- alternative rock, rock
- 11 min
- EP
- 6 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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Cool, intimate, spare and unpretentious.
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
- rawmeticulous
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Tracks
- 1(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:20
- 2Kiss Me, Son of God1:49
- 3For Science1:19
- 4The Biggest One1:22
- 5Mr. Klaw1:19
- 6[untitled]2:33
6 tracks, 11 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- They Might Be Giants
- Label
- Bar/None Records
- Released
- May 5, 1988
- Type
- EP
- Format
- Cassette
- Country
- US
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