Long Tall Weekend

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Long Tall Weekend
Long Tall Weekend cover
Studio album by They Might Be Giants
Released July 19, 1999
Recorded 1996 – 1999
Genre Alternative rock
Length 34:31
Label eMusic
Producer(s) Pat Dillett, They Might Be Giants
Professional reviews
They Might Be Giants chronology
Live
(1999)
Long Tall Weekend
(1999)
What We Did This Summer
(1999)


TMBG studio album chronology
Factory Showroom
(1996)
Long Tall Weekend
(1999)
Mink Car
(2001)

Long Tall Weekend is a downloadable album released by They Might Be Giants in 1999. It was released exclusively on-line through eMusic (see 1999 in music). It was the first major full-length album released exclusively on the Internet by an established major label band. [1] Many of these songs were outtakes from the Factory Showroom sessions. There were some copies of an actual Long Tall Weekend CD released at certain concerts, as well as some released to certain stores for promotional use.

[edit] Song notes

  • "(She Thinks She's) Edith Head" and "Older" were re-recorded for They Might Be Giant's next album, Mink Car (2001)
  • "Edison Museum" was re-released on No! (2002)
  • "Rat Patrol", "Token Back to Brooklyn", "Reprehensible", "Certain People I Could Name" and "They Got Lost" later appeared on the rarities compilation album They Got Lost (2002)
  • "Token Back To Brooklyn" also previously appeared as a hidden track on the CD version of Factory Showroom (1996)
  • A live version of "They Got Lost" had been previously released on Severe Tire Damage (1998)
  • "On Earth My Nina" is a backwards version of a song on The Spine called "Thunderbird". However, it isn't the actual song reversed, it is John Linnell singing what he heard when he reversed the song.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Drinkin'" – 1:36
  2. "(She Thinks She's) Edith Head" – 2:35
  3. "Maybe I Know" – 2:07
  4. "Rat Patrol" – 2:07
  5. "Token Back To Brooklyn" – 1:04
  6. "Older" – 1:59
  7. "Operators Are Standing By" – 1:28
  8. "Dark And Metric" – 1:44
  9. "Reprehensible" – 3:20
  10. "Certain People I Could Name" – 3:33
  11. "Counterfeit Faker" – 2:15
  12. "They Got Lost" – 4:42
  13. "Lullaby To Nightmares" – 2:31
  14. "On Earth My Nina" – 1:27
  15. "The Edison Museum" – 2:00

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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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