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Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants (CD)

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DISC 1 for Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants (CD) Album By They Might Be Giants (Artist)
1   Birdhouse In Your Soul
2   Ana Ng
3   Don't Let's Start
4   Boss Of Me - (from "Malcolm In The Middle")
5   Older
6   Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
7   Doctor Worm
8   Guitar, The
9   Dr. Evil - (from "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged me")
10   New York City
11   Particle Man
12   Cyclops Rock
13   Minimum Wage
14   Man, It's So Loud In Here
15   We're The Replacements
16   Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun Is A Mass Of Incandescent Gas) - (live)
17   Your Racist Friend
18   Bangs
19   Snail Shell
20   Twisting
21   Another First Kiss
22   They'll Need A Crane
23   Statue Got Me High, The
24   Hotel Detective, (She Was A)
25   Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head
26   I Palindrome I
 
DISC 2 for Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants (CD) Album By They Might Be Giants (Artist)
1   She's An Angel
2   How Can I Sing Like A Girl?
3   James K. Polk
4   Meet James Ensor
5   Mammal
6   Pet Name
7   No!
8   I Can Hear You
9   Spider
10   I Should Be Allowed To Think
11   Fingertips
12   She's Actual Size - (previously unreleased, live)
13   Spy - (previously unreleased, live)
14   Stormy Pinkness - (previously unreleased, live)
15   Exquisite Dead Guy
16   Robot Parade - (Adult version)
17   Boat Of Car
18   S-E-X-X-Y
19   Number Three
20   End Of The Tour, The
21   They Might Be Giants
22   Hey Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal
23   Nightgown Of The Sullen Moon
24   Snowball In Hell
25   Purple Toupee
26   Cowtown
 
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Q (12/02, p.134) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Cheery music with a dark undertow....[A] 52-track treasure trove..."

Title Note

They Might Be Giants: John Flansburgh (vocals, guitar, keyboards); John Linnell (vocals, accordion, saxophone, keyboards).

Additional personnel includes: Peter Stampfel (vocals, banjo); Laura Cantrell, Robin "Goldie" Goldwasser, Margeret Seiler (vocals); Eric Schermerhorn (acoustic & electric guitars); Jay Sherman-Godfrey (acoustic guitar, slide guitar); Dan Miller, Lyle Workman (guitar): Mark Feldman (violin); Frank London, Charlie Splavida, Jim O'Connor (trumpet); Dan Levine (trombone); Kurt Hoffman (horns); Dan Weinkauf, Graham Maby, Tony Maimone (bass); Brian Doherty, Dan Hickey, Alan Bezozi (drums); Sue Hadjopoulos (congas, percussion); Luis Jardim (percussion).

Producers include: They Might Be Giants, Pat Dillet, Adam Schlesinger, Bill Krauss, Clive Langer.

Compilation producer: Gary Stewart.

Includes liner notes by Sarah Vowell.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

They Might Be Giants are quite possibly the quirkiest pop-hook mavens ever to employ the accordion and bass clarinet. They are also one of most educationally oriented bands on the planet. Even a cursory listen to DIAL-A-SONG, Rhino's twin-disc 2002 retrospective of John Flansburgh and John Linnell's music, will yield lessons on history ("James K. Polk"), biology ("Mammal"), astronomy ("Why Does the Sun Shine? [The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas]"), art ("Meet James Ensor"), morality ("Your Racist Friend"), and good rock bands ("We're the Replacements"). They also adroitly pose philosophical questions, such as "How Can I Sing Like a Girl?"

Flansburgh and Linnell garnered a cult following after their 1986 debut, and DIAL-A-SONG selects recordings from this period ("Don't Let's Start," "Boat of Car") and their subsequent and increasingly successful releases. The collection draws heavily from popular TMBG albums LINCOLN ("Ana Ng," "They'll Need a Crane") and FLOOD ("Birdhouse in Your Soul," "Istanbul [Not Constantinople]"), as well as their mid-'90s full-band recordings and beyond. The collection displays the Giants' consistently appealing absurdist sensibility and high level of tunesmithery, and the handsomely packaged set is an excellent overview of one of rock's most unusual and entertaining acts.

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