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Released
  
May 15, 2007

Artist
  
They Might Be Giants

Producer
  
Pat Dillett

Genre
  
Alternative rock

Length
  
38:12

Release date
  
15 May 2007

Label
  
Idlewild Recordings

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Recorded
  
2006 – 2007in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles

The Else(2007)
  
Here Come the 123s(2008)

Similar
  
They Might Be Giants albums, Alternative rock albums

The Else is the 10th studio album by rock group 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.

Contents

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. 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.

"Careful What You Pack" was originally written for the soundtrack of 2009 film Coraline, but it was not ultimately used in the film.

They might be giants i m impressed


Track listing

All tracks written by They Might Be Giants except as noted.

Personnel

They Might Be Giants
  • John Flansburgh – songwriting, vocals, guitars, programming
  • John Linnell – songwriting, vocals, keyboards, programming
    • Backing band
  • Marty Beller – drums
  • Dan Miller – guitar; piano on "Careful What You Pack"
  • Danny Weinkauf – bass guitar
    • Additional musicians
  • Mauro Refosco – percussion (track 9)
  • Justin Meldal-Johnsen – acoustic bass guitar (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)
    • Production
  • They Might Be Giants – producers (except 3, 6, 9, 10, 12)
  • Patrick Dillett – producer (except 3, 6, 9, 10, 12), engineer
  • The Dust Brothers – producers (2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12)
  • UE Nastasi – mastering
  • Yuki Takahashi – engineer
  • Greg Thompson – engineer
  • Jon Altschuler – engineer
  • Marcel Dzama – artwork, costumes, photography

    • Reception

    The album reached #9 on the Billboard Top Digital Albums chart.

    Songs

    1I’m Impressed2:40
    2Take Out the Trash3:15
    3Upside Down Frown2:17

    References

    The Else Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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