Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants is a 2002 compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants is an American alternative rock band formed in 1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell. During TMBG's early years Flansburgh and Linnell were frequently accompanied by a drum machine. In the early 1990s, TMBG became a full band. Currently, the members of TMBG are...

. Despite the name, it is not a compilation of tracks from the band's "Dial-A-Song" service. It is instead an anthology of various album and live tracks from the band's history, spanning their full career up to the time of its release. It includes tracks from every album starting with 1986's They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants (album)

They Might Be Giants is the eponymous debut album from Brooklyn-based band They Might Be Giants, also known as The Pink Album. It was released by Bar/None in 1986....

up through No!

No!

No! is the ninth studio album by the alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released in 2002 on Rounder Kids. It is their first album of children's music....

, which was only released three months before this compilation.

It was issued by Rhino Records and compiled by singer/songwriter/guitarist John Flansburgh

John Flansburgh

John Conant Flansburgh is an American musician. He is half of the longstanding Brooklyn, New York-based alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants, for which he writes, sings and plays rhythm guitar...

.

The first disc focuses mainly on the group's singles and better-known album tracks. Disc two delves into more obscure fan favorites and live cuts.

Song notes

Some of the songs on the album are actually different versions than the original, such as:

• "Older" is the original version that featured on the album "Long Tall Weekend
  Long Tall Weekend
  Long Tall Weekend is a downloadable album released by They Might Be Giants in 1999. It was released exclusively on-line through eMusic . It was the first major full-length album released exclusively on the Internet by an established major label band. Many of these songs were outtakes from the...
  
  " and on the ABC show "Brave New World
  Brave New World (TV series)
  Brave New World was an ABC TV mini-series aired in 1999, about the possibilities in the 21st century.They Might Be Giants were asked to help out with some music for the show like Older, All Alone and the theme song for the show.-External links:...
  
  ."
• "Robot Parade" is the "Adult Version", with a more thrashy sort of sound, as opposed to the version from No!
  No!
  No! is the ninth studio album by the alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released in 2002 on Rounder Kids. It is their first album of children's music....
  
  .
• "Boss of Me" is best known as the theme song to Malcolm in the Middle
  Malcolm in the Middle
  Malcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes...
  
  , although the version here is the full version, not the shortened version used on the show
• "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
  Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
  "Istanbul " is a swing-style song, with lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy and music by Nat Simon. The tune is reminiscent of "Puttin' on the Ritz," written by Irving Berlin in 1929, but the song is said to be a response to "C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-I-N-O-P-L-E," recorded in 1928 by Paul Whiteman and His...
  
  " is a cover, originally performed by The Four Lads
  The Four Lads
  The Four Lads is a popular Canadian male singing quartet. In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, the group earned many gold singles and albums. Its million-selling signature tunes include "Moments to Remember," "Standin' on the Corner," "No, Not Much," "Who Needs You," and "Istanbul."The Four Lads makes...
  
  
• "The Guitar" is a semi-remake of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight
  The Lion Sleeps Tonight
  "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", also known as "Wimoweh" and originally as "Mbube", is a song recorded by Solomon Linda and his group The Evening Birds for the South African Gallo Record Company in 1939. It was covered internationally by many 1950s pop and folk revival artists, including The Weavers,...
  
  "
• "New York City" is a cover, originally performed by cub
  Cub (band)
  Cub was an indie rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia that formed in 1992 and disbanded in 1997. They played a melodic, jangly form of pop punk that was dubbed "cuddlecore" by some music critics...
  
  
• "Dr. Evil" was written for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
  Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
  Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, released in 1999, is the second film in the Austin Powers series that began with 1997's Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and continued with Austin Powers in Goldmember. The film was directed by Jay Roach, co-written by Mike Myers and screenwriter...
  
  
• "Why Does the Sun Shine (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) (live)" is the live version of the song from Severe Tire Damage
  Severe Tire Damage (album)
  Severe Tire Damage is a primarily live album by They Might Be Giants, released in 1998 . It also features a few studio tracks, including a new single ....
  
  and it is a cover, originally recorded by Tom Glazer
  Tom Glazer
  Thomas Zachariah "Tom" Glazer was an American folk singer and songwriter known primarily as a composer of ballads, including: "Because All Men Are Brothers", recorded by The Weavers and Peter, Paul and Mary, "Talking Inflation Blues", recorded by Bob Dylan, and "A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Anymore"...
  
