Here Come the ABCs

by They Might Be Giants

Here Come the ABCs cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 15 February 2005
  • Label: Disney Sound
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:59
  • Community rating: 3.15/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: UE Nastasi, David Agnew, Patrick Dillett, Henry Linnell, Melissa Jun, Mark Pender, Colourmovie, High Road Touring, Jamie Lincoln Kitman, Desi Tomaselli, Dan Levine, Frank Riley

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Applying their trademark quirky geek rock sensibilities to an educational framework, 'Here Come the ABCs' is a highly eclectic concept album aimed at younger audiences. The band masterfully employs complex wordplay and playful indietronica within deeply melodic pop rock structures. It successfully demonstrated that children's music could be both intellectually stimulating and musically rich.

Genres

Descriptors: Educational, wordplay, melodic, educational, conceptual

Tracklist

  1. Here Come the ABCs (0:11)
  2. Alphabet of Nations (1:26)
  3. E Eats Everything (2:43)
  4. Flying V (1:34)
  5. Q U (1:09)
  6. Go for G! (1:14)
  7. Pictures of Pandas Painting (2:07)
  8. D & W (1:37)
  9. Fake-Believe (1:51)
  10. Can You Find It? (2:55)
  11. The Vowel Family (1:59)
  12. Letter / Not a Letter (1:08)
  13. Alphabet Lost and Found (2:49)
  14. I C U (1:49)
  15. Letter Shapes (1:22)
  16. Who Put the Alphabet in Alphabetical Order? (1:45)
  17. Rolling O (1:26)
  18. L M N O (1:43)
  19. C Is for Conifers (2:37)
  20. Fake-Believe (Type B) (1:56)
  21. D Is for Drums (2:21)
  22. Z Y X (1:21)
  23. Goodnight My Friends (0:25)
  24. Clap Your Hands (1:21)
  25. Here in Higglytown (Theme to Playhouse Disney's Higglytown Heroes) (0:58)

Credits

  • Anaheed Alani - edited by [copyediting]
  • Rolf Conant - logo
  • Sam Potts - logo
  • Danny Weinkauf - performer [and they have been joined by], bass
  • Marty Beller - performer [and they have been joined by], drums, vocals, written-by
  • Dan Miller - performer [and they have been joined by], guitar, written-by
  • John Flansburgh - performer [they might be giants are]
  • John Linnell - performer [they might be giants are]
  • Frank Riley - booking
  • High Road Touring - booking
  • Melissa Jun - design
  • David Agnew - executive-producer
  • Jamie Lincoln Kitman - management
  • UE Nastasi - mastered by
  • Colourmovie - illustration
  • Inc. - management

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