1985 Demo Tape:They Might Be Giants

Artist: They Might Be Giants

Date Released: 1985

Label: Self-Releasd / Reissued on Hello CD Of The Month Club

Produced By: Bill Krauss

Tracklisting:
 * 1) Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head
 * 2) When It Rains It Snows
 * 3) Number Three
 * 4) Don't Let's Start
 * 5) You'll Miss Me
 * 6) Hope That I Get Old Before I Die
 * 7) Biggest One
 * 8) They Might Be Giants
 * 9) They Might Be Giants
 * 10) Cowtown
 * 11) Chess Piece Face
 * 12) Rabid Child
 * 13) Youth Culture Killed My Dog
 * 14) Alienation's For The Rich
 * 15) The Day
 * 16) (She Was A) Hotel Detective
 * 17) Which Describes How You're Feeling
 * 18) Toddler Hiway
 * 19) Become A Robot
 * 20) I'm Def
 * 21) Hell Hotel
 * 22) They Might Be Giants
 * 23) Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes

Review: Not many of these tracks have been reissued in this form, but the only track to never show up again is "Hell Hotel", which is too bad, as I really like that one. This is (obviously) really, really rare, but if you ask someone, you could probably find a bootleg copy without much trouble. I'm not sure if it's worth it if you're thinking of tracking this down as an INTRODUCTION to the band, but if you're already a fan, it's totally essential. A lot more experimental stuff, like the first one, only more-so. A lot of the tracks were re-recorded for that one, but only a few of them used the same version, and in some cases (like "Don't Let's Start", they're drastically different songs). - Rev. Syung Myung Me