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They Might Be Giants is the eponym
Eponym

An eponym is a person, whether real or fictitious, after whom a particular toponym, ethnonym, regnal year, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named....
ous first album from They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants is a Grammy Award-winning Music of the United States alternative rock band which began as a duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell, and currently also includes Marty Beller, Dan Miller , and Danny Weinkauf....
, also known as the "Pink Album". It was released in 1986
1986 in music

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The lyrics on the Pink Album feature the wry, humorous treatments of dark themes that would frequently reappear in They Might Be Giants' later work: death and mortality ("Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes", "I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die", "Youth Culture Killed My Dog"); obsession and delusion ("32 Footsteps", "Absolutely Bill's Mood"); working at a dispiriting, menial job ("Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head'), no job at all ("Alienation's For The Rich") or sometimes the just plain weird ("Chess Piece Face", "Rabid Child").






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They Might Be Giants is the eponym
Eponym

An eponym is a person, whether real or fictitious, after whom a particular toponym, ethnonym, regnal year, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named....
ous first album from They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants is a Grammy Award-winning Music of the United States alternative rock band which began as a duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell, and currently also includes Marty Beller, Dan Miller , and Danny Weinkauf....
, also known as the "Pink Album". It was released in 1986
1986 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1986....
.

The lyrics on the Pink Album feature the wry, humorous treatments of dark themes that would frequently reappear in They Might Be Giants' later work: death and mortality ("Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes", "I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die", "Youth Culture Killed My Dog"); obsession and delusion ("32 Footsteps", "Absolutely Bill's Mood"); working at a dispiriting, menial job ("Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head'), no job at all ("Alienation's For The Rich") or sometimes the just plain weird ("Chess Piece Face", "Rabid Child"). The music is spare, mostly uptempo synthesizer-and-guitar pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 punctuated with odd sound samples and occasionally veering into country
Country music

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- or folk
Folk music

Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including:* Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous with the term "Traditional music", also often including World Music and Roots music; the term "Traditional music" was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the other definition...
-like arrangements. "Rhythm Section Want Ad" comments on the perceived oddity of the group's style and then two-man roster, and features an excerpt from Raymond Scott
Raymond Scott

Raymond Scott , was an American composer, band leader, pianist, engineer, recording studio maverick, and electronic instrument inventor. He was born in Brooklyn, New York to a family of Russian-Jewish immigrants....
's composition, Powerhouse
Powerhouse (song)

?Powerhouse? is a 1937 instrumental musical composition by Raymond Scott, probably best known today as the iconic ?assembly line? music in Warner Bros....
. "Don't Let's Start
Don't Let's Start

"Don't Let's Start" is a They Might Be Giants song originally from the self-titled They Might Be Giants album. It was released as a single at this time....
" was the album's best-known song. "Boat of Car" prominently samples the Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash was a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Primarily a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll , as well as blues, folk music and Gospel music....
 song "Daddy Sang Bass."

Music videos were made for "Don't Let's Start", "Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head" and "(She Was A) Hotel Detective". A video was made for "Rabid Child" as well, but has never been released.

The album's cover art was designed by Rodney Greenblat
Rodney Greenblat

Rodney Alan Greenblat is an United States graphic artist known best in the United States for the visual style of the computer games PaRappa the Rapper and UmJammer Lammy, and in Japan for his comic ....
.

This album is included in Then: The Earlier Years
Then: The Earlier Years

Then: The Earlier Years is a double album by the band They Might Be Giants. It was released in 1997 . Then contains the album Lincoln in its entirety, the albums They Might Be Giants and Miscellaneous T which are each missing one track, a few otherwise unreleased songs from their 1985 Demo Tape and other songs previo...
, a compilation of the band's early material, in its entirety, except that it includes the single version of "Don't Let's Start" instead of the original album version.

LP track listing

All songs by They Might Be Giants (credited as Linnell
John Linnell

John Sidney Linnell , musician, is known primarily as one half of Brooklyn, New York alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants. In addition to singing and songwriting, he plays accordion, Baritone saxophone and bass saxophone, clarinet, and Keyboard instrument for the group....
/Flansburgh
John Flansburgh

John Conant Flansburgh is an actor and musician. He is half of the longstanding Brooklyn, New York-based alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants, for which he writes, sings and plays rhythm guitar....
).

Side one

  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
    Don't Let's Start

    "Don't Let's Start" is a They Might Be Giants song originally from the self-titled They Might Be Giants album. It was released as a single at this time....
    " – 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

Side two

  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


Personnel

  • John Flansburgh
    John Flansburgh

    John Conant Flansburgh is an actor and musician. He is half of the longstanding Brooklyn, New York-based alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants, for which he writes, sings and plays rhythm guitar....
  • John Linnell
    John Linnell

    John Sidney Linnell , musician, is known primarily as one half of Brooklyn, New York alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants. In addition to singing and songwriting, he plays accordion, Baritone saxophone and bass saxophone, clarinet, and Keyboard instrument for the group....
  • Margaret Seiler - Lead vocal on "Boat of Car"
  • Eugene Chadbourne
    Eugene Chadbourne

    Eugene Chadbourne is an United States improvisor, guitarist and banjoist. Highly eclectic and unconventional, Chadbourne's most formative influence is free jazz....
     - Phoned-in guitar on "Absolutely Bill's Mood"

External links

  • They Might Be Giants on This Might Be A Wiki