an actual Long Tall Weekend CD released at certain concerts, as well as some released to certain stores for promotional use.

Song notes[editar]

  • "Older" was re-recorded for They Might Be Giant's next album, Mink Car (2001)
  • "Edison Museum" was re-released on No! (2002)
  • "Rat Patrol", "Token Back to Brooklyn", "Reprehensible", "Certain People I Could Name" and "They Got Lost" later appeared on the rarities compilation album They Got Lost (2002)
  • "Token Back To Brooklyn" also previously appeared as a hidden track on the CD version of Factory Showroom (1996)
  • A live version of "They Got Lost" had been previously released on Severe Tire Damage (1998)
  • "On Earth My Nina" is a backwards version of the song "Thunderbird", which wouldn't get an official release until The Spine (2004). However, it isn't the actual song reversed; it is John Linnell singing what he heard when he reversed the song.

Lista de Temas[editar]

  1. "Drinking" – 1:36
  2. "(She Thinks She's) Edith Head" – 2:33
  3. "Maybe I Know" – 2:07
  4. "Rat Patrol" – 2:07
  5. "Token Back to Brooklyn" - 1:04
  6. "Older" - 1:57
  7. "Operators are Standing By" – 1:24
  8. "Dark And Metric" – 1:44
  9. "Reprehensible" – 3:20
  10. "Certain People I Could Name" – 3:33
  11. "Counterfeit Faker" – 2:15
  12. "They Got Lost" – 4:42
  13. "Lullaby To Nightmares" – 2:31
  14. "On Earth My Nina" – 1:27
  15. "The Edison Museum" – 2:00

Mink Car[editar]

Mink Car
Álbum de They Might Be Giants
Publicación 11 De Septiembre de 2001
Grabación 2001 (?)
Género(s) Rock Alternativo
Duración 46:29
Discográfica Restless Records
Productor(es) Pat Dillet
Calificaciones profesionales
Cronología de They Might Be Giants
Long Tall Weekend 1999 Pan con queso/Sandbox/TMBG/Discos No!
2002


Mink Car es el octavo Album de estudio de They Might Be Giants, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music) on Restless Records.

One of the band's most eclectic efforts, its variety reflects its recording process: it was put together in a number of different studios, with a number of different producers, around the country as the band toured between 1999 and 2001.

It runs the gamut from pure power-pop ("Bangs", "Finished With Lies") to dance music ("Man, It's So Loud In Here"), and even soft romantic ballads ("Another First Kiss"). Its cover of the Georgie Fame oldie "Yeh Yeh" was featured in a Chrysler commercial.

Lista de Temas[editar]

  1. "Cyclops Rock" - 2:38
  2. "Bangs" - 3:14
  3. "Man, It's So Loud In Here" – 3:59
  4. "Mr. Xcitement" – 3:36 (with Mike Doughty)
  5. "Another First Kiss" – 3:06
  6. "I've Got A Fang" – 2:32
  7. "Hovering Sombrero" – 2:13
  8. "Yeh Yeh" – 2:40 (a cover)
  9. "Hopeless Bleak Despair"– 2:55
  10. "Drink!" – 1:49
  11. "My Man" – 2:57
  12. "Older" – 1:58
  13. "Mink Car" – 2:09
  14. "Wicked Little Critta" – 2:11
  15. "Finished With Lies" – 3:18
  16. "(She Thinks She's) Edith Head" – 2:37
  17. "Working Undercover For The Man" – 2:28

Edición Británica[editar]

  1. "Man, It's So Loud In Here" - 3:59
  2. "Boss Of Me" - 2:57
  3. "Cyclops Rock" - 2:38
  4. "Another First Kiss" - 3:06
  5. "Bangs" - 3:09
  6. "My Man" - 2:57
  7. "Drink!" - 1:49
  8. "Your Mom's Alright" - 2:59 (with Mike Doughty)
  9. "Hovering Sombrero" - 2:13
  10. "Yeh Yeh" - 2:40
  11. "I've Got A Fang" - 2:32
  12. "Mink Car" - 2:09
  13. "Hopeless Bleak Despair" - 3:08
  14. "Older" - 1:58

No![editar]

No!
Álbum de They Might Be Giants
Publicación 11 De Junio de 2002
Grabación 1999 - 2002
Género(s) Musica para niños
Duración 33:50
Discográfica Ildewild
Productor(es) They Might Be Giants
Calificaciones profesionales
Cronología de They Might Be Giants
Mink Car 2001 Pan con queso/Sandbox/TMBG/Discos The Spine
2004


No! is the ninth studio album by the alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released in 2002 on Rounder Records. It is their first album of children's music.

