They Might Be Giants John Henry
Spin: Recommended - "...the good news is that the Johns can still churn out skewed pop niblets just fine..."
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CD Details
- Released: September 1, 1994
- Originally Released: 1994
- Label: Elektra / Wea
Entertainment Reviews:
Spin - 10/94, pp.112-113
Recommended - "...the good news is that the Johns can still churn out skewed pop niblets just fine..."Entertainment Weekly - 9/16/94, p.120
"...Recording with a full band helps--the rhythms are looser, the arrangements more muscular--but the lyrics still tend toward undergraduate smarminess..." - Rating: BAlternative Press - 11/94, p.101
"...Lurching between faux-vaudeville to clear-cut pop, loopy Latino to bona-fide '60s soul, JOHN HENRY reamins as eclectic as anything the Giants have built in the past..."Musician - 11/94, p.92
"...shows the the Linnell/Flansburgh knack for effortless lyrical slyness continues..."NME (Magazine) - 9/17/94, p.50
7 - Very Good - "...they've always had a quite disgusting amount of pop songwriting talent, ideas, humour and daft ambition, and on JOHN HENRY it actually comes out..."Tracks:
- 1.Subliminal
- 2.Snail Shell
- 3.Sleeping in the Flowers
- 4.Unrelated Thing
- 5.AKA Driver
- 6.I Should Be Allowed to Think
- 7.Extra Savoir-Faire
- 8.Why Must I Be Sad?
- 9.Spy
- 10.O Do Not Forsake Me
- 11.No One Knows My Plan
- 12.Dirt Bike
- 13.Destination Moon
- 14.A Self Called Nowhere
- 15.Meet James Ensor
- 16.Thermostat
- 17.Window
- 18.Out of Jail
- 19.Stomp Box
- 20.The End of the Tour
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 102,517
- UPC: 075596165426
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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