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The Spine (CD)

By: They Might Be Giants (Artist)

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DISC 1 for The Spine (CD) Album By They Might Be Giants (Artist)
1   Experimental Film
2   Spine
3   Memo To Human Resources
4   Wearing A Raincoat
5   Prevenge
6   Thunderbird
7   Bastard Wants To Hit Me
8   World Before Later On, The
9   Museum Of Idiots
10   It's Kickin' In
11   Spines
12   Au Contraire
13   Damn Good Times
14   Broke In Two
15   Stalk Of Wheat
16   I Can't Hide From My Mind
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (p.116) - 3 stars out of 5 - "TMBG maintain their characteristic mix of playful absurdism and deeper melancholy in matured, two-minute marvels..."
Q (p.119) - 3 stars out of 5 - "It's packed with sweet, oft-piste songs..."
Uncut (p.97) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Lyrically, the territory they cover is still perversely eclectic..."
Magnet (p.108) - "The two Johns delight in offering a shiny surface replete with singalong hooks and crafty riffs, but their secret weapon has always been their depiction of common human fears and frailties."
CMJ (p.4) - "Hook-laden and rife with their patented clever lyrics, THE SPINE is classic They Might Be Giants: hard not to love, and will have everybody jumping."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.99) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]he tunes are agreeable enough, as is their unhinged wit."

Title Note

They Might Be Giants: John Flansburgh, John Linnell.

Additional personnel include: Dan Miller (guitar); Danny Wienkauf (bass instrument); Marty Beller (drums).

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

A new THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS release is somewhat akin to an issue of Mad Magazine with a bonus CD; wit, sarcasm, and satire abound, accompanied by all manner of sonic finery. Though Johns Flansburgh and Linnell are best known for the cartoonish, humor-filled aspect of their songs, there's often something deeper lurking below the surface. On THE SPINE, while there's as much quirky cleverness as on previous TMBG albums, there seems to be more of an emotional core to many of the tracks.

There's a palpable sense of disillusionment and dislocation at the heart of "Memo to Human Resources," brought home by a melancholy, Beatles-like structure. The post-New Wave power pop of "Broke in Two" strolls gingerly through the shards of a painful past. The protagonist of "I Can't Hide from My Mind" is engaged in the confusing process of finding his own center. Of course, there's plenty of jubilant absurdism in the grand Giants tradition, as well, but THE SPINE has more to offer those willing to listen closely for it.

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