The Else

The Else is the 12th studio album by rock quintet 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 first available for download through the iTunes Store on May 15, 2007. The CD version was released in stores on July 10, 2007, with initial runs accompanied by a full-length bonus disc of rare material, Cast Your Pod To The Wind.^[1] On September 11, 2007, the band released a gatefold vinyl LP of the album. Cast Your Pod was made available separately on iTunes in July, 2009.

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.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by They Might Be Giants except as noted. 

Cast Your Pod to the Wind (bonus disc)

Personnel

• John Flansburgh – vocals, guitars, etc
• John Linnell – vocals, keyboards, etc
• Marty Beller – drums
• Dan Miller – guitar; piano on "Careful What You Pack"
• Danny Weinkauf – bass

• Mauro Refosco – percussion (track 9)
• Justin Meldal-Johnsen – acoustic bass (9)
• Dan Levine – trombone (9, 10)
• Stan Harrison – saxophone (9, 10)
• Jim O'Connor – trumpet (9, 10)
• Lyle Workman – guitar (6, 9)
• Sharon Jones – vocals (10)
• Patrick Dillett – engineer

Producers

• They Might Be Giants & Patrick Dillett – tracks 1, 4, 5, 8, 11, 13
• They Might Be Giants, Patrick Dillett, & The Dust Brothers – tracks 2 & 7
• The Dust Brothers - tracks 3, 6, 9, 10, 12

Reception

The album reached #9 on the Billboard Top Digital Albums chart.^[2]

References

External links

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