- alternative rock, rock
- 10 min
- EP
- 4 tracks
- Elektra
Why Does the Sun Shine? is an EP by the American alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released in 1993. It is the band's first release with a full-band line-up, rather than only the two original members, John Flansburgh and John Linnell, performing. It was also released as a single on 7-inch vinyl.
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Warm, spare, cool and intimate.
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
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Tracks
- 1Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)2:54
- 2Jessica2:25
- 3Whirlpool2:11
- 4Spy2:31
4 tracks, 10 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- They Might Be Giants
- Label
- Elektra
- Released
- September 14, 1993
- Type
- EP
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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