The Else

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The Else
Studio album by They Might Be Giants
Released	May 15, 2007 (iTunes) July 10, 2007 (CD) September 11, 2007 (LP)
Recorded	2006 – 2007
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	38:12
Label	Idlewild
Producer	The Dust Brothers Pat Dillett They Might Be Giants
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Alternative Press IGN (8.5/10) May 22, 2007 Music Box July 2, 2007 Pitchfork (5.3/10) July 13, 2007 Stylus (B+) July 6, 2007
They Might Be Giants chronology
Venue Songs DVD/CD (2005) The Else (2007) Here Come the 123s (2008)
TMBG studio album chronology
Here Come the ABCs (2005) The Else (2007) Here Come the 123s (2008)

The Else is the twelfth studio album by rock duo They Might Be Giants, released by Idlewild Records in 2007. The album was produced in part by The Dust Brothers, along with Pat Dillett and the band.

The Else was given an experimental release schedule, first available for download through the iTunes Store on May 15, 2007. The CD version was released in stores on July 10, 2007, accompanied by a full-length bonus disc of rare material^[1] (on the initial print runs, to be sold separately in the future ^[2]). On September 11, 2007, the band released a gatefold vinyl LP of the album.

A video, created by Mizushima Hine, for "With The Dark" was released on the band's YouTube page on June 7, 2007. Two more videos, for "The Shadow Government" and "I'm Impressed" were also later released. A full-length video for "The Mesopotamians" was released on Stereogum.com on October 2.

[edit] Track listing

1. "I'm Impressed" – 2:39
2. "Take Out the Trash" – 3:14
3. "Upside Down Frown" – 2:17
4. "Climbing the Walls" – 3:15
5. "Careful What You Pack" – 2:40
6. "The Cap'm" – 3:11
7. "With The Dark" – 3:17
8. "The Shadow Government" – 2:37
9. "Bee of the Bird of the Moth" – 3:31
10. "Withered Hope" – 2:54
11. "Contrecoup" – 3:11
12. "Feign Amnesia" – 2:29
13. "The Mesopotamians" – 2:57

[edit] Cast Your Pod to the Wind (bonus disc)

1. "Put Your Hand on the Computer"
2. "I'm Your Boyfriend Now"
3. "Why Did You Grow a Beard?"
4. "We Live in a Dump"
5. "Brain Problem Situation"
6. "Sketchy Galore"
7. "Microphone"
8. "Vestibule"
9. "Greasy Kid Stuff"
10. "Metal Detector (Live)"
11. "Employee of the Month"
12. "Homunculus"
13. "No Plan B (Live)"
14. "Morgan in the Morning"
15. "Kendra McCormick"
16. "Yeah, the Deranged Millionaire"
17. "My Other Phone Is a Boom Car"
18. "I Hear a New World"
19. "(She Was a) Hotel Detective in the Future"
20. "Haunted Floating Eye"
21. "Scott Bower"
22. "The Mexican Drill"
23. "Cast Your Pod to the Wind"

[edit] Reception

Within a day of its initial release on iTunes, the album reached #1 on the US iTunes Alternative Albums charts ^[3] and eventually reached #9 on the overall charts.^[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Else page at This Might Be A Wiki
• With The Dark video at TMBG YouTube page
• The Shadow Government video
• I'm Impressed video