Flood:They Might Be Giants

Artist: They Might Be Giants

Date Released: 1990

Label: Elektra

Produced By: Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley, They Might Be Giants

Tracklisting:
 * 1) Theme From Flood
 * 2) Birdhouse In Your Soul
 * 3) Lucky Ball And Chain
 * 4) Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
 * 5) Dead
 * 6) Your Racist Friend
 * 7) Particle Man
 * 8) Twisting
 * 9) 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 And Men
 * 17) Sapphire Bullets Of Pure Love
 * 18) They Might Be Giants
 * 19) Road Movie To Berlin

Review: Like I mentioned before, in a way, this is the They Might Be Giants sophomore effort. It's a bit more uneven, though the only album of theirs to go platinum, based partly on their appearance on Tiny Toon Adventures (where animated videos played for "Istanbul" and "[[Particle Man:They Might Be Giants|Particle Man") and the strength of the single "Birdhouse In Your Soul". There are some great songs on here that make this album worth picking up early (particularly ""Birdhouse", "Your Racist Friend", "Lucky Ball And Chain" and probably my favorite "Twisting", which namechecks The dBs and The Young Fresh Fellows -- the latter of which always gets a good response in Seattle), though some of the cuts seem a little bit like they're padding out the record ("Someone Keeps Moving My Chair", "Hearing Aid" and "Women And Men" are all right, but not nearly as memorable as the other songs... though, of course, I pretty much have THOSE songs memorized too.  I probably wouldn't START with Flood, but I'd probably recommend getting it second or third.  Or, if you are really into taking risks, get, say, Lincoln and Flood all at the same time.  That'd be pretty cool. - Rev. Syung Myung Me