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- Date Released: January 1, 1986
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Label: TMB Productions / IODA
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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 head-spinning 19 songs in just over 45 minutes, running the gamut from the performance-art schtick of "Chess Piece Face" and "Youth Culture Killed My Dog" to the pure pop of "Don't Let's Start" and "Everything Right Is Wrong Again." While there are a lot of geeky jokes and barely developed ideas scattered throughout the album, the sheer kaleidoscopic array of styles is intoxicating, and it helps the best songs -- the Costello-esque "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head," the sighing "Hide Away Folk Family," the stomping "(She Was A) Hotel Detective," and the gorgeous "She's an Angel" -- stand out in sharp relief.
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Everything Right Is Wrong Again |
2:20 |
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| 02. | |
Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head |
2:13 |
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| 03. | |
Number Three |
1:28 |
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| 04. | |
Don't Let's Start |
2:36 |
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Hide Away Folk Family |
3:21 |
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| 06. | |
32 Footsteps |
1:36 |
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| 07. |
Toddler Hiway |
0:26 |
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| 08. | |
Rabid Child |
1:31 |
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| 09. | |
Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes |
2:00 |
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| 10. | |
(She Was A) Hotel Detective |
2:11 |
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| 11. | |
She's An Angel |
2:38 |
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| 12. | |
Youth Culture Killed My Dog |
2:51 |
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| 13. | |
Boat Of Car |
1:16 |
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| 14. | |
Absolutely Bill's Mood |
2:38 |
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| 15. | |
Chess Piece Face |
1:21 |
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| 16. | |
I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die |
1:59 |
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| 17. | |
Alienation's For The Rich |
2:26 |
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| 18. | |
The Day |
1:27 |
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| 19. | |
Rhythm Section Want Ad |
2:21 |
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19 Total Tracks, 38:39 Total Length
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Credits
- Eugene Chadbourne - Guitar // Eugene Chadbourne - Performer // They Might Be Giants - Main Performer // John Flansburgh - ? // John Linnell - ? // Al Houghton - Engineer // Bill Krauss - Producer // Bill Krauss - Engineer // Alex Noyes - Engineer // Matthew Hill - Executive Producer // Rodney Alan Greenblat - Cover Art
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