Retaining the eclecticism, humor and psychedelic sensibilities of their adult work, the lyrical stylings are decidedly different: the darker themes of death and depression have been replaced with songs extolling the virtues of imagination, taste buds and sleep. However, it is described on the back of the CD as TMBG's first album "for the entire family," and many songs appeal to older audiences unlike those by most mainstream children's music artists such as Raffi. The album contains a cover of Vic Mizzy's safety song "In the Middle, In the Middle, In the Middle" sung by Robin Goldwasser.

No! was released as an enhanced CD; while it plays normally in any CD audio player, it features a CD-ROM portion as well, providing the listener with flash animations and interactive games on a personal computer.

Lista de Temas[editar]

All songs by They Might Be Giants unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Fibber Island" – 2:10
  2. "Four of Two" – 2:18
  3. "Robot Parade" – 1:22
  4. "No!" – 1:30
  5. "Where Do They Make Balloons?" – 2:41 (Danny Weinkauf)
  6. "In the Middle, In the Middle, In the Middle" – 1:16 (Vic Mizzy)
  7. "Violin" – 2:26
  8. "John Lee Supertaster" – 2:01
  9. "The Edison Museum" – 2:02
  10. "The House at the Top of the Tree" – 2:31
  11. "Clap Your Hands" – 1:22
  12. "I Am Not Your Broom" – 1:04
  13. "Wake Up Call" – 1:10
  14. "I Am a Grocery Bag" – 0:35
  15. "Lazyhead and Sleepybones" – 3:28
  16. "Bed Bed Bed" – 3:12
  17. "Sleepwalkers" – 2:42

The Enhanced CD portion of the CD contains a hidden track honoring Chopping Block, the designers of the enhanced CD and tmbg.com, one of the band's websites.

The Spine[editar]

The Spine
Álbum de They Might Be Giants
Publicación 5 De Julio de 2004
Género(s) Rock
Duración 35:53
Discográfica Ildewild/Zoë
Productor(es) Pat Dillet
Calificaciones profesionales
Cronología de They Might Be Giants
No! 2002 Pan con queso/Sandbox/TMBG/Discos Here Comes The ABCs
2005


The Spine is the tenth full-length studio album by They Might Be Giants. The album was released on July 5, 2004 in the UK, and July 13 in the U.S..

It was released at the same time as a companion EP, The Spine Surfs Alone. It was preceded by the Indestructible Object EP, which featured two tracks that appear on The Spine. Some tracks were available pre-release on Dial-A-Song.

Videos Musicales[editar]

Lista de Temas[editar]

All songs by They Might Be Giants unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Experimental Film" – 2:56
  2. "Spine" – 0:33
  3. "Memo to Human Resources" – 2:02
  4. "Wearing a Raincoat" – 3:10
  5. "Prevenge" – 2:44
  6. "Thunderbird" – 2:38
  7. "Bastard Wants to Hit Me" – 2:14
  8. "The World Before Later On" – 1:52
  9. "Museum of Idiots" – 3:02
  10. "It's Kickin' In" – 2:01
  11. "Spines" – 0:30
  12. "Au Contraire" – 2:26
  13. "Damn Good Times" (Marty Beller, Dan Miller, They Might Be Giants) – 2:38
  14. "Broke in Two" – 2:59
  15. "Stalk of Wheat" – 1:27
  16. "I Can't Hide From My Mind" – 2:43
  17. "Renew My Subscription"
    • An iTunes exclusive bonus track

Enlaces externos[editar]

Here Comes the ABCs[editar]

Here comes the ABC's
Álbum de They Might Be Giants
Publicación 15 De Febrero de 2005(CD)
25 De Octubre de 2005 (CD/DVD)
Género(s) Children's Music
Duración 57:57
Discográfica Ildewild/Walt Disney
Productor(es) David Agnew
Calificaciones profesionales
Cronología de They Might Be Giants
The Spine 2004 Pan con queso/Sandbox/TMBG/Discos The Else
2007


Here Come the ABCs is a 2005 DVD and audio CD release by They Might Be Giants, aimed at young children learning the alphabet. The CD and DVD were originally released separately, but since have been released together as a combo.

While it was produced and released by Walt Disney Records, the band was reportedly given complete creative control over the project. As a result, the DVD features a variety of puppetry, animation and live action supplied by personal friends of the group, including AJ Schnack, who directed the TMBG documentary Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns). For guest vocals on a few tracks, they turned to family: John Flansburgh's wife Robin Goldwasser, and John Linnell's son, Henry. The music videos that appear on the DVD were also aired (in part or whole) on the Disney Channel's children's programming block, Playhouse Disney.

