Best of the Early Years

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Best of the Early Years
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Compilation album by They Might Be Giants
Released November 23, 1999
Recorded 1985–1991
Genre Alternative rock
Length 25:39
Label BMG Special Products
Producer(s) Bill Krauss, Matthew Hill, They Might Be Giants
Professional reviews
They Might Be Giants chronology
What We Did This Summer
(1999)		 Best of the Early Years
(1999)		 Working Undercover for the Man
(2000)


TMBG compilation chronology
Then: The Earlier Years
(1997)		 Best of the Early Years
(1999)		 They Got Lost
(2002)

Best of the Early Years is a compilation album released by They Might Be Giants on November 23, 1999. It is essentially a scaled back version of Then: The Earlier Years, including a fraction of the songs, 10 compared to Then's 72, at a lower price point. It was released at the same time as Live, which itself was a condensed version of TMBG's live album Severe Tire Damage.

Two versions of the CD were released with different track orders (see Original track listing). The original version has since been discontinued. Vinyl and cassette versions of the album featured tracks 1–8 of the origial track listing.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by They Might Be Giants unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Don't Let's Start" – 2:35
  2. "Ana Ng" – 3:22
  3. "Youth Culture Killed My Dog" (John Flansburgh, John Linnell) –2:51
  4. "We're the Replacements" – 1:52
  5. "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head" (Flansburgh, Linnell) – 2:10
  6. "Purple Toupee" – 2:38
  7. "(She Was A) Hotel Detective" – 2:10
  8. "Everything Right Is Wrong Again" – 2:21
  9. "Cowtown" – 2:20
  10. "Hide Away Folk Family" – 3:20

[edit] Original track listing

  1. Ana Ng
  2. Purple Toupee
  3. Youth Culture Killed My Dog
  4. Don't Let's Start
  5. Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head
  6. (She Was A) Hotel Detective
  7. Everything Right Is Wrong Again
  8. Cowtown
  9. We're The Replacements
  10. Hide Away Folk Family

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They Might Be Giants
John Flansburgh | John Linnell
Dan Miller | Danny Weinkauf | Marty Beller
Brian Doherty | Dan Hickey | Graham Maby | Tony Maimone | Eric Schermerhorn
Discography
Albums: They Might Be Giants (1986) | Lincoln (1988) | Flood (1990) | Apollo 18 (1992) | John Henry (1994) | Factory Showroom (1996) | Long Tall Weekend (1999) | Mink Car (2001) | No! (2002) | The Spine (2004) | Here Come the ABCs (2005) | The Else (2007) | Here Come the 123s (2007)
EPs: Wiggle Diskette | 1985 Demo Tape | Don't Let's Start | (She Was A) Hotel Detective | They'll Need a Crane | Purple Toupee | Birdhouse in Your Soul | Istanbul (Not Constantinople) | The Statue Got Me High | The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) | I Palindrome I | Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) | O Tannenbaum | Back to Skull | S-E-X-X-Y | Working Undercover for the Man | Boss of Me | Man, It's So Loud in Here | They Might Be Giants in Holidayland | Bed, Bed, Bed | Indestructible Object | The Spine Surfs Alone
Live albums: Live!! New York City 10/14/94 | Severe Tire Damage | Live | The Spine Hits the Road | Almanac | Venue Songs
Compilations: Don't Let's Start | Miscellaneous T | Then: The Earlier Years | Best of the Early Years | They Got Lost | Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants | A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants | Venue Songs DVD/CD
Songs
"Don't Let's Start" | "Ana Ng" | "Birdhouse in Your Soul" | "Particle Man" | "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" | "Doctor Worm" | "Experimental Film"
Video Releases
Direct from Brooklyn | Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) | Here Come the ABCs DVD/CD | Venue Songs DVD/CD
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Dial-A-Song | Mono Puff | State Songs (John Linnell solo album)
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