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Critics may laud They Might Be Giants' knack for ingenious pop hooks and nimble, brainy wordplay (and those things are certainly true), but another aspect of their appeal is that their music is so fun and goofy it can make the listener feel like a kid. It is no surprise then that Giants John Flansburgh and John Linnell are naturals at making recordings for children (see their excellent release NO!). HERE COME THE ABCS, released on Disney's label, bears all the giddy hallmarks of TMBG's best work.
As the title intimates, HERE COME THE ABCS is about the alphabet. The album-length conceit spins the 26 letters through the Johns' wacky imagination, anthropomorphizing them ("E Eats Everything"), using them to illustrate geography ("Alphabet of Nations"), and even pitting them against each other ("D & W"). As usual with the Giants, there are games galore ("Can You Find It?"), interesting philosophical questions ("Who Put the Alphabet in Alphabetical Order?"), and a kaleidoscope of musical styles, including Beatlesque psych-pop ("Pictures of Pandas Painting"), twangy country ("Fake-Believe"), and funky indie-rock (the aforementioned "E Eats Everything"). HERE COME THE ABCS is ingenious, weird, silly, and great fun for playful kids and adults.
They Might Be Giants: John Flansburgh, John Linnell.
Additional personnel: Marty Beller (vocals, drums); Robin "Goldie" Goldwasser, Henry Linelli, Desi Tomaselli (vocals); Dan Miller (guitar); Mark "Loveman" Pender (trumpet); Dan Levine (trombone, tuba); Patrick Dillett (keyboards); Danny Weinkauf (bass guitar).
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This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Here Come The Abc's Music | List Price | $12.98 (You save $2.83) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Children's CDs, Alternative, Enhanced CD | | Label | Walt Disney | | Orig Year | 2005 | | All Time Sales Rank |  24320  | | CD Universe Part number | 6821927 | | Catalog number | 861204 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 15, 2005 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | They Might Be Giants; Pat Dillett | | Personnel | John Linnell
John Flansburgh
Also: Dan Miller, Dan Miller, Marty Beller, Dan "The Machine" Levine, Danny Weinkauf, Robin "Goldie" Goldwasser, Mark "Loveman" Pender, Desi Tomaselli, Henry Linelli, Patrick Dillett |
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SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK! ROCKS finds Pavement, Better Than Ezra, Deluxx Folk Implosion (featuring Sebadoh's Lou Barlow) and Moby, among others, covering songs from "Schoolhouse Rock," the Emmy Award-winning educational cartoon series that aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1973 to 1995 (it was brought back in the '90s for the enlightenment of a new generation of cartoon watchers).
Barlow sings "I'm Just A Bill," interpreting the spoken voice of a congressional bill as an understandably whiny thing. The song paints a convincing, matter-of-fact picture of the complications faced by potential laws: "I'm just a bill, yes I'm only a bill/And if they vote for me on Capitol Hill/Well, then I'm off to the White House where I'll wait in a line." Another standout is Blind Melon's cover of "Three Is A Magic Number." A laid-back, James Brownish psychedelic groove, combined with Shannon Hoon's squeaky-clean vocals, is sure to get the kids in the basement dancing.
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