- alternative rock, rock, alternative, pop rock
- 40 min
- 18 tracks
- Restless Records
Lincoln is the second studio album by American alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. It was released by Bar/None in 1988. The album is named after John Linnell and John Flansburgh's boyhood home of Lincoln, Massachusetts. The album produced three singles: "Ana Ng", "They'll Need a Crane", and "Purple Toupee". It is included on Then: The Earlier Years in its entirety.
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Spare, cool, classical in form and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Tracks
- 1Ana Ng3:23
- 2Cowtown2:21
- 3Lie Still, Little Bottle2:06
- 4Purple Toupee2:40
- 5Cage & Aquarium1:10
- 6Where Your Eyes Don’t Go3:06
- 7Piece of Dirt2:01
- 8Mr. Me1:52
- 9Pencil Rain2:42
- 10The World’s Address2:24
- 11I’ve Got a Match2:37
- 12Santa’s Beard1:55
- 13You’ll Miss Me1:54
- 14They’ll Need a Crane2:33
- 15Shoehorn With Teeth1:13
- 16Stand on Your Own Head1:16
- 17Snowball in Hell2:32
- 18Kiss Me, Son of God1:53
18 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- They Might Be Giants
- Label
- Restless Records
- Released
- September 25, 1988
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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