The Else

by They Might Be Giants

The Else cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Idlewild
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:18
  • Community rating: 3.36/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Patrick Dillett, Sharon Jones, Jim O'Conner, John Linnell, Marty Beller, Dan Miller, Stan Harrison, Lyle Workman, Mauro Refosco, The Dust Brothers, Danny Weinkauf, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, John Flansburgh, Dan Levine

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Co-produced by the Dust Brothers' John King, 'The Else' presented a notably punchier, more guitar-driven approach for quirky alternative veterans They Might Be Giants. The surprisingly pessimistic pop-rock record heavily explores themes of alienation and anxiety while retaining the band's signature eccentric melodicism.

Genres

Descriptors: alienation, eccentric, literate, witty, experimental

Tracklist

  1. I'm Impressed (2:39)
  2. Take Out The Trash (3:14)
  3. Upside Down Frown (2:17)
  4. Climbing The Walls (3:15)
  5. Careful What You Pack (2:40)
  6. The Cap'm (3:11)
  7. With The Dark (3:17)
  8. The Shadow Government (2:37)
  9. Bee Of The Bird Of The Moth (3:31)
  10. Withered Hope (2:54)
  11. Contrecoup (3:11)
  12. Feign Amnesia (2:29)
  13. The Mesopotamians (2:57)

Credits

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