They Might Be Giants vs. McSweeney's:They Might Be Giants

Artist: They Might Be Giants (with appearances by M. Doughty, Philip Glass, Michael Meredith, Ann Cummings, Erika Kawalek, Arthur Bradford, Free Cooperation)

Date Released: 2001

Label: McSweeney's

Produced By: They Might Be Giants, Pat Dillett, Others

Tracklisting: (All Tracks By They Might Be Giants unless otherwise noted.
 * 1) Theme From McSweeney's Issue 6
 * 2) The Ballad Of Timothy McSweeney
 * 3) MOR
 * 4) Dollar For Dollar
 * 5) Oprah
 * 6) Garden Of Eden
 * 7) West Virginia - John Linnell
 * 8) Koenigstein
 * 9) It's Getting Late
 * 10) Daphne (Soundtrack) - Michael Meredith
 * 11) She Thinks She's Edith Head
 * 12) Mr. And Mrs. Nuclear
 * 13) Bangs
 * 14) Modern Love Waltz - Philip Glass
 * 15) Faster Better Now
 * 16) Be Patient
 * 17) God's Sister Jessica
 * 18) Grassroots Internet Revolution
 * 19) Billy By The Bay - Ann Cummings
 * 20) Swimming Hole - Erika Kawalek
 * 21) Mosh Momken Abadan
 * 22) Even My T-Shirt
 * 23) The Army's Tired Now
 * 24) Drinkin'
 * 25) Gazing Out Toward
 * 26) Frog And Banjo - Mike Doughty
 * 27) I Am 40: Memories Of West Street And Lepke
 * 28) Lincoln, Washington, And That Jefferson Guy
 * 29) Bathymetry For Two
 * 30) Art Mover
 * 31) People Died Today
 * 32) The Truth In Your Words
 * 33) C-Town
 * 34) Roslyn's Dog - Arthur Bradford
 * 35) Softly
 * 36) Slow
 * 37) Be Kind And Gentle
 * 38) Candy Stripers
 * 39) Girls In Their Turning
 * 40) The Life Of Doug
 * 41) R U Together
 * 42) Mona Lisa
 * 43) To A Text By Ad Reinhardt - Free Cooperation
 * 44) Theme From McSweeney's Issue 6 - Thank Yous

Review: I have this to thank for getting me into one of my other obsessions, McSweeney's. I bought this when it came out for the They Might Be Giants CD, and ended up reading the book (as the disc is a soundtrack to the stories and pictures) and discovered it to be really good. So, there you go. Most of the songs on here don't really work without their source material (and a lot of them are brief snippets or instrumentals), but some of them are real stand outs, like "I Am 40: Memories Of West Street And Lepke", based on the writings of Robert Lowell. If you see a copy of this, pick it up because it's not only a pretty cool disc (and provides a few different glimpses at songs like "Bangs"), and a pretty cool book, but, hey, it goes for something like $100 now, so at least you can think of it as an investment. You know, if you're kinda an asshole. - Rev. Syung Myung Me