  
• "James K. Polk" is a new unreleased version, although it is not labeled as such. It seems to include the same instrumentation as the version from Factory Showroom
  Factory Showroom
  Factory Showroom is the sixth studio album by the band They Might Be Giants. It was released in 1996 through Elektra Records....
  
  , but with different vocals
• "She's Actual Size (live)" is, along with the above "James K. Polk", the only other exclusive, unreleased song on the set
• "Spy (Original Version)" is listed as an exclusive, unreleased live version, but is actually the version of the song from Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)
  Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)
  7" vinylPersonnelMusic* John Linnell – accordion, saxophone, bass clarinet, vocals* John Flansburgh – electric guitar, vocals* Brian Doherty – drums, glockenspiel* Kurt Hoffman – clarinet, saxophone* Frank London – trumpet...
  
  
• "Stormy Pinkness (live in Berlin
  Berlin
  Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
  
  )" is also listed as an exclusive, but it was previously released through the TMBG Unlimited mp3 service
• "Fingertips" on this album is one track while Apollo 18
  Apollo 18
  Apollo 18 may refer to:* One of the canceled Apollo missions of the American Apollo lunar program* The officially unnumbered Apollo spacecraft used in the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project* Apollo 18 , a 1992 album by They Might Be Giants...
  
   had as 21 seprate tracks
• This album contains the single remix of "Don't Let's Start
  Don't Let's Start
  "Don't Let's Start" is a song by alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, from their eponymous debut album They Might Be Giants. It was the first single released from the album, released as a maxi-single. The song is one of the band's most popular and well-known songs, despite failing to chart...
  
  " and "(She Was A) Hotel Detective
  (She Was A) Hotel Detective
  -12" track listing:- Personnel :*John Flansburgh – vocals, guitar*John Linnell – vocals, bass saxophone, baritone saxiphone, synthesizers*Anne Moore – vocals*Peter Pairman Thomson – backup vocalsProduction*Al Houghton – engineer...
  
  "

Album Originals

• tracks 1, 6, 11, 13, 17, and 20 on disc one and track 21 on disc two originally appeared on Flood
• tracks 2, and 22 on disc one and tracks 24, 25 and 26 on disc two originally appeared on Lincoln
  Lincoln (album)
  Lincoln is the second album by the band They Might Be Giants. It was released in 1988 . The album is named after John Linnell and John Flansburgh's boyhood home of Lincoln, Massachusetts. The two men pictured are Linnell's great-grandfather, Lewis T...
  
  
• tracks 3, and 15 on disc one originally appeared on the Don't Let's Start
  Don't Let's Start
  "Don't Let's Start" is a song by alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, from their eponymous debut album They Might Be Giants. It was the first single released from the album, released as a maxi-single. The song is one of the band's most popular and well-known songs, despite failing to chart...
  
   EP
• track 4 on disc one originally appeared on the Boss of Me
  Boss of Me
  "Boss of Me" is a song by alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. The song was written as the theme song for the television show Malcolm in the Middle, and was released as the single from the soundtrack to the show. In 2002, "Boss of Me" won the band their first Grammy Award, in the category of...
  
   EP
• track 5 on disc one originally appeared on Long Tall Weekend
  Long Tall Weekend
  Long Tall Weekend is a downloadable album released by They Might Be Giants in 1999. It was released exclusively on-line through eMusic . It was the first major full-length album released exclusively on the Internet by an established major label band. Many of these songs were outtakes from the...
  
  
• tracks 7, and 16 on disc one originally appeared on Severe Tire Damage
  Severe Tire Damage (album)
  Severe Tire Damage is a primarily live album by They Might Be Giants, released in 1998 . It also features a few studio tracks, including a new single ....
  
