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1991 compilation album by They Might Be Giants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Miscellaneous T is a B-side and remix compilation album released by the alternative rock band They Might Be Giants in 1991.[8] It is a US re-release of Don't Let's Start (which was only released in the UK and West Germany), with different cover art, track order, and the additional song "Hello Radio".
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Released | October 8, 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1986–1989 | |||
Studio | Studio Pass, Dubway Studio, New York City, Charles Eller Studio, Charlotte, VT, Hello Studios, Lynchburg, Virginia | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 37:47 | |||
Label | Restless / Bar/None[1] | |||
Producer | Bill Krauss, They Might Be Giants | |||
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MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 7/10[7] |
The album consists of all of the B-sides from the singles the band released between 1987 and 1989 (except "Ana Ng"), with the addition of the relatively new songs "The World's Address (Joshua Fried Remix)"—released beforehand only on Don't Let's Start—and "Hello Radio", which was previously released on a promotional sampler.
All of the songs, with the exception of "(She Was A) Hotel Detective (Single Mix)", are included on Then: The Earlier Years, a compilation of the band's early material.
Miscellaneous T is said to be named for the section in record stores where They Might Be Giants' albums were most often shelved in the band's early years.[9]
Trouser Press called the compilation a "neat if uneven appendix to the longplaying oeuvre."[1] The Spin Alternative Record Guide wrote that it "reveals TMBG's enormous depth of material."[7]
The tracks are grouped according to the singles they originally appeared with:
The 13th track, which has no name listed on the album's track listing, is not actually a song, but a snippet of a recording inadvertently left on the TMBG 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" and "There Must Be Giants", as she mistakenly refers to the band. It would later be referenced when Bryant Gumbel referred to them as "They Must Be Giants" when they performed "Your Racist Friend" on the Today Show to promote the release of Flood.
"Lady Is a Tramp" is a cover of a song from the Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms.
All songs by They Might Be Giants unless otherwise noted.
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