- alternative rock, rock
- 39 min
- 19 tracks
- Bar/None Records
They Might Be Giants, sometimes called The Pink Album, is the debut studio album from American alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. It was released by Bar/None in 1986. The album generated two singles, "Don't Let's Start" and "(She Was A) Hotel Detective". It is included on Then: The Earlier Years, a compilation of the band's early material, in its entirety, with the exception of "Don't Let's Start", which is replaced with the single mix for the compilation.
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Spare, cool, contemporary and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
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Tracks
- A1Everything Right Is Wrong Again2:20
- A2Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head2:13
- A3Number Three1:28
- A4Don’t Let’s Start2:36
- A5Hide Away Folk Family3:21
- A632 Footsteps1:36
- A7Toddler Hiway0:26
- A8Rabid Child1:31
- A9Nothing’s Gonna Change My Clothes1:59
- B1(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10
- B2She’s an Angel2:37
- B3Youth Culture Killed My Dog2:51
- B4Boat of Car1:16
- B5Absolutely Bill’s Mood2:38
- B6Chess Piece Face1:21
- B7I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die1:59
- B8Alienation’s for the Rich2:26
- B9The Day1:27
- B10Rhythm Section Want Ad2:22
19 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- They Might Be Giants
- Label
- Bar/None Records
- Released
- November 4, 1986
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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