  
• tracks 8, 23, and 26 on disc one and tracks 5, 9, and 11 on disc two originally appeared on Apollo 18
  Apollo 18 (album)
  Apollo 18 is They Might Be Giants' fourth studio album. It was released in 1992 and named after the Apollo missions, the last of which was Apollo 17....
  
  
• track 9 on disc one originally appeared on Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
  Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
  Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, released in 1999, is the second film in the Austin Powers series that began with 1997's Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and continued with Austin Powers in Goldmember. The film was directed by Jay Roach, co-written by Mike Myers and screenwriter...
  
  
• tracks 10 on disc one and 2, 3, 6, 8, 15, and 18 on disc two originally appeared on Factory Showroom
  Factory Showroom
  Factory Showroom is the sixth studio album by the band They Might Be Giants. It was released in 1996 through Elektra Records....
  
  
• tracks 12, 14, 18, and 21 on disc one originally appeared on Mink Car
  Mink Car
  Mink Car is the eighth studio album by They Might Be Giants, released in 2001 on Restless Records, on the same morning as the September 11 attacks....
  
  
• track 19 on disc one and tracks 4, 10, and 20 on disc two originally appeared on John Henry
  John Henry (album)
  John Henry is the name of They Might Be Giants' fifth original album, although it is the sixth disc in their discography. It was released in 1994. It is the first album in which John Linnell and John Flansburgh utilized a full band, as opposed to playing most or all of the instruments themselves....
  
  
• track 24 on disc one originally appeared on the (She Was A) Hotel Detective
  (She Was A) Hotel Detective
  -12" track listing:- Personnel :*John Flansburgh – vocals, guitar*John Linnell – vocals, bass saxophone, baritone saxiphone, synthesizers*Anne Moore – vocals*Peter Pairman Thomson – backup vocalsProduction*Al Houghton – engineer...
  
   EP
• track 25 on disc one and tracks 1, 17, and 19 on disc two originally appeared on They Might Be Giants
  They Might Be Giants (album)
  They Might Be Giants is the eponymous debut album from Brooklyn-based band They Might Be Giants, also known as The Pink Album. It was released by Bar/None in 1986....
  
  
• track 7 on disc two originally appeared on No!
  No!
  No! is the ninth studio album by the alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released in 2002 on Rounder Kids. It is their first album of children's music....
  
  
• track 12 on disc two originally is previously unrealesed
• track 13 on disc two originally appeared on the Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)
  Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)
  7" vinylPersonnelMusic* John Linnell – accordion, saxophone, bass clarinet, vocals* John Flansburgh – electric guitar, vocals* Brian Doherty – drums, glockenspiel* Kurt Hoffman – clarinet, saxophone* Frank London – trumpet...
  
   EP
• track 14 on disc two is on the TMBG Unlimited MP3 service
• track 16 on disc two originally appeared on the Working Undercover for the Man
  Working Undercover for the Man
  Working Undercover for the Man is an EP by They Might Be Giants, released as an MP3-only album through eMusic. However, 10,000 physical copies were pressed...
  
   EP
• track 22 on disc two originally appeared on the Purple Toupee
  Purple Toupee
  -Track listing:# "Purple Toupee"# "Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal"# "Lady Is A Tramp"# "Birds Fly"The latter three tracks would later be included on Miscellaneous T.- External links :*Purple Toupee EP on This Might Be A Wiki...
  
   EP
• track 23 on disc two originally appeared on the They'll Need A Crane
  They'll Need a Crane
  They'll Need a Crane is an EP and song by They Might Be Giants. "They'll Need a Crane" was the first song the band performed on network television, in 1989 on the Late Night with David Letterman.-Track listing:#"They'll Need a Crane"...
  
   EP

Disc one

1. "Birdhouse in Your Soul
   Birdhouse in Your Soul
   "Birdhouse in Your Soul" is a song by American alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. It was released in March 1990 as a single from the album Flood. It 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...
   
   " (John Flansburgh
   John Flansburgh
   John Conant Flansburgh is an American musician. He is half of the longstanding Brooklyn, New York-based alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants, for which he writes, sings and plays rhythm guitar...
   
   , John Linnell
   John Linnell
   John Sidney Linnell is an American musician, is known primarily as one half of Brooklyn, New York alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants...
   
