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Here Come The ABCs (CD)

By: They Might Be Giants (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Here Come The ABCs (CD) Album By They Might Be Giants (Artist)
1   Here Come The ABCs
2   Alphabet Of Nations
3   E Eats Everything
4   Flying V
5   Q U
6   Go For G!
7   Pictures Of Pandas Painting
8   D & W
9   Fake-Believe
10   Can You Find It?
11   Vowel Family, The
12   Letter/Not A Letter
13   Alphabet Lost And Found
14   I C U
15   Letter Shapes
16   Who Put The Alphabet In Alphabetical Order?
17   Rolling O
18   L M N O
19   C Is For Conifers
20   Fake-Believe (Type B)
21   D Is For Drums
22   Z Y X
23   Goodnight My Friends
24   Clap Your Hands
25   Here In Higglytown - (Theme To Disney Channel's Higglytown Heroes)
 

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Title Note

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.

They Might Be Giants: John Flansburgh, John Linnell.

Additional personnel: Marty Beller (vocals, drums); Robin Goldwasser, Henry Linelli, Desi Tomaselli (vocals); Dan Miller (guitar); Mark "Loveman" Pender (trumpet); Dan Levine (trombone, tuba); Pat Dillett (keyboards); Danny Weinkauf (bass guitar).

Recording information: Kampo Studios, New York, New York (2005); Skyline Studio, New York, New York (2005); Hello Studio, Brooklyn, New York (2005); Collier Brothers, Brooklyn, NY (2005).

Critics may laud They Might Be Giants' knack for ingenious pop hooks and nimble, brainy wordplay (and those things are certainly true), but another aspect of their appeal is that their music is so fun and goofy it can make the listener feel like a kid. It is no surprise then that Giants John Flansburgh and John Linnell are naturals at making recordings for children (see their excellent release NO!). HERE COME THE ABCS, released on Disney's label, bears all the giddy hallmarks of TMBG's best work.

As the title intimates, HERE COME THE ABCS is about the alphabet. The album-length conceit spins the 26 letters through the Johns' wacky imagination, anthropomorphizing them ("E Eats Everything"), using them to illustrate geography ("Alphabet of Nations"), and even pitting them against each other ("D & W"). As usual with the Giants, there are games galore ("Can You Find It?"), interesting philosophical questions ("Who Put the Alphabet in Alphabetical Order?"), and a kaleidoscope of musical styles, including Beatlesque psych-pop ("Pictures of Pandas Painting"), twangy country ("Fake-Believe"), and funky indie-rock (the aforementioned "E Eats Everything"). HERE COME THE ABCS is ingenious, weird, silly, and great fun for playful kids and adults.

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