The Else

The Else

Infobox Album
Name = The Else
Type = Studio album
Artist = They Might Be Giants


Released = May 15 2007 (iTunes)
July 10 2007 (CD)
September 11 2007 (LP)
Recorded = 2006 – 2007
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 38:12
Label = Idlewild
Producer = The Dust Brothers
Pat Dillett
They Might Be Giants
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3bfpxz85ldje.html link]
*Alternative Press Rating|3.5|5
*IGN (8.5/10) [http://music.ign.com/articles/790/790611p1.html May 22, 2007]
*Music Box Rating|3|5 [http://www.musicbox-online.com/reviews-2007/theymightbegiants-else-07022007.html July 2, 2007]
*Pitchfork (5.3/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/44155-the-else July 13, 2007]
*Stylus (B+) [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/they-might-be-giants/the-else.htm July 6, 2007]

Last album = "Venue Songs DVD/CD"
(2005)
This album = "The Else"
(2007)
Next album = "Here Come the 123s"
(2008)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = TMBG studio album
Type = Studio album
Last album = "Here Come the ABCs"
(2005)
This album = "The Else"
(2007)
Next album = "Here Come the 123s
(2008)

"The Else" is the twelfth studio album by rock duo They Might Be Giants, released by Idlewild Records in 2007. The album was produced in part by The Dust Brothers, along with Pat Dillett and the band.

"The Else" was given an experimental release schedule, first available for download through the iTunes Store on May 15 2007. The CD version was released in stores on July 10 2007, accompanied by a full-length bonus disc of rare materialcite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003566645|title=They Might Be Giants Plot July For Next Disc|accessdate=2007-04-13|author=Jonathan Cohen|work= Billboard.com] (on the initial print runs, to be sold separately in the future [. "TMBW.net" Accessed 20 July 2007.] ). On September 11 2007, the band released a gatefold vinyl LP of the album.

A video, created by Mizushima Hine, for "With The Dark" was released on the band's YouTube page on June 7 2007. Two more videos, for "The Shadow Government" and "I'm Impressed" were also later released. A full-length video for "The Mesopotamians" was released on Stereogum.com on October 2.

Track listing

# "I'm Impressed" – 2:39
# "Take Out the Trash" – 3:14
# "Upside Down Frown" – 2:17
# "Climbing the Walls" – 3:15
# "Careful What You Pack" – 2:40
# "The Cap'm" – 3:11
# "With The Dark" – 3:17
# "The Shadow Government" – 2:37
# "Bee of the Bird of the Moth" – 3:31
# "Withered Hope" – 2:54
# "Contrecoup" – 3:11
# "Feign Amnesia" – 2:29
# "The Mesopotamians" – 2:57

"Cast Your Pod to the Wind" (bonus disc)

# "Put Your Hand on the Computer"
# "I'm Your Boyfriend Now"
# "Why Did You Grow a Beard?"
# "We Live in a Dump"
# "Brain Problem Situation"
# "Sketchy Galore"
# "Microphone"
# "Vestibule"
# "Greasy Kid Stuff"
# "Metal Detector (Live)"
# "Employee of the Month"
# "Homunculus"
# "No Plan B (Live)"
# "Morgan in the Morning"
# "Kendra McCormick"
# "Yeah, the Deranged Millionaire"
# "My Other Phone Is a Boom Car"
# "I Hear a New World"
# "(She Was a) Hotel Detective in the Future"
# "Haunted Floating Eye"
# "Scott Bower"
# "The Mexican Drill"
# "Cast Your Pod to the Wind"

Reception

Within a day of its initial release on iTunes, the album reached #1 on the US iTunes Alternative Albums charts [cite web|url=http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/charts/top10alternativealbums.html|title=iTunes Store Top 10 Alternative Albums|accessdate=2007-05-17] and eventually reached #9 on the overall charts. [cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=400&cfgn=Albums&cfn=Top+Digital+Albums&ci=3083941&cdi=9256291&cid=05%2F13%2F2007|title=Top Digital Albums|accessdate=2007-07-15]

References

External links

* page at This Might Be A Wiki
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rUbs33eboY With The Dark] video at TMBG YouTube page
* [http://www.spinner.com/2007/09/12/video-premiere-they-might-be-giants-the-shadow-government/ The Shadow Government] video
* [http://www.spin.com/video/2007/09/070914_theymightbegiants/ I'm Impressed] video


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