Best of the Early Years

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Best of the Early Years
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	Bill Krauss, Matthew Hill, They Might Be Giants
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
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 original 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"

[edit] External links

• Best of the Early Years at This Might Be A Wiki