(PRESALE - SHIPS 11-28-25)

PINK-GREEN-YELLOW 180g VINYL

They Might Be Giants' eponymous debut album is a wild fusion of new wave pop and arty post-punk experiments borrowed from the New York underground. It runs through a head-spinning 19 songs in just over 45 minutes, running the gamut from the performance-art schtick of "Chess Piece Face" and "Youth Culture Killed My Dog" to the pure pop of "Don't Let's Start" and "Everything Right Is Wrong Again." While there are a lot of geeky jokes and barely developed ideas scattered throughout the album, the sheer kaleidoscopic array of styles is intoxicating, and it helps the best songs -- the Costello-esque "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head," the sighing "Hide Away Folk Family," the stomping "(She Was A) Hotel Detective," and the gorgeous "She's an Angel" -- stand out in sharp relief.

A1        Everything Right Is Wrong Again
A2        Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head
A3        Number Three
A4        Don't Let's Start
A5        Hideaway Folk Family
A6        32 Footsteps
A7        Toddler Hiway
A8        Rabid Child
A9        Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes
B1        (She Was A) Hotel Detective
B2        She's An Angel
B3        Youth Culture Killed My Dog
B4        Boat Of Car
B5        Absolutely Bill's Mood
B6        Chess Piece Face
B7        I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die
B8        Alienation's For The Rich
B9        The Day
B10        Rhythm Section Want Ad