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The Else by: They Might Be Giants |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0601143111723 Label: Idlewild/Zoe Records Manufacturer: Idlewild/Zoe Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Idlewild/Zoe Records Release Date: July 10, 2007 Studio: Idlewild/Zoe Records Sales Rank: 23295 MPN: 431117 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: Japanese pressing of this full-length comes with three additional bonus tracks, 'Brain Problem Situation', 'We Live In A Dump', & 'I'm Your Boyfriend Now'. 3D. 2008. Amazon.com: Twenty years after their debut album introduced a well-read duo with a peculiar wit and a gift for contagious melodies, They Might Be Giants--a.k.a. John Linnell and John Flansburgh--still come across as exhilarating and spanking fresh as the theme song to Comedy Central's Daily Show. (Oh yeah, that's them, too.) Fresh off the Giants' second children's record (2005's Here Come the ABCs), the New York twosome began a production alliance with L.A.'s Dust Brothers that resulted in The Else, another collection that ranks with any in their memorable discography. From the fast-tempo opener "I'm Impressed" through the '60s pop edge of "The Mesopotamians," endearing hooks reel you in just far enough for the humorous, often oddball lyrics to bury you. But several times the implications in the lyrics are all too real, such as the love undertones of "Contrecoup" and "Take Out the Trash," an uncannily catchy dump-your-boyfriend song that suggests "Once you get him out, tell him not to come back again." Contradictions like these never bother to disrupt the sequencing, but rather drive home what we already know about They Might Be Giants: they already are. --Scott Holter Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - best TMBG album in a long timeThis album is amazing... fun, funny songs that rock. My favorites are the ultra-catchy "The Cap'm" and hilarious "The Mesopotamians" (check out the video on YouTube), but really the whole CD is amazing. Mine came with the bonus disc "cast your pod to the wind" which has some of my favorite tracks on it. If you're interested in this band, buy this CD! Rating: - They are still giantsAnother great album from the two John's. Accessible and with some great sing along choruses. It's great that I can keep enjoying them, I first bought Flood in 1990, since then i've bought nearly all the albums before and since.They've developed their sound and influenced many bands. Keep it up. Rating:  - I'll Use A Complicated Metaphor To Explain Something SimplePlotting the course and nature of They Might Be Giant's creative output is a lot like trying to map a vast river system. Over the past ten years or so their flow has been channelled through diverging tributaries. They do children's music, they do commercial music ("Malcolm in the Middle," "The Daily Show"), they do music for theater, and they play rock and roll as an impeccably entertaining live band. And while all of this can be read as one interconnected system when viewed from an aerial perspective, each tributary is navigated separately. The Else is basically the latest mile marker in the continuous stream their full lengths have been travelling since Factory Showroom. While The Else is at least as good as ... Read More: Rating: - Pass play guitar.This is the 12th album by They Might Be Giants (it says on the CD). It features their usual brand of catchy melodies and peculiar lyrics. Some of TMBG's later efforts (including this one) have met with disfavor with some longtime fans. But I find their new albums to be quite enjoyable, including this one. Rating: - Thrilling from start to finish"The Else" is probably the best TMBG album in a decade, and that's saying a lot when you're talking about one of the few active bands that makes an effort to be creative without sacrificing the quality of their music. All of the songs on the album are catchy enough that the listener shouldn't feel the need to hit the "skip" button, but a few of them turn out to be a little more daring and ambitious than standard pop songs usually are. So much pop music these days consists of a couple of bars of music set to a beat that lasts just a few seconds, and then the rest of the song repeats this theme without bothering to develop it any. In other words, so much music these days can be summarized in a few bars, and missing the rest of the ... Read More: |
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