alternative rock · 1997 · 21 tracks

Then: The Earlier Years

They Might Be Giants

March 25, 1997 · Restless Records

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Tracklist · 21 Tracks

Don’t Let’s Start

2:38

Critic Intro

1:40

Now That I Have Everything

2:23

Mainstream U.S.A.

1:17

Fake Out in Buenos Aires

1:50

Greek #3

1:31

Hope That I Get Old Before I Die (original version)

1:14

I’m Def

1:10

Don’t Let’s Start (demo version)

1:16

’85 Radio Special Thank You

1:25

I’ll Sink Manhattan

2:33

Kitten Intro

1:43

Weep Day

1:51

The Big Big Whoredom

1:39

I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You (adaptation)

1:59

Become a Robot

1:18

Which Describes How You’re Feeling

1:25

Swing Is a Word

0:53

Doris Cunningham

0:12

Counterfeit Fake

0:39

Schoolchildren Singing “Particle Man”

2:06

We're still writing this one up. The deep read (liner notes, standout moments, the sound breakdown) is on the way. The album's ready to own right now.