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Apollo 18 by: They Might Be Giants List Price: $11.98 CD-Charts Price: $10.99 You Save: $0.99 ( 8%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0075596125727 Label: Elektra / Wea Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Elektra / Wea Release Date: March 24, 1992 Studio: Elektra / Wea Sales Rank: 17205 MPN: 61257 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential recording: Genuinely clever, profoundly sophomoric -- this NYC duo carry on tweaking pop songcraft in fine Bonzo Dog Doo Dah tradition. "The Statue Got Me High" is the zippy standout; other winners include "Narrow Your Eyes," "Guitar" (a smarmy remake of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight") and the cut-and-paste dementia of the 21-part "Fingertips." --Jeff Bateman Amazon.com essential recording: Genuinely clever, profoundly sophomoric -- this NYC duo carry on tweaking pop songcraft in fine Bonzo Dog Doo Dah tradition. "The Statue Got Me High" is the zippy standout; other winners include "Narrow Your Eyes," "Guitar" (a smarmy remake of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight") and the cut-and-paste dementia of the 21-part "Fingertips." --Jeff Bateman Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Almost TOO ConsistentAnybody who's familiar with They Might Be Giants probably knows about the average duration of their songs. They pack two verses, a bridge, and a repeated chorus into two minutes or less on many occasions. However - even this gets to be a little bit boring when all of the songs generally feel the same, and it's not an entirely great same. This album was produced in that all of the music is very spacious and drenched in reverb; and though it can be a cool sound, it really isn't with those songs that are only a guitar, keyboard, and a drum machine (There are some songs on here with saxes and actual drums, but not for the most part...) But that's not to say the actual songs are bad. Most of them are catchy and fun and do ... Read More: Rating: - ...ah...memories......when I was younger my dad would play music that I would deem as...strange and weird...from awkward sounds of electronica...to this...but this really is something special... ...if you only know this band for their prestige of making TV theme tunes then you are only on one side of the dodecahedron shaped glass...this band has an experimental side like you wouldn't believe... ...sure there's simple songs like "the statue made me high" but they are still enjoyable and have very good hooks (not in the bad poppy way) but I want to spend the rest of this review reviewing the elusive FINGERTIPS!!! ...now this isn't just any kind of simple sound clips...I could probably remember every sound clip off fingertips ... Read More: Rating: - Help Me, I'm Stuck in 1992 (and Loving It)I recently discovered 4 Non Blondes "Bigger, Faster, Better, More!" from 1992 (check out my review in here for the backstory). Awhile before that I bought "Apollo 18" by They Might Be Giants. Other than the year of release and their being two of my current favorites there's not much in common between 4NB's melange of blues, folks and mostly rock and TMBG's pop absurdist lyrical extravaganza. TMBG cover some of their usual subjects--science with "Mammal" and "See the Constellation" and language with "I Palindrome I", and they include a clever cover of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" as "Guitar". But the highlight of the CD is Tracks 17-37; called "Fingertips" on the CD cover and lyrics sheet, but actually an amalgamation of 21 song fragments ... Read More: Rating:  - Everything is catching on fireThis cd is beyond belief. Beyond all known things. Beyond imagination of the imaginable imaginative. I have listened, and have found, that time and space are now a mystery to me. You MUST for your own health,safety,and sanity, purchase this beautiful display of words placed in no certain order. On a scale of one to ten, this cd is awesome. Rating:  - funny stuffThe only way to explain this c.d. is that it is like a strange adult version of children sing-a-longs. Pretty catchy with odd lyrics (such as; I walk along darkened cooridoors or turn around, theirs a skull there on the ground)my favorite one being either mammels or turn around. All and all this is a good c.d. for something completely different, and a good chuckle |
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