They Might Be Giants - Flood

Artist:

They Might Be Giants

UPC:

075596090728

See Also:

Police (The) Primus

Description:

Producers: Alan Winstanley, They Might Be Giants, Clive Langer.
It is fair to say that listening to this, their second album, in one hit is a little hard on the ear. Individually, the pathos and humour these chaps manage to put into every song is admirable--very much like a `90s version of Tom Lehrer, but without the satire. The jokes are ironic rather than obvious. Their commercial success is of course due to the songs` accessibility, the most commercial being the wonderful "Birdhouse In Your Soul," a deserved hit single. The story of a back-stabbing office ogre is chronicled in the shape of "Someone Keeps Moving My Chair." Some tracks are clearly private jokes and pass by the listener, although self-interpretation can come into play.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Theme From Flood
2. Birdhouse in Your Soul
3. Lucky Ball and Chain
4. Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
5. Dead
6. Your Racist Friend
7. Particle Man
8. Twisting
9. We Want a Rock
10. Someone Keeps Moving My Chair
11. Hearing Aid
12. Minimum Wage
13. Letterbox
14. Whistling in the Dark
15. Hot Cha
16. Women and Men
17. Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love
18. They Might Be Giants
19. Road Movie to Berlin

Album Information

Release Date:

12/31/1989

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Alternative

Label:

Elektra

Catalog Number:

7559609072

Original Release Year:

1990

# of Discs:

1

SPARS Coding:

DAD

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

43 : 25

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