Mink Car

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Mink Car
Mink Car cover
Studio album by They Might Be Giants
Released September 11, 2001
Recorded 2001 (?)
Genre Alternative rock
Length 46:29
Label Restless Records
Professional reviews
They Might Be Giants chronology
Boss of Me
(2000)		 Mink Car
(2001)		 Man, It's So Loud in Here
(2001)
TMBG studio album 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 process: 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 soft romantic ballads ("Another First Kiss"). Its cover of the Georgie Fame oldie "Yeh Yeh" was featured in a Chrysler commercial.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Bangs" – 3:10
  2. "Cyclops Rock" – 2:38
  3. "Man, It's So Loud In Here" – 3:59
  4. "Mr. Xcitement" – 3:36 (with Mike Doughty and The Elegant Too)
  5. "Another First Kiss" – 3:06
  6. "I've Got A Fang" – 2:32
  7. "Hovering Sombrero" – 2:13
  8. "Yeh Yeh" – 2:40 (a cover)
  9. "Hopeless Bleak Despair" – 3:08
  10. "Drink!" – 1:49
  11. "My Man" – 2:57
  12. "Older" – 1:58
  13. "Mink Car" – 2:09
  14. "Wicked Little Critta" – 2:11
  15. "Finished With Lies" – 3:18
  16. "She Thinks She's Edith Head" – 2:37
  17. "Working Undercover For The Man" – 2:28
  18. "Boss Of Me" - 2:56 (bonus track on some editions)

[edit] UK Version

  1. "Man, It's So Loud In Here" - 3:59
  2. "Boss Of Me" - 2:57
  3. "Cyclops Rock" - 2:38
  4. "Another First Kiss" - 3:06
  5. "Bangs" - 3:09
  6. "My Man" - 2:57
  7. "Drink!" - 1:49
  8. "Your Mom's Alright" - 2:59
  9. "Hovering Sombrero" - 2:13
  10. "Yeh Yeh" - 2:40
  11. "I've Got A Fang" - 2:32
  12. "Mink Car" - 2:09
  13. "Hopeless Bleak Despair" - 3:08
  14. "Older" - 1:58

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