They Might Be Giants - Flood - Gatefold Vinyl LP NM/M

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They Might Be Giants : Flood
12" Vinyl Album : Elektra Records 1990 #960907-1

They Might Be Giants is the duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell who met when they were children in Lincoln, Massachuetts. Both Johns went to college after high school, with Linnell playing in the Mundanes, a new wave group from Rhode Island. By 1981, the pair had reunited, deciding to move to Brooklyn to pursue a musical career. Taking their name from a George C. Scott film and performing their original material with a drum machine, They Might Be Giants soon became fixtures on the Manhattan underground. Although Flansburgh and Linnell were building a cult following, they had a hard time getting a record deal, so they set up Dial-A-Song, a phone line that played songs on an answering machine, as a way to get their songs heard. The gimmick worked. Not only did it lead to a deal with the indie label Bar/None, but over the years it was a successful venture; at one point, the service was receiving hundreds of calls a day. They Might Be Giants released their eponymous debut in 1986, and the album became a college radio hit; it also made waves on MTV due to the inventive video for "Don't Let's Start." Two years later they released Lincoln, which expanded their following considerably. Featuring the college hit "Ana Ng," Lincoln climbed to number 89 on the charts, earning the attention of major labels. They Might Be Giants decided to sign with Elektra Records in 1990, releasing Flood later that year. Flood worked its way to gold status, thanks to the singles "Birdhouse in Your Soul" and "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)," which both had popular videos directed by Flansburgh. Apollo 18 released in 1992 consolidated the group's cult. For the album's supporting tour, They Might Be Giants performed with a full backing band for the first time, hiring former Pere Ubu bassist Tony Maimone and drummer Brian Doherty. They released John Henry in 1994. The band's next album, Factory Showroom, was next. The live Severe Tire Damage followed two years later. They Might Be Giants maintained their "hardest working men in show business" status in 2001 when they issued Mink Car, a stunning follow-up to Factory Showroom that boasted collaborations with M. Doughty, Adam Schlesinger, and the Elegant Too. They celebrated their 20th anniversary with the release of their first children's album, No! Rhino also celebrated the band's tenure with the first-ever They Might Be Giants retrospective, Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants. A year later, Flansburgh and Linnell joined Canadian artist Marcel Dzama for the children's book and CD set Bed, Bed, Bed. The Indestructible Object EP arrived in 2004, just a few months before the band's eighth full-length album, The Spine. Early in 2005, Here Come the ABCs and its accompanying DVD were the band's first releases for Disney Sound. Later that year, They Got Lost arrived. Over the course of the next two years, TMBG released a series of monthly and bimonthly podcasts. They also contributed to various film soundtracks, including Disney's Meet the Robinsons and the film adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Coraline. The band's 14th studio release, The Else, hit stores in 2007. Here Come the 123's, the sequel to Here Come the ABC's, appeared in 2008. Later that year, the CD/DVD set Venue Songs, which featured appearances by actor/comedian John Hodgman, was released. Here Comes Science, which featured songs about paleontology, astronomy, and chemistry and included a DVD with animated versions of "the Johns" and videos by Divya Srinivasan, Tiny Inventions, David Cowles, Hine Mizushima, and Feel Good Anyway, was released in 2009. (web bio)

Album description: This is the original gatefold album release with a large photo of a city hit by flood and all the lyrics inside. On the back cover is a vintage photo of two men in a wooden boat, credits and the tracklist. The vinyl record is in glossy clean near mint to mint condition. Released 20 years ago. Check out my current and store listings for more albums by this artist and additional punk, new wave, indie & alternative rock albums, along with a wide variety of LP's, 45's, cassettes, CD's, magazines and more, everything reasonably priced. I ship worldwide in very secure packaging and shipping costs will be combined on multiple purchases. Any questions, please email.

Tracklist:
1. Theme From Flood
2. Birdhouse in Your Soul
3. Lucky Ball and Chain
4. Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
5. Dead
6. Your Racist Friend
7. Particle Man
8. Twisting
9. We Want a Rock
10. Someone Keeps Moving My Chair
11. Hearing Aid
12. Minimum Wage
13. Letterbox
14. Whistling in the Dark
15. Hot Cha
16. Women and Men
17. Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love
18. They Might Be Giants
19. Road Movie to Berlin

Condition:
Vinyl: Near Mint/Mint
Cover: Very Good+ (small punch hole at bottom right corner of album cover)
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