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They Might Be Giants, Factory Showroom
Audio CD
Disk ID: 1024932
Disk length: 43m 42s (13 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 1996
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. S-E-X-X-Y | 3:51 |
| 2. Till My Head Falls Off | 2:53 |
| 3. How Can I Sing Like a Girl? | 4:32 |
| 4. Exquisite Dead Guy | 2:02 |
| 5. Metal Detector | 3:50 |
| 6. New York City | 3:02 |
| 7. Your Own Worst Enemy | 1:45 |
| 8. XTC Vs. Adam Ant | 3:37 |
| 9. Spiraling Shape | 4:24 |
| 10. James K. Polk | 3:04 |
| 11. Pet Name | 4:04 |
| 12. I Can Hear You | 1:57 |
| 13. The Bells Are Ringing | 3:31 |
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Review
Factory Showroom is the second They Might Be Giants album to feature the Brooklyn duo backed by a full band. The band allows John Linnell and John Flansburgh to parody the pop music of their late '70s and early '80s youth more accurately, and thus, more wittily. On the disco parody, "S-E-X-X-Y," for example, Iggy Pop bassist Hal Cragin supplies a vintage funk bottom, while arranger Kurt Hoffman contributes a Chic-like string chart. When they follow with the new-wave parody, "Till My Head Falls Off," Graham Maby's staccato bass line, Eric Schermerhorn's jittery guitar chords, and Linnell's bleating organ sound just like the Cars. Of course, this raises the question of whether we really need parodies of Chic and the Cars at this late date, especially when the satires resemble the targets too much to be irreverent, but not enough to be their equal. --Geoffrey Himes
Other Versions
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Tracks: 13, Disk length: 43m 42s
Tracks: 13, Disk length: 44m 43s (+1m 1s)
Tracks: 13, Disk length: 42m 41s (-2m 59s)
Tracks: 14 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 47m 44s (+4m 2s)
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