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Genre: Rock
Release Date: 07/01/1993
Run Time: 38:41

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.

~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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Eugene Chadbourne - Guitar
Eugene Chadbourne - Performer
They Might Be Giants - Main Performer
John Flansburgh - ?
John Linnell - ?
Al Houghton - Engineer
Bill Krauss - Producer
Bill Krauss - Engineer
Alex Noyes - Engineer
Matthew Hill - Executive Producer
Rodney Alan Greenblat - Cover Art

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Release Date: 07/01/1993
Genre: rock
Run Time: 38:41