Here Come the ABCs was a great success for They Might Be Giants, being certified Gold (sales over 500,000) in 2005, and is the second-highest selling They Might Be Giants album of all time, behind Flood. The album reached #1 on Billboard’s Children’s Music charts, won Parenting Magazine’s Children’s DVD of the Year Award and two National Parenting Publications Awards (NAAPA) [2]. In addition, Amazon.com called it "the best Children's Music album of 2005" and the 13th best overall album of 2005. [3] A follow-up, Here Come the 123s, was released in 2008.

"Can You Find It?" was featured on the soundtrack to the movie Wordplay.

While the audio-only release is considered to be They Might Be Giants eleventh studio album, some of the songs make little sense without their visual accompaniment.

Lista de Temas[editar]

CD[editar]

All songs by They Might Be Giants unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Here Come the ABCs" – 3:23
  2. "Alphabet of Nations" – 1:26
  3. "E Eats Everything" – 2:43
  4. "Flying V" – 2:07
  5. "Q U" – 1:09
  6. "Go for G!" – 1:14
  7. "Pictures of Pandas Painting" – 2:07
  8. "D & W" – 1:37
  9. "Fake-Believe" – 1:51
  10. "Can You Find It?" – 2:55
  11. "The Vowel Family" – 1:59
  12. "Letter/Not a Letter" – 1:08
  13. "Alphabet Lost and Found (Marty Beller) – 2:49
  14. "I C U" – 1:49
  15. "Letter Shapes" – 2:55
  16. "Who Put the Alphabet in Alphabetical Order?" – 4:59
  17. "Rolling O" – 1:26
  18. "L M N O" – 1:43
  19. "C Is for Conifers" – 6:54
  20. "Fake-Believe (Type B)" – 1:56
  21. "D Is for Drums" – 2:26
  22. "Z Y X" – 1:21
  23. "Goodnight My Friends" – 1:40
  24. "Clap Your Hands" – 1:21
    • Listed as a bonus track
  25. "Here in Higglytown (Theme to Playhouse Disney's Higglytown Heroes)" (Dan Miller, They Might Be Giants) – 3:30
    • Listed as a bonus track

DVD[editar]

  1. "Here Come The ABCs"
  2. "Alphabet Of Nations"
  3. "E Eats Everything"
  4. "Flying V"
  5. "I Am A Robot"
  6. "Q U"
  7. "Go For G!"
  8. "Pictures Of Pandas Painting"
  9. "D & W"
  10. "Fake-Believe"
  11. "Can You Find It?"
  12. Introducing The Vowel Family
  13. "The Vowel Family"
  14. "A To Z"
  15. "Letter / Not a Letter"
  16. "Letter Shapes"
  17. "Alphabet Lost And Found"
  18. "I C U"
  19. "I Am A Robot (Type B)"
  20. John And John Introduce...
  21. "Who Put The Alphabet In Alphabetical Order?"
  22. "Rolling O"
  23. "L M N O"
  24. Introducing C Is for Conifers
  25. "C Is For Conifers"
  26. "Fake-Believe (Type B)"
  27. "A To Z (Type B)"
  28. "D Is For Drums"
  29. "Introducing ZYX"
  30. "Z Y X"
  31. "Goodnight My Friends"
  32. "Here Come The ABCs'
  33. Introducing The Bonus Tracks
  34. "Clap Your Hands"
  35. "Here in Higglytown (Theme to Playhouse Disney's Higglytown Heroes)"

Enlaces externos[editar]

The Else[editar]

The Else
Álbum de They Might Be Giants
Publicación 15 De Mayo de 2007(iTunes)
, 10 De Julio de 2007 (CD), 11 De Septiembre de 2007(LP)
Grabación 2006 - 2007
Género(s) Rock Alternativo
Duración 38:12
Discográfica Ildewild
Productor(es) The Dust Brothers
Pat Dillett
They Might Be Giants
Calificaciones profesionales
Cronología de They Might Be Giants
Here Comes The ABCs 2005 Pan con queso/Sandbox/TMBG/Discos Here Comes The 123s
2008


The Else is the twelfth studio album by rock duo They Might Be Giants, released by Idlewild Records in 2007. The album was produced in part by The Dust Brothers, along with Pat Dillett and the band.

