My Murdered Remains is the 21st album by American alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released on December 10, 2018, for digital download and pre-order. The standard disc consists entirely of songs from the band's 2018 Dial-A-Song project, and a 16-track bonus disc is included, entitled More Murdered Remains. The album was released simultaneously with The Escape Team.[1]
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| Released | December 10, 2018 | |||
| Recorded | 2018 | |||
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| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
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| Label | Idlewild | |||
| Producer | They Might Be Giants, Patrick Dillett | |||
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The physical album was released in the spring of 2019.[2][better source needed]
Track listing edit
All tracks are written by They Might Be Giants, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "The Communists Have the Music" | 2:27 |
| 2. | "I've Been Seeing Things" | 3:21 |
| 3. | "Gudetama's Busy Days" | 2:35 |
| 4. | "Dog" | 2:05 |
| 5. | "Ampersand" | 2:22 |
| 6. | "Applause Applause Applause" | 2:07 |
| 7. | "The Neck Rolls Aren't Working" | 2:58 |
| 8. | "Selectionist" | 3:03 |
| 9. | "I Haven't Been Right Yet" | 2:35 |
| 10. | "Unctuous Robot" | 1:48 |
| 11. | "The Bullies" | 2:03 |
| 12. | "Tractor" | 2:31 |
| 13. | "Rowboat Mayor" | 2:49 |
| 14. | "Tick Tick Tick" | 2:35 |
| 15. | "Last Wave (alt. version)" | 3:58 |
| 16. | "Best Regrets" | 3:35 |
| Total length: | 42:51 | |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "This Is Only Going to Go One Way" | 2:41 | |
| 2. | "Prepare" | 2:56 | |
| 3. | "No Cops" (feat. Corn Mo) | 1:22 | |
| 4. | "Starry Eyes" | Will Birch, John Wicks | 3:27 |
| 5. | "The Velvet Ape" | 3:01 | |
| 6. | "Tesla (2 4 6 8 Remix)" | 2:04 | |
| 7. | "Whole Lot of Glean" | 2:15 | |
| 8. | "I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar" | Jonathan Richman | 2:18 |
| 9. | "Rock Club" | 2:34 | |
| 10. | "Thankful for Your Service" | 2:12 | |
| 11. | "The Summer Breeze" | 2:06 | |
| 12. | "Another Weirdo" | 1:51 | |
| 13. | "Door to Door Minotaur" | 1:40 | |
| 14. | "The Greatest (full-length mix)" | 2:31 | |
| 15. | "Christmas in the Big House" | 1:54 | |
| 16. | "The Power of Dial-A-Song" | 1:04 | |
| Total length: | 35:56 | ||
Personnel edit
Credits adapted from CD liner notes.[3]
They Might Be Giants
- John Flansburgh – vocals, guitars, programming, etc.
- John Linnell – vocals, keyboards, woodwinds, etc.
- Dan Miller – guitars
- Danny Weinkauf – bass guitar
- Marty Beller – drums
Additional musicians
- Robin Goldwasser – vocal (3)
- Corn Mo – vocal (bonus disc, track 3)
Technical
- They Might Be Giants – producers
- Patrick Dillett – producer, mixing
- James York – engineer
- Daniel Avila – engineer
- UE Nastasi – mastering
- Paul Sahr – design
References edit
- ^ @tmbg (December 10, 2018). "Epic News: two brand new album releases from They Might Be Giants are out today! MY MURDERED REMAINS and THE ESCAPE TEAM are here" (Tweet). Retrieved December 20, 2018 – via Twitter.
- ^ "My Murdered Remains LP + Download". Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- ^ They Might Be Giants (2018). My Murdered Remains (CD liner notes). Palisades, New York: Idlewild Recordings. IDLE 149.