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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.
Recording information: Kampo Studios, New York, New York (2005); Skyline Studio, New York, New York (2005); Hello Studio, Brooklyn, New York (2005); Collier Brothers, Brooklyn, NY (2005).
Additional personnel: Marty Beller (vocals, drums); Robin Goldwasser, Henry Linelli, Desi Tomaselli (vocals); Dan Miller (guitar); Mark "Loveman" Pender (trumpet); Dan Levine (trombone, tuba); Pat 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 Abcs Music | List Price | $12.97 (You save $2.88) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Children's CDs, Enhanced CD | | Label | Walt Disney | | Orig Year | 2005 | | All Time Sales Rank |  24692  | | 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 Flansburgh
John Linnell
Also: Dan Miller, Danny Weinkauf, Marty Beller, Dan "The Machine" Levine, Robin "Goldie" Goldwasser, Desi Tomaselli, Henry Linelli, Mark "Loveman" Pender, Pat Dillett |
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They Might Be Giants's first children's album, NO!, is remarkably similar to their albums for adults. Characterized by irrepressibly catchy melodies, witty lyrics, and an overall sense of irreverent playfulness, NO! is business-as-usual for the dynamic duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell, and fits perfectly within their discography. In fact, in inventiveness, songwriting, and pure crazy pleasure, NO! may be the best Giants album since FLOOD. Musically, the Giants are all over the map here with funky grooves ("Clap Your Hands"), wistful lullabies ("Sleepwalkers") and avant experimentalism ("Violin").
While whimsy is a given for Flansburgh and Linnell, there is a sense that they've tailored their songwriting for a younger set on this release. "In the Middle, In the Middle, In the Middle" is a public service announcement about crossing the street safely, while the loopy, building narrative of "The House at the Top of the Tree" belongs to the category of smile-inducing tongue-twisters like "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly." As freewheeling, clever, and appealing as anything they've done, NO! reminds all of us--kids and the kids inside us--how much fun life can be.
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