Mink Car
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| Mink Car | ||
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| Missing image TheyMightBeGiantsMinkCar.jpg Album cover | ||
| CD by They Might Be Giants | ||
| Released | September 11, 2001 | |
| Recorded | 2001 (?) | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 46 min 29 sec | |
| Record label | Restless | |
| Producer | ??? | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Allmusic | 4 stars out of 5 | [1] (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:puoibk59aakq) |
| They Might Be Giants Chronology | ||
| Long Tall Weekend (1999) | Mink Car (2001) | No! (2002) |
Mink Car is the eighth studio album by They Might Be Giants, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music) on Restless Records.
One of the band's most eclectic efforts, its variety reflects its recording: it was put together in a number of different studios, with a number of different producers, around the country as the band toured between 1999 and 2001.
It runs the gamut from pure power-pop ("Bangs", "Finished With Lies") to dance music ("Man, It's So Loud In Here"), and even a soft romantic ballad ("Another First Kiss"). Its cover of the Georgie Fame oldie "Yeh Yeh" was featured in a Chrysler commercial.
Track listing
- "Bangs" (3:10)
- "Cyclops Rock" (2:38)
- "Man, It's So Loud In Here" (3:59)
- "Mr. Xcitement" (3:36) with Mike Doughty and The Elegant Too
- "Another First Kiss" (3:06)
- "I've Got A Fang" (2:32)
- "Hovering Sombrero" (2:13)
- "Yeh Yeh" (2:40) (a cover)
- "Hopeless Bleak Despair" (3:08)
- "Drink!" (1:49)
- "My Man" (2:57)
- "Older" (1:58)
- "Mink Car" (2:09)
- "Wicked Little Critta" (2:11)
- "Finished With Lies" (3:18)
- "She Thinks She's Edith Head" (2:37)
- "Working Undercover For The Man" (2:28)
Alternate version
A radically different version of Mink Car was released in the UK, cutting a few songs like "Mr. Xcitement" and "Finished with Lies" while adding others, such as the hit single and Malcolm in the Middle theme song "Boss of Me."
External link
- Mink Car (http://www.tmbw.net/wiki/index.php/Mink_Car) page at This Might Be A Wiki
| They Might Be Giants albums
They Might Be Giants | Lincoln | Flood | Apollo 18 | John Henry | Factory Showroom | Severe Tire Damage | Mink Car | No! | The Spine | Here Come the ABCs |