Disc 11. Birdhouse in Your Soul 2. Ana Ng 3. Don't Let's Start 4. Boss of Me - (from "Malcolm In The Middle") 5. Older 6. Istanbul (Not Constantinople) 7. Doctor Worm 8. Guitar, The 9. Dr. Evil - (from "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged me") 10. New York City 11. Particle Man 12. Cyclops Rock 13. Minimum Wage 14. Man, It's So Loud in Here 15. We're the Replacements 16. Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) - (live) 17. Your Racist Friend 18. Bangs 19. Snail Shell 20. Twisting 21. Another First Kiss 22. They'll Need a Crane 23. Statue Got Me High, The 24. Hotel Detective, (She Was A) 25. Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head 26. I Palindrome I Disc 21. She's an Angel 2. How Can I Sing Like a Girl? 3. James K. Polk 4. Meet James Ensor 5. Mammal 6. Pet Name 7. No! 8. I Can Hear You 9. Spider 10. I Should Be Allowed to Think 11. Fingertips 12. She's Actual Size - (previously unreleased, live) 13. Spy - (previously unreleased, live) 14. Stormy Pinkness - (previously unreleased, live) 15. Exquisite Dead Guy 16. Robot Parade - (Adult version) 17. Boat of Car 18. S-E-X-X-Y 19. Number Three 20. End of the Tour, The 21. They Might Be Giants 22. Hey Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had a Deal 23. Nightgown of the Sullen Moon 24. Snowball in Hell 25. Purple Toupee 26. Cowtown
Label: Rhino Records (USA)
Release Date: 09/17/2002
Original Release Date: 2002
Recording Mode: Stereo
Recording Type: Studio
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)
They Might Be Giants: John Flansburgh (vocals, guitar, keyboards); John Linnell (vocals, accordion, saxophone, keyboards).
Additional personnel includes: Peter Stampfel (vocals, banjo); Laura Cantrell, Robin "Goldie" Goldwasser, Margeret Seiler (vocals); Eric Schermerhorn (acoustic & electric guitars); Jay Sherman-Godfrey (acoustic guitar, slide guitar); Dan Miller, Lyle Workman (guitar): Mark Feldman (violin); Frank London, Charlie Splavida, Jim O'Connor (trumpet); Dan Levine (trombone); Kurt Hoffman (horns); Dan Weinkauf, Graham Maby, Tony Maimone (bass); Brian Doherty, Dan Hickey, Alan Bezozi (drums); Sue Hadjopoulos (congas, percussion); Luis Jardim (percussion).
Producers include: They Might Be Giants, Pat Dillet, Adam Schlesinger, Bill Krauss, Clive Langer.
Compilation producer: Gary Stewart.
Includes liner notes by Sarah Vowell.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
They Might Be Giants are quite possibly the quirkiest pop-hook mavens ever to employ the accordion and bass clarinet. They are also one of most educationally oriented bands on the planet. Even a cursory listen to DIAL-A-SONG, Rhino's twin-disc 2002 retrospective of John Flansburgh and John Linnell's music, will yield lessons on history ("James K. Polk"), biology ("Mammal"), astronomy ("Why Does the Sun Shine? [The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas]"), art ("Meet James Ensor"), morality ("Your Racist Friend"), and good rock bands ("We're the Replacements"). They also adroitly pose philosophical questions, such as "How Can I Sing Like a Girl?"
Flansburgh and Linnell garnered a cult following after their 1986 debut, and DIAL-A-SONG selects recordings from this period ("Don't Let's Start," "Boat of Car") and their subsequent and increasingly successful releases. The collection draws heavily from popular TMBG albums LINCOLN ("Ana Ng," "They'll Need a Crane") and FLOOD ("Birdhouse in Your Soul," "Istanbul [Not Constantinople]"), as well as their mid-'90s full-band recordings and beyond. The collection displays the Giants' consistently appealing absurdist sensibility and high level of tunesmithery, and the handsomely packaged set is an excellent overview of one of rock's most unusual and entertaining acts.
Q (12/02, p.134) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Cheery music with a dark undertow....[A] 52-track treasure trove..."
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