- Long Tall Weekend
Infobox Album |
Name = Long Tall Weekend
Type = Studio album
Artist =They Might Be Giants
Released =July 19 ,1999
Recorded = 1996 – 1999
Genre =Alternative rock
Length = 34:31
Label =eMusic
Producer =Pat Dillett , They Might Be Giants
Reviews = *Allmusic : Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:svc1z82a3yvj link]
Last album = "Live"
(1999)
This album = "Long Tall Weekend"
(1999)
Next album = "What We Did This Summer "
(1999)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = TMBG studio album
Type = Studio album
Last album = "Factory Showroom "
(1996)
This album = "Long Tall Weekend"
(1999)
Next album = "Mink Car "
(2001)"Long Tall Weekend" is a downloadable album released by
They Might Be Giants in 1999. It was released exclusively on-line througheMusic (see1999 in music ). It was the first major full-length album released exclusively on the Internet by an established major label band. [http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release341.html] Many of these songs were outtakes from the "Factory Showroom " sessions. There were some copies of an actual "Long Tall Weekend" CD released at certain concerts, as well as some released to certain stores for promotional use.ong notes
*"(She Thinks She's) Edith Head" and "Older" were re-recorded for They Might Be Giant's next album, "
Mink Car " (2001)
*"Edison Museum" was re-released on "No! " (2002)
*"Rat Patrol", "Token Back to Brooklyn", "Reprehensible", "Certain People I Could Name" and "They Got Lost" later appeared on the rarities compilation album "They Got Lost " (2002)
*"Token Back To Brooklyn" also previously appeared as a hidden track on the CD version of "Factory Showroom " (1996)
*A live version of "They Got Lost" had been previously released on "Severe Tire Damage" (1998)
*"On Earth My Nina" is a backwards version of the song "Thunderbird", which wouldn't get an official release untilThe Spine . However, it isn't the actual song reversed, it is John Linnell singing what he heard when he reversed the song.Track listing
# "Drinking" – 1:36
# "(She Thinks She's) Edith Head" – 2:35
# "Maybe I Know" – 2:07
# "Rat Patrol" – 2:07
# "Token Back To Brooklyn" – 1:04
# "Older" – 1:59
# "Operators Are Standing By" – 1:28
# "Dark And Metric" – 1:44
# "Reprehensible" – 3:20
# "Certain People I Could Name" – 3:33
# "Counterfeit Faker" – 2:15
# "They Got Lost" – 4:42
# "Lullaby To Nightmares" – 2:31
# "On Earth My Nina" – 1:27
# "The Edison Museum" – 2:00External links
* at This Might Be A Wiki
* [http://www.emusic.com/album/10595/10595399.html "Long Tall Weekend" page] ateMusic , available for download with paid subscription
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