Medium Compact Disc
Artist They Might Be Giants
Label Elektra / Wea
Year 1990
Genre Rock; Indie & Lo-Fi; Alternative Rock; Indie Rock; Alternative Styles; Pop
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Tracks
Title Length
01 Theme from Flood
02 Birdhouse in Your Soul
03 Lucky Ball & Chain
04 Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
05 Dead
06 Your Racist Friend
07 Particle Man
08 Twisting
09 We Want a Rock
10 Someone Keeps Moving My Chair
11 Hearing Aid
12 Minimum Wage
13 Letterbox
14 Whistling in the Dark
15 Hot Cha
16 Women & Men
17 Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love
18 They Might Be Giants
19 Road Movie to Berlin
Personal
Location BOX 5
Comments

TMBG has always been a great reason for math and computer science majors to add a real rock album to their collection of John Williams and Weird Al records--and Flood is a bacchanalian celebration of dorkiness. Lifting off from their previous album, Lincoln, which was a sort of transitional hit-or-miss, Flood is a soaring, catchy sing-along album destined for people who love quoting Monty Python sketches. Try not singing the words to "Particle Man," "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)," or "Birdhouse in your Soul." (Apparently, "Particle Man" was so catchy that the song was later used as a sing-along in a cartoon show for children.) Combining a book-smart, funny love of history, junk culture, and film noir, this is the album to own. Put it on loud, sing along, and dance very, very badly. --Todd Levin