The Else was given an experimental release schedule, first available for download through the iTunes Store on May 15, 2007. The CD version was released in stores on July 10, 2007, accompanied by a full-length bonus disc of rare material[3]​ (on the initial print runs, to be sold separately in the future [4]​). On September 11, 2007, the band released a gatefold vinyl LP of the album.

A video, created by Mizushima Hine, for "With The Dark" was released on the band's YouTube page on June 7, 2007. Two more videos, for "The Shadow Government" and "I'm Impressed" were also later released. A full-length video for "The Mesopotamians" was released on Stereogum.com on October 2.

Lista de Temas[editar]

  1. "I'm Impressed" – 2:39
  2. "Take Out the Trash" – 3:14
  3. "Upside Down Frown" – 2:17
  4. "Climbing the Walls" – 3:15
  5. "Careful What You Pack" – 2:40
  6. "The Cap'm" – 3:11
  7. "With The Dark" – 3:17
  8. "The Shadow Government" – 2:37
  9. "Bee of the Bird of the Moth" – 3:31
  10. "Withered Hope" – 2:54
  11. "Contrecoup" – 3:11
  12. "Feign Amnesia" – 2:29
  13. "The Mesopotamians" – 2:57

Cast Your Pod to the Wind (Disco Bonus)[editar]

  1. "Put Your Hand on the Computer"
  2. "I'm Your Boyfriend Now"
  3. "Why Did You Grow a Beard?"
  4. "We Live in a Dump"
  5. "Brain Problem Situation"
  6. "Sketchy Galore"
  7. "Microphone"
  8. "Vestibule"
  9. "Greasy Kid Stuff"
  10. "Metal Detector (Live)"
  11. "Employee of the Month"
  12. "Homunculus"
  13. "No Plan B (Live)"
  14. "Morgan in the Morning"
  15. "Kendra McCormick"
  16. "Yeah, the Deranged Millionaire"
  17. "My Other Phone Is a Boom Car"
  18. "I Hear a New World"
  19. "(She Was a) Hotel Detective in the Future"
  20. "Haunted Floating Eye"
  21. "Scott Bower"
  22. "The Mexican Drill"
  23. "Cast Your Pod to the Wind"

Recepción[editar]

Within a day of its initial release on iTunes, the album reached #1 on the US iTunes Alternative Albums charts [5]​ and eventually reached #9 on the overall charts.[6]​

Referencias[editar]

  1. ↑ westnet.com
  2. ↑ popculturecorn.com
  3. ↑ Jonathan Cohen. «They Might Be Giants Plot July For Next Disc». Billboard.com. Consultado el 13 de abril de 2007. 
  4. ↑ MySpace Bulletin - 2007/07/12. TMBW.net Accessed 20 July 2007.
  5. ↑ «iTunes Store Top 10 Alternative Albums». Consultado el 17 de mayo de 2007. 
  6. ↑ «Top Digital Albums». Consultado el 15 de julio de 2007. 

Enlaces externos[editar]

Here Comes the 123s[editar]

Here Comes the 123s
Álbum de They Might Be Giants
Publicación 5 De Febrero de 2008
Grabación 2006 - 2007
Género(s) Música para niños
Duración 44:33
Discográfica Ildewild/Walt Disney
Productor(es) Pat Dillett
They Might Be Giants
Calificaciones profesionales
Cronología de They Might Be Giants
The Else 2007 Pan con queso/Sandbox/TMBG/Discos Here Comes Science
2009

Here Come the 123s is the Grammy-award winning thirteenth studio album by They Might Be Giants. It is the sequel to the group's 2005 album Here Come the ABCs. The songs are edutainment music aimed at kids, this time dealing with numbers. Like ABCs, there is a CD and DVD.[1]​ It was initially set to be released on October 2, 2007, but was pushed back to February 5, 2008.

Lista de Temas[editar]

  1. "Here Come the 123s" – 0:08
  2. "Zeroes" – 1:06
  3. "One Everything" – 2:52
  4. "Number Two" – 2:19
  5. "Triops Has Three Eyes" – 2:35
  6. "Apartment Four" – 1:21
  7. "High Five!" – 2:23
  8. "The Secret Life of Six" – 2:01
  9. "Seven" – 2:09
  10. "Seven Days of the Week (I Never Go To Work)" (featuring Mark Pender on trumpet) – 1:54
  11. "Figure Eight" – 2:36
  12. "Pirate Girls Nine" – 1:21
  13. "Nine Bowls of Soup" – 2:12
  14. "Ten Mississippi" – 0:51
  15. "One Dozen Monkeys" – 1:34
  16. "Eight Hundred and Thirteen Mile Car Trip" – 0:57
  17. "Infinity" – 3:13
  18. "I Can Add" – 2:04
  19. "Nonagon" – 1:23
  20. "Even Numbers" – 2:35
  21. "Ooh La! Ooh La!" – 1:56
  22. "Heart of the Band" – 1:39
  23. "Hot Dog!" – 2:29
  24. "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme" – 0:57
  25. "One Two Three Four" (Amazon Bonus Track) – 1:11
  26. "John Lee Supertaster (Live)" (Amazon Bonus Track) – 3:09
  27. "Bed, Bed, Bed (Live)" (Amazon Bonus Track) – 2:13

