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| Artist: They Might Be Giants
Label: Rounder / Umgd
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
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Rating:  171 reviews
Sales Rank: 725
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 618113
UPC: 011661811324
EAN: 0011661811324
ASIN: B000068C97
Release Date: June 11, 2002
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| Tracks:
| • | Fibber Island | | • | Four of Two | | • | Robot Parade | | • | No! | | • | Where Do They Make Balloons? | | • | In The Middle, In The Middle, In The Middle | | • | Violin | | • | John Lee Supertaster | | • | The Edison Museum | | • | The House at the Top of the Tree | | • | Clap Your Hands | | • | I Am Not Your Broom | | • | Wake Up Call | | • | I Am a Grocery Bag | | • | Lazyhead and Sleepybones | | • | Bed Bed Bed | | • | Sleepwalkers |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Hitch up your I-Pods, egg-headed hipsters of the future: They Might Be Giants, the out-there band that files its sound under the banner of "Can't We All Just Get Along" is speaking your language. What they're saying is No!, but in a way that's weirdly welcoming, especially to anybody who's over 3 and has a hard drive. No!'s computer enhancements (animation, games, and a sing-along scroll bar) don't assign the strictly audio experience to the so-what pile, but at certain moments they seem necessary--how else are you supposed to decipher a song ("Violin") whose only words are "violin," "hippo," and the ticking off of fractional segments of George Washington's head? Of course, to try to make sense of the 17 tunes contained here may be to miss the point. While TMBG's lyrical and vocal hijinks can be off-putting to grownups prone to self-consciousness about not getting the joke, the generation No! takes aim at needs nothing in the way of validation. Thus the brilliance of baggage-free ditties like "Fibber Island," where the natives strum rubber guitars and sew buttons on cars, "John Lee Supertaster," a rock & roll fantasy following a hero with heightened senses of sweet and sour, and "I Am a Grocery Bag," detailing what's bumping around in brown paper after a trip to the market. With their triumph over the tube (TMBG took home a Grammy for the theme to Malcolm in the Middle and perform and wrote the intro to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), frontmen John Linnell and John Flansburgh have already infiltrated the family market, sort of. No! finds the band bending to a level lots of other giants might overlook, but without cramping up. Given the right reach, They Could Be Kiddie Icons. -Tammy La Gorce
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| Customer Reviews: Read 166 more reviews...
 love this! December 1, 2008
Our whole family loves this CD -- 2 parents, 2 kids (ages 5 and 11). It's not sappy and sing-songy like so much other music "for children." It's completely wacky and great musically -- a great gift for anyone with kids.
 No! July 2, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
My husband is a huge TMBG fan and when we found out that the theme song for "Malcolm in the Middle" was written by them, we started watching the show. Now it was time to get the music.
Great musical funfor the entire family June 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Being a long time fan of TMBG, I first checked this out from the library not knowing they had produced a children's album. I am so glad I did as this is actually now on my iPod and in my kids CD collection. The songs are irreverent and infectious. I love some humor in my music. This CD delivers. My two girls clamor for this CD every time we get into the car. My 2-year old giggles all the way through the songs. This is not your typical kids CD. You will find yourself singing and humming most of these songs even when it's not plying. That to me is the sign of a successful musical endeavor.
We LOVE it!!!!! May 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We are new parents to a 1 and 3 year old and music has always been an important part of our life style so we are hard at work to find great music that is kid friendly but we can enjoy too. I wake up singing Fibber Island in my head and the Robot Parade gets my little guys clapping every morning on the way to school. This CD ROCKS!!!
The best kids music EVER! February 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was originally given to my family as a gift - WE LOVED IT! Whenever our daughter (at the time 3 yrs old) was in the car, it was playing and everyone (including mom and dad) sang along. We loaned it to a friend and never got it back - a sad day in our family. I finally ordered it on Amazon (and one for an expecting friend as well) and was SO EXCITED when it arrived! My daughter (now 5) was screaming with joy when I picked her up and had it playing - she still remembered all the words and once again we were able to sing along together! If ou are looking for something you can listen to with your kids (and not want to shove a red hot poker into your eardrums), this is it! Order one for every family you know - they will thank you!!
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