John Linnell, State Songs - 45m 20s

Tracks & Durations

1. Illinois	1:23
2. The Songs Of The 50 States	2:24
3. West Virginia	3:32
4. South Carolina	3:46
5. Idaho	2:38
6. Montana	3:17
7. Pennsylvania	1:02
8. Utah	2:34
9. Arkansas	3:27
10. Iowa	2:54
11. Mississippi	2:16
12. Maine	2:07
13. Oregon	1:48
14. Michigan	1:14
15. New Hampshire	2:50
16. Nevada	7:57

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Review

The prolific and quirky John Linnell of They Might Be Giants has come up with 16 pop songs-one each for 16 different states of the U.S., but not literally, of course. Here you'll find songs about Iowa being a witch and Oregon being bad ("Oregon is bad / Stop it if you can"), coupled with every musical genre you can think of-bossa nova, carnival music, polka, you name it. Linnell's craggy twang wraps around the surreal lyrics with a brainy, tongue-in-cheek earnestness that will, no doubt, delight TMBG fans. Linnell, an equivocating sort, gives the rest of us a little slack. In "The Songs of the Fifty States," an overture of sorts, he sings, "I'm not going to say they're great, I ain't gonna say they ain't." Pipe organs and accordions flesh out most of these songs, contributing immensely to their old-timey wackiness and giving the impression that these pieces could have been written for a 1940s-era musical comedy. --Wally Shoup

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