Miscellaneous T

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Miscellaneous T
Compilation album by They Might Be Giants
Released	October 4, 1991
Recorded	1986–1991
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	37:11
Label	Restless, Bar/None
Producer	Bill Krauss, They Might Be Giants
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They Might Be Giants chronology
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (1990) Miscellaneous T (1991) Apollo 18 (1992)
TMBG compilation chronology
Don't Let's Start (1989) Miscellaneous T (1991) Then: The Earlier Years (1997)

Miscellaneous T is a 1991 (see 1991 in music) b-side and remix compilation album by the alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. It is a re-release of Don't Let's Start which was only released in the UK and West Germany. The differences include cover art, track order, and the song "Hello Radio", which was not on Don't Let's Start. Most of the tracks on the record originated as b-sides from various EPs released such as Don't Let's Start (different than the above mentioned album) and (She Was A) Hotel Detective

Miscellaneous T was named for the section in record stores where They Might Be Giants' albums were most often shelved in the band's early years.

All of the songs, with the exception of "(She Was A) Hotel Detective (Single Mix)", are included in Then: The Earlier Years, a compilation of the band's early material. Then also includes They Might Be Giants, and "Don't Let's Start (Single Mix)" in place of the album version with the rest of the tracks from They Might Be Giants.

[edit] Song notes

• "untitled" is not actually a song, but a snippet of a recording inadvertently left on the Dial-A-Song answering machine, in which a confused listener named Gloria talks to an unknown third party about the mystery of "There May Be Giants", as she mistakenly refers to the band.
• "The Lady is a Tramp" is a cover of a song from the Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms.
• The World's Address(Joshua Fried Remix) contains a sample of "Convoy" by C.W. McCall

[edit] Track listing

All songs by They Might Be Giants unless otherwise noted.

1. "Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had a Deal" – 3:48
2. "The Lady is a Tramp" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 1:20
3. "Birds Fly" – 1:25
4. "The World's Address (Joshua Fried Remix)" – 5:43
5. "Nightgown of the Sullen Moon" – 1:58
6. "I'll Sink Manhattan" – 2:36
7. "It's Not My Birthday" – 1:51
8. "Hello Radio" – :56
9. "Mr. Klaw" – 1:20
10. "Kiss Me, Son of God (Alternate Version)" – 1:48
11. "The Biggest One" – 1:22
12. "For Science" – 1:19
13. untitled – 2:31
14. "(She Was A) Hotel Detective (Single Mix)" – 2:20
15. "The Famous Polka" – 1:33
16. "When It Rains It Snows" – 1:33
17. "We're the Replacements" – 1:50
18. "Don't Let's Start (Single Mix)" – 2:34

[edit] External links

• Miscellaneous T page at This Might Be A Wiki