DVD[editar]

  1. "Here Come the 123s"
  2. "The Zeroes"
  3. "One Everything"
  4. "Number Two"
  5. "Triops Has Three Eyes"
  6. "Apartment Four"
  7. "High Five!"
  8. "The Secret Life of Six"
  9. "Seven"
  10. "Seven Days of the Week (I Never Go To Work)"
  11. "Figure Eight"
  12. "Pirate Girls Nine"
  13. "Nine Bowls of Soup"
  14. "Ten Mississippi"
  15. "One Dozen Monkeys"
  16. "Eight Hundred and Thirteen Mile Car Trip"
  17. "I Can Add"
  18. "Nonagon"
  19. "Even Numbers"
  20. "Ooh La! Ooh La!"
  21. "Heart Of the Band"
  22. "Hot Dog!"
  23. "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme"
  24. "One Two Three Four" (Amazon Bonus Track)

Recepcion[editar]

Soon after its release, the album rose to the #1 position in the Amazon.com Children's Music Bestsellers, and even rose into the top 10 overall music bestsellers on the site. The album won a Grammy Award in 2009 for "Best Musical Album For Children".[2]​

Referencias[editar]

  1. ↑ Jonathan Cohen. «They Might Be Giants Prep New Kids DVD». Billboard.com. Consultado el 30 de abril de 2007. 
  2. ↑ 51st Annual Grammy Awards Nominations List

Here Comes Science[editar]

Here Comes Science
Álbum de They Might Be Giants
Publicación 1 de Septiembre de 2009
Género(s) Música para niños
Duración 39:46
Discográfica Ildewild/Walt Disney
Calificaciones profesionales
Cronología de They Might Be Giants
Here Comes the 123s 2008 Pan con queso/Sandbox/TMBG/Discos -
Pan con queso/Sandbox/TMBG/Discos

Here Comes Science is a children's DVD/CD set from They Might Be Giants, and is the third in their line of educational albums, following 2005's Here Come The ABCs and 2008's Here Come The 123s. It is the band's fourteenth studio album and fourth children's album.

The band began hinting that the next children's album would be science-themed via interviews around the release of 123s, but the actual title of the album was not confirmed until an August 2008 interview with John Flansburgh for Blogcritics Magazine. After the album had been completed, TMBG remarked in the June 19 newsletter that some of the scientific subjects definitely included on the album would be "the periodic table, photosynthesis, the color spectrum, the scientific method, [and] paleontology."

The album had been in production since at least late 2007, as a short sample clip for a music video from the album—"Planets"—was posted in January 2008 to Colourmovie's website. The band also hired a scientific consultant for this project because, as Flansburgh admitted, "frankly, I was a terrible science student in high school. My last memory of the periodic table was right before I lost consciousness." [1]​

Lista de Temas[editar]

  1. "Science is Real"
  2. "Meet the Elements"
  3. "I Am A Paleontologist (Danny Weinkauf)
  4. "The Bloodmobile" - 2:22 (featuring Robin Goldwasser)
  5. "Electric Car" - 3:23 (featuring Robin Goldwasser)
  6. "My Brother The Ape"
  7. "What is a Shooting Star" - 1:38 (Hy Zaret and Lou Singer)
  8. "How Many Planets?"
  9. "Why Does The Sun Shine?"(Hy Zaret and Lou Singer)
  10. "Why Does The Sun Really Shine?"
  11. "Roy G. Biv"
  12. "Put It To The Test"
  13. "Photosynthesis"
  14. "Cells"
  15. "Speed And Velocity" (Marty Beller)
  16. "Computer Assisted Design"
  17. "Solid Liquid Gas"
  18. "Here Comes Science"
  19. "The Ballad Of Davy Crockett (In Outer Space)" - 2:13

All songs by They Might Be Giants, except as indicated.

DVD[editar]

Referencias[editar]

  1. ↑ http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2008/112008/11272008/427729/index_html?page=1
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