They Might Be Giants discography
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| They Might Be Giants discography | |
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Flansburgh (left) and Linnell (right)
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| Studio albums | 18 |
| Live albums | 9 |
| Compilation albums | 10 |
| Video albums | 7 |
| EPs | 21 |
| Singles | 11 |
The following is a comprehensive discography of They Might Be Giants, an American alternative rock band comprising several artists including John Flansburgh, John Linnell, Marty Beller, Dan Miller, and Danny Weinkauf. The band's first release was the November 4, 1986 eponymously titled They Might Be Giants, but TMBG did not gain commercial success until their March 1990 single "Birdhouse in Your Soul" from the album Flood. "Birdhouse in Your Soul" reached #3 on the United States Modern Rock Tracks chart and #6 on the UK Singles Chart and remains their highest-charting single in both countries. Over the next two decades, They Might Be Giants released studio albums on a near-biennial fashion and currently have a total of seventeen studio albums along with six live albums, eight compilation albums, twenty-one extended plays and eleven singles.
Contents
Studio albums
| Year | Title | Chart peaks[1] | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| 1986 | They Might Be Giants | — | — | — | — |
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| 1988 | Lincoln | — | 89 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | Flood
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14 | 75 | — | 99 | US: Platinum[3] | |
| 1992 | Apollo 18
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— | 99 | — | 59 | ||
| 1994 | John Henry
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— | 64 | — | — |
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| 1996 | Factory Showroom
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— | 89 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | Long Tall Weekend
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| 2001 | Mink Car
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— | 134 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | No!
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— | — | 1 | — |
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| 2004 | The Spine
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— | 130 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | Here Come the ABCs
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— | — | 6 | — |
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| 2007 | The Else
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— | 118 | — | — |
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| 2008 | Here Come the 123s
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— | 172 | 9 | — |
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| 2009 | Here Comes Science
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— | 91 | 4* | — |
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| 2011 | Join Us
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— | 32 | — | — |
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| 2013 | Nanobots
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— | 57 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | Glean
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— | 67 | — | — | ||
Why?
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— | 181 | — | — |
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| 2016 | Phone Power
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— | 122 | — | — |
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| 2018 | I Like Fun
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— | 108 | — | — | ||
Live albums
| Year | Title | Chart peaks[1] | Notes |
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| 1994 | Live!! New York City 10/14/94
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| 1998 | Severe Tire Damage
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| 1999 | Live
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| 2004 | The Spine Hits the Road
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Almanac
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Venue Songs
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| 2012 | At Large
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| 2014 | First Album Live
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| 2015 | Flood Live In Australia
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| 2016 | Live In Brooklyn
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Compilations
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1989 | Don't Let's Start
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| 1991 | Miscellaneous T |
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| 1997 | Then: The Earlier Years
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| 1999 | Best of the Early Years
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| 2002 | They Got Lost
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| 2002 | Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants
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| 2005 | A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants
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| 2005 | Venue Songs DVD/CD
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| 2011 | Album Raises New and Troubling Questions
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| 2014 | Idlewild
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EPs
| Year | Album Information |
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| 1993 | Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)
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| 1994 | Back to Skull
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| 2000 | Working Undercover for the Man
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| 2001 | They Might Be Giants in Holidayland
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| 2003 | Bed, Bed, Bed
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| 2004 | Indestructible Object
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| 2004 | The Spine Surfs Alone
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| 2013 | Nanobots EP
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Videography
| Year | Title | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| 1999 | Direct from Brooklyn | |
| 2003 | Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
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| 2005 | Here Come the ABCs
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US: Gold[3] |
Venue Songs DVD/CD
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| 2008 | Here Come the 123s
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US: Gold[3] |
| 2009 | Here Comes Science
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US: Gold[3] |
| 2012 | Them Ain't Big Eye Ants
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
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NLD [6] |
UK [7] |
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| "Don't Let's Start" | 1987 | — | 94 | — | — | They Might Be Giants |
| "(She Was A) Hotel Detective" | 1988 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Ana Ng" | 11 | — | — | — | Lincoln | |
| "They'll Need a Crane" | 1989 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Purple Toupee" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Birdhouse in Your Soul" | 1990 | 3 | 125 | — | 6 | Flood |
| "Twisting" | 22 | — | — | — | ||
| "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" | — | — | — | 61 | ||
| "The Statue Got Me High" | 1992 | 24 | — | — | 92 | Apollo 18 |
| "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I Palindrome I" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "O Tannenbaum" | 1993 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Snail Shell" | 1994 | 19 | — | — | — | John Henry |
| "S-E-X-X-Y" | 1996 | — | — | — | — | Factory Showroom |
| "Doctor Worm" | 1998 | — | — | — | — | Severe Tire Damage |
| "Boss of Me" | 2001 | — | 29 | 89 | 21 | Music from Malcolm in the Middle |
| "Man, It's So Loud in Here" | — | 86 | — | — | Mink Car | |
| "Experimental Film" | 2005 | — | — | — | — | The Spine |
| "T-Shirt" | 2005 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "I'm Impressed" | 2007 | — | — | — | — | The Else |
| "Can't Keep Johnny Down" | 2011 | — | — | — | — | Join Us |
| "You're on Fire" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | Nanobots |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
Contributions & other releases
- "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" & "Particle Man" for Tiny Toons in the MTV spoof episode
- "One More Parade" for Rubaiyat: Elektra's 40th Anniversary Tribute CD (1990)
- "SenSurround" for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie Soundtrack (1995)
- "25 O' Clock" for Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC Tribute CD (1995)
- "Spiraling Shape" for Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy Soundtrack (1996)
- "Dr. Evil" for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Soundtrack (1999)
- "Boss of Me" and "Older" for Music from Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
- "Puppy Love" for Blue's Clues Commercial (2000)
- "I've Got A Fang" (Demo) for This Is Next Year: A Brooklyn-Based Compilation (2001)
- CD soundtrack to McSweeney's Quarterly, issue 6 (2001) (Contributions, and arrangement of music by others)
- "Darlin' Allison" for Gordon Gano's Hitting the Ground album (2002)
- "So to Be One of Us" for Return to Never Land Soundtrack (2002)
- "Now That You're One of Us" for Return to Never Land Soundtrack (2002)
- "I'm Not Coming In Anymore" for the Ed, Edd, & Eddy music video called "The Incredible Shrinking Day" (2002)
- "The Long Grift" for Wig in a Box (2003)
- "Savoy Truffle" for Songs from the Material World (2003)
- "Baroque Hoedown" for DisneyMania 2 (2004) and Moog Soundtrack (2004)
- "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" for Future Soundtrack for America (2004)
- "Ana Ng" for Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground Compilation (2004)
- "Through Being Cool" for Sky High Soundtrack (2005)
- "Hot Dog!" for Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Soundtrack (2006)
- "Happy Doesn't Have to Have an Ending" for Happily N'Ever After Soundtrack (2007)
- "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" a song for the Meet the Robinsons soundtrack (2007)
- "Havalina" (Pixies cover) for "Dig For Fire - a tribute to PIXIES" (2007)
- "Other Father's Song" for the film "Coraline" (2009)
- "Choo Choo Express" for the Disney Mickey Mouse Clubhouse DVD Choo Choo Express (2008)
- "200 sbemails" for Strong Bad Emails Homestar Runner Email Thunder episode (2008)
- "Courage the Cowardly Dog" for Cartoon Network promo
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 TMBG Album Chart History tmbw.net. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
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- Top 100 peaks between January 1990 and December 2010: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ http://www.theymightbegiants.com/news/a-free-present-for-you/ visited February 25, 2015
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