I Like Fun
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Released | January 19, 2018 | |||
Recorded | April 2017 | |||
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Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 40:51 | |||
Label | Idlewild | |||
Producer | Pat Dillett, They Might Be Giants | |||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 74/100[1] |
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AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Paste | 8.9/10[3] |
I Like Fun is the twentieth studio album from New York City-based alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released on January 19, 2018.
Background
The band began recording on April 3, 2017,[4] at Reservoir Studios (former site of Skyline Studios),[5] using the same studio space the band used to record Flood.[6] In October 2017, the band confirmed the album was scheduled to be released on January 19, 2018, along with the return of their Dial-A-Song service.[7]
The album's track listing was revealed on October 23, alongside an early download of the track "I Left My Body".[8]
Release
Before the release of the full album, three songs—one with a music video—were uploaded to YouTube, with uploads to iTunes following shortly afterward. The songs were, in order of release, "I Left My Body",[9] "Last Wave" (December 1, 2017),[10] and "All Time What" (January 3, 2018), the latter of which featured a video.[11]
I Like Fun was available for pre-release streaming on January 11, 2018.[12] The album was released physically and digitally on January 19, 2018.[13]
After the release of the full album, as part of Dial-A-Song 2018, They Might Be Giants continued to release videos for all but three of the songs. A music video for the title track "I Like Fun" was created by Canadian artist Joren Cull.[14][15]
Track listing
All tracks are written by They Might Be Giants, except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Let's Get This Over With" | 3:07 | |
2. | "I Left My Body" | 2:36 | |
3. | "All Time What" | 2:29 | |
4. | "By the Time You Get This" | 2:17 | |
5. | "An Insult to the Fact Checkers" | 2:34 | |
6. | "Mrs. Bluebeard" | 2:43 | |
7. | "I Like Fun" | 3:00 | |
8. | "Push Back the Hands" | 3:00 | |
9. | "This Microphone" | 2:36 | |
10. | "The Bright Side" | 2:29 | |
11. | "When the Lights Come On" | 3:17 | |
12. | "Lake Monsters" | 2:56 | |
13. | "McCafferty's Bib" | 2:35 | |
14. | "The Greatest" | They Might Be Giants, Christopher Albert Anderson | 1:48 |
15. | "Last Wave" | 3:24 | |
Total length: | 40:51 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from CD liner notes.[16]
They Might Be Giants
- John Linnell – vocals, keyboards, woodwinds, etc.
- John Flansburgh – vocals, guitars, programming, etc.
Additional musicians
- Marty Beller – drums, percussion
- Danny Weinkauf – bass guitar
- Dan Miller – guitars
- Curt Ramm – trumpet (7, 15)
- Chris Anderson – Mellotron (14)
Technical
- Pat Dillett – producer, mixing
- They Might Be Giants – producers
- James Yost – engineer
- UE Nastasi – mastering
- Paul Sahre – design
- Joe Hollier – photography
Charts
Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200[17] | 108 |
References
- ^ "I Like Fun by They Might Be Giants Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "They Might Be Giants - I Like Fun Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic.
- ^ Salmon, Ben (January 24, 2018). "They Might Be Giants: I Like Fun - Paste Magazine". Paste.
- ^ They Might Be Giants [@tmbg] (March 30, 2017). "We formally start recording our next album on Monday. Until then..." (Tweet). Retrieved January 12, 2018 – via Twitter.
- ^ "ABOUT". reservoirstudiosnyc.com. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ "I Like Fun Download". They Might Be Giants. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ Reed, Ryan. "They Might Be Giants Preview New LP With Jovial Power-Pop Song". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 12, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ "I Like Fun - Album by They Might Be Giants - Apple Music". Apple Music. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ They Might Be Giants (October 23, 2017). They Might Be Giants - I Left My Body (Official Audio) (YouTube video). ParticleMen. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- ^ They Might Be Giants (December 1, 2017). They Might Be Giants - Last Wave (Official Audio) (YouTube video). ParticleMen. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- ^ They Might Be Giants (January 3, 2018). They Might Be Giants - All Time What (Official Video) (YouTube video). ParticleMen. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- ^ Moon, Tom (January 11, 2018). "First Listen: They Might Be Giants, 'I Like Fun'". NPR. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ "I Like Fun - They Might Be Giants". Bandcamp. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ^ Salisbury, Drew (January 17, 2018). "Video: They Might Be Giants – "I Like Fun"". Spin. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ^ They Might Be Giants (January 17, 2018). They Might Be Giants - I Like Fun (Official Video) (YouTube video). ParticleMen. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ I Like Fun (CD liner notes). Palisades, New York: Idlewild Recordings. 2018. IDLE 144.
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- John Flansburgh
- John Linnell
- Dan Miller
- Danny Weinkauf
- Marty Beller
- Hal Cragin
- Brian Doherty
- Jonathan Feinberg
- Dan Hickey
- Kurt Hoffman
- Graham Maby
- Tony Maimone
- Eric Schermerhorn
Rock albums |
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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)