Here Come the ABCs

Infobox Album
Name = Here Come the ABC's
Type = Studio album
Artist = They Might Be Giants


Released = February 15 2005 (CD)
October 25 2005 (CD/DVD)
Recorded =
Genre = Children's music
Length = 34:45
Label = Idlewild/Walt Disney
Producer = David Agnew
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2nduak3ksm3x link]
Last album = "Venue Songs"
(2004)
This album = "Here Come the ABCs"
(2005)
Next album = "A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants"
(2005)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = TMBG studio album
Type = Studio album
Last album = "The Spine"
(2004)
This album = "Here Come the ABCs"
(2005)
Next album = "The Else"
(2007)

"Here Come the ABCs" is a 2005 DVD and audio CD release by They Might Be Giants, aimed at young children learning the alphabet. The CD and DVD were originally released separately, but since have been released together as a combo.

While it was produced and released by Walt Disney Records, the band was reportedly given complete creative control over the project. As a result, the DVD features a variety of puppetry, animation and live action supplied by personal friends of the group, including AJ Schnack, who directed the TMBG documentary "Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)". For guest vocals on a few tracks, they turned to family: John Flansburgh's wife Robin Goldwasser, and John Linnell's son, Henry. The music videos that appear on the DVD were also aired (in part or whole) on the Disney Channel's children's programming block, Playhouse Disney.

"Here Come the ABCs" was a great success for They Might Be Giants, being certified Gold (sales over 500,000) in 2005, and is the second-highest selling They Might Be Giants album of all time, behind "Flood". The album reached #1 on Billboard’s Children’s Music charts, won
Parenting Magazine’s Children’s DVD of the Year Award and two National Parenting Publications Awards (NAAPA) [http://www.tmbg.com/temp_site/facts.htm] . In addition, Amazon.com called it "the best Children's Music album of 2005" and the 13th best overall album of 2005. [http://www.tmbw.net/wiki/index.php/Here_Come_the_ABCs%21] A follow-up of sorts, "Here Come the 123s", was released in 2008.

"Can You Find It?" was featured on the soundtrack to the movie "Wordplay".

While the audio-only release is considered to be They Might Be Giants eleventh studio album, some of the songs make little sense without their visual accompaniment.

Track listing

CD

All songs by They Might Be Giants unless otherwise noted.
# "Here Come the ABCs" – 0:11
# "Alphabet of Nations" – 1:26
# "E Eats Everything" – 2:43
# "Flying V" – 1:34
# "Q U" – 1:09
# "Go for G!" – 1:14
# "Pictures of Pandas Painting" – 2:07
# "D & W" – 1:37
# "Fake-Believe" – 1:51
# "Can You Find It?" – 2:55
# "The Vowel Family" – 1:59
# "Letter/Not a Letter" – 1:08
# "Alphabet Lost and Found (Marty Beller) – 2:49
# "I C U" – 1:49
# "Letter Shapes" – 1:22
# "Who Put the Alphabet in Alphabetical Order?" – 1:45
# "Rolling O" – 1:26
# "L M N O" – 1:43
# "C Is for Conifers" – 2:37
# "Fake-Believe (Type B)" – 1:56
# "D Is for Drums" – 2:21
# "Z Y X" – 1:21
# "Goodnight My Friends" – 0:25
# "Clap Your Hands" – 1:21
#*Listed as a bonus track
# "Here in Higglytown (Theme to Playhouse Disney's Higglytown Heroes)" (Dan Miller, They Might Be Giants) – 3:30
#*Listed as a bonus track

DVD

# "Here Come The ABCs"
# "Alphabet Of Nations"
# "E Eats Everything"
# "Flying V"
# "I Am A Robot"
# "Q U"
# "Go For G!"
# "Pictures Of Pandas Painting"
# "D & W"
# "Fake-Believe"
# "Can You Find It?"
# Introducing The Vowel Family
# "The Vowel Family"
# "A To Z"
# "Letter / Not a Letter"
# "Letter Shapes"
# "Alphabet Lost And Found"
# "I C U"
# "I Am A Robot (Type B)"
# John And John Introduce...
# "Who Put The Alphabet In Alphabetical Order?"
# "Rolling O"
# "L M N O"
# Introducing C Is for Conifers
# "C Is For Conifers"
# "Fake-Believe (Type B)"
# "A To Z (Type B)"
# "D Is For Drums"
# "Introducing ZYX"
# "Z Y X"
# "Goodnight My Friends"
# "Here Come The ABCs'
# Introducing The Bonus Tracks
# "Clap Your Hands"
# "Here in Higglytown (Theme to Playhouse Disney's Higglytown Heroes)"

Exclusive bonus tracks

Special editions with exclusive bonus tracks were produced for various outlets. Bonus tracks include:

* "Hovering Sombrero '05" on the Amazon.com CD
* "I Never Go To Work" on the Best Buy CD
* "Violin" and "Stalk of Wheat" on the Amazon.com DVD
* A CD/DVD combo has since been sold by Amazon.com which features all of the bonus tracks above, as well as "Robot Parade" and "Sleepwalkers" bonus videos on the DVD
* An iTunes single was released for "T-shirt" as a companion to "Here Come the ABCs"

External links

* [http://disney.go.com/disneyrecords/Song-Albums/theymightbegiants/ Disney Records site] for the album
* [http://www.theymightbegiants.com Official band-operated download site]
* [http://www.giantkid.net/ TMBG's site for kids]
* page at This Might Be A Wiki