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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0018777260329 Label: Restless Records Manufacturer: Restless Records MPN: 72603 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Restless Records Release Date: July 01, 1993 Studio: Restless Records Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential recording: The self-titled debut from alternative music's favorite dork-rockers launched a career based on absurd lyrics planted in wildly diverse musical garden. Songs like "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head" and the New-Wavish tributary "Youth Culture Killed My Dog," are sung with an Andy Kaufman-like sensibility that leaves one questioning their sincerity. In contrast, the tune "Don't Let's Start" is relatively sweet and earnest. Musically, TMBG stray from the country honker "Number Three" to the glam-rocker "(She Was a) Hotel Detective," adapting accordion, fuzz-boxed guitar, and electric piano to suit their purposes. Perhaps the most subversive mockery of all is how TMBG write extremely catchy melodies that "serious" musicians would love to claim as their own. "His shoes are laced with irony" goes a line from "Hide Away Folk Family." That pretty much ties it up. --Beth Massa Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A classicLook, if You like TMBG and you don't have this one... just go ahead and buy it. It's classic. Rating: - Pure coffee-induced, nonsensical geniusIt is unfortunate that this album never gets as much recognition as, say, Flood or The Spine. Although those albums might be tighter or better orchestrated than this one, this one beautifully preserves the original motive and soul of their music. It's definitely not a good album to start out with if you're a beginning TMBG addict - er - fan (personally, I'd suggest The Spine, Factory Showroom or Mink Car) but it fills a conspicuous void if you've been listening to and loving them for a while. Other ... Read More Rating:  - Everyone dies frustrated and sad and that is beautiful.This, of course, was the first album by They Might Be Giants. It established their "formula" of short songs with catchy melodies and silly lyrics. It is somewhat overlooked today, because TMBG almost never play any of these songs in concert anymore. But it does feature a number of classic TMBG songs, like "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head", "Don't Let's Start" and "Hotel Detective". Some of the other songs don't quite hold up as well, but it's a solid first album that would lead to (arguably) ... Read More Rating: - THE FIRST AND THE BEST - A CLASSICBack in 1990 on the school bus - I saw that cartoony cover art from my friend's cassette tape and asked, "What the heck is that?" He let me borrow it that day and I've been a fan ever since. The opening of the album is what hooked me for life. John L's distinctive voice struck a nerve. Every song here is totally catchy, melodic, downright weird, and fun to sing along with. Got all the words to every song memorized. If you like a silly good time, you'll be susceptible to these ... Read More Rating: - The Best at the BeginningWith a completely different sound of later albums, TMBG's debut album contains lots of the classics (Don't Let's Start, Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head, She's an Angel), favorites (Everything Right Is Wrong Again, Nothing's Smelling Like a Rose, Rhythm Section Want Ad) and some bizarre They Might Be Giants tracks (Toddler Highway, Rabid Child). If you are a They Might Be Giants fan or a Geek Rock fan, you will not be disappointed with this CD. |
