Album Raises New and Troubling Questions
2011 compilation album by They Might Be Giants
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Released | October 28, 2011 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 40:54 | |||
Label | Idlewild Recordings | |||
Producer | Various | |||
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Album Raises New and Troubling Questions is a 2011 compilation album by the American alternative rock group They Might Be Giants. It is the second compilation released by the band through their own Idlewild Recordings. It includes several songs originally written for Join Us as well as other rarities. It was released online via iTunes and Amazon and limited run of CDs from the band's website.
The cover of "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba was recorded for The A.V. Club's Undercover series of videos. The song features AV Club writers on backing vocals.
The song "200 SBemails" was originally featured on the web series Homestar Runner.
In 2012, the album was included in the Humble Music Bundle.
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Source | Rating |
Consequence of Sound | C–[1] |
Robert Christgau | [2] |
Wired | (favorable)[3] |
SF Weekly | (favorable)[4] |
Track listing
- "O We" – 0:48
- "Authenticity Trip" – 2:22
- "You Probably Get That A Lot" (Elegant Too Remix) – 3:03
- "Marty Beller Mask" – 2:00
- "Now I Know" – 1:35
- "How Now Dark Cloud?" – 2:07
- "The Fellowship of Hell" – 2:10
- "Mountain Flowers" – 1:11
- "Doom Doom" – 1:12
- "Money for Dope" – 2:39
- "Read a Book" – 1:04
- "Havalina" – 2:37
- "Tubthumping" (feat. The Onion AV Club Choir) – 3:22
- "Electronic Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" – 2:49
- "Cloisonné" (Live) – 2:47
- "200 SBemails" – 0:42
- "Boat of Car" (feat. The Other Thing Brass Band) – 1:14
- "Mr. Me" (feat. The Other Thing Brass Band) – 2:00
- "Dirt Bike" (feat. The Other Thing Brass Band) – 3:07
- "Particle Man" (feat. The Other Thing Brass Band) – 2:07
References
- ^ Young, Alex (3 November 2011). "They Might Be Giants – Album Raises New and Troubling Questions". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Album Raises New and Troubling Questions". Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ Silver, Curtis (7 November 2011). "New They Might Be Giants Album Raises New and Troubling Questions". Wired. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ Garmon, Ron (22 December 2011). "Listen to This While High: They Might Be Giants' 'Album Raises New and Troubling Questions'". Shookdown. SF Weekly. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
External links
- Album Raises New and Troubling Questions at This Might Be A Wiki
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Children's albums |
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- Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) (1993)
- Back to Skull (1994)
- Working Undercover for the Man (2000)
- They Might Be Giants In... Holidayland (2001)
- Bed, Bed, Bed (2003)
- Indestructible Object (2004)
- The Spine Surfs Alone (2004)
- "Don't Let's Start"
- "(She Was A) Hotel Detective"
- "Ana Ng"
- "They'll Need a Crane"
- "Purple Toupee"
- "Birdhouse in Your Soul"
- "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"
- "The Statue Got Me High"
- "I Palindrome I"
- "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)"
- "O Tannenbaum"
- "Snail Shell"
- "S-E-X-X-Y"
- "Doctor Worm"
- "Boss of Me"
- "Man, It's So Loud in Here"
- "Experimental Film"
- "I'm Impressed"
- "Can't Keep Johnny Down"
- "You're on Fire"
- "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head"
- "Particle Man"
- "James K. Polk"
- Live!! New York City 10/14/94 (1994)
- Severe Tire Damage (1998)
- Live (1999)
- The Spine Hits the Road (2004)
- Almanac (2004)
- Venue Songs (2004)
- First Album Live! (2014)
- Flood Live in Australia (2015)
- Live in Brooklyn (2016)
- Don't Let's Start (1989)
- Miscellaneous T (1991)
- Then: The Earlier Years (1997)
- Best of the Early Years (1999)
- They Got Lost (2002)
- Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants (2002)
- A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants (2005)
- Venue Songs DVD/CD (2005)
- Album Raises New and Troubling Questions (2011)
- Idlewild (2014)
- Direct from Brooklyn (1999)
- Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) (2003)
- Here Come the ABCs (2005)
- Venue Songs DVD/CD (2005)
- Here Come the 123s (2008)
- Here Comes Science (2009)