   ) – 3:19
2. "Ana Ng
   Ana Ng
   "Ana Ng" is a song by alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. It was released as the lead single from the band's 1988 album Lincoln. Although the song was their first US chart appearance, hitting #11 on the US Modern Rock chart, the single was never officially released in the US...
   
   " – 3:21
3. "Don't Let's Start
   Don't Let's Start
   "Don't Let's Start" is a song by alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, from their eponymous debut album They Might Be Giants. It was the first single released from the album, released as a maxi-single. The song is one of the band's most popular and well-known songs, despite failing to chart...
   
    (Single Remix)" – 2:33
4. "Boss of Me
   Boss of Me
   "Boss of Me" is a song by alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. The song was written as the theme song for the television show Malcolm in the Middle, and was released as the single from the soundtrack to the show. In 2002, "Boss of Me" won the band their first Grammy Award, in the category of...
   
   " – 2:58
5. "Older" – 1:52
6. "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
   Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
   "Istanbul " is a swing-style song, with lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy and music by Nat Simon. The tune is reminiscent of "Puttin' on the Ritz," written by Irving Berlin in 1929, but the song is said to be a response to "C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-I-N-O-P-L-E," recorded in 1928 by Paul Whiteman and His...
   
   " (Jimmy Kennedy
   Jimmy Kennedy
   Jimmy Kennedy OBE was an Irish songwriter, predominantly a lyricist, putting words to existing music such as "Teddy Bears' Picnic" and "My Prayer", or co-writing with the composers Michael Carr, Wilhelm Grosz and Nat Simon amongst others.-Biography:Kennedy was born near Omagh...
   
   , Nat Simon) – 2:35
7. "Doctor Worm
   Doctor Worm
   "Doctor Worm" is a song by They Might Be Giants. It first appeared on the primarily live album Severe Tire Damage, being one of only three studio-recorded songs on the album. It was also released as a single and featured in a music video directed by band member John Flansburgh.The lyrics describe a...
   
   " – 3:01
8. "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
   The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
   The Guitar is a song and EP by They Might Be Giants. The title song also appears on Apollo 18 , released by Elektra Records.-Track listing:# "The Guitar" - 4:13...
   
   " (Luigi Creatore
   Luigi Creatore
   Luigi Creatore is a American songwriter and record producer.From a musical family, Creatore began his career as a writer. After serving with the United States military during World War II, in the 1950s he became a writer then partnered with his cousin Hugo Peretti to form the songwriting team of...
   
   , Hugo Peretti
   Hugo Peretti
   Hugo E. Peretti was an American songwriter and record producer.Born in New York City, Hugo Peretti began his career as a teenager, playing the trumpet in the Borscht Belt in upstate New York...
   
   , George David Weiss
   George David Weiss
   George David Weiss was an American songwriter and former President of the Songwriters Guild of America.-Career:...
   
   ) – 3:49
9. "Dr. Evil" – 1:50
10. "New York City
    New York City
    New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
    
    " (Robynn Iwata, Lisa Marr, Lisa Nielsen) – 3:05
11. "Particle Man
    Particle Man
    "Particle Man" is a song by alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. The song is the seventh track on the band's 1990 release, Flood. It has become one of their most popular songs, despite never being released as a single.- Lyrical content :...
    
    " – 1:58
12. "Cyclops Rock" – 2:43
13. "Minimum Wage" – 0:46
14. "Man, It's So Loud in Here
    Man, It's So Loud in Here
    -Track listing:United States track listing#Man, It's So Loud In Here - 3:51#Man, It's So Loud In Here - 3:59#Man, It's So Loud In Here - 3:42Australian track listing#Man, It's So Loud In Here - 3:51...
    
    " – 4:03
15. "We're the Replacements" – 1:49
16. "Why Does the Sun Shine (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) (Live)" (Lou Singer, Hy Zaret
    Hy Zaret
    Hy Zaret was an American Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer best known as the co-author of the 1955 hit "Unchained Melody", one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century.-Biography:...
    
    ) – 2:20
17. "Your Racist Friend" – 2:54
18. "Bangs" – 3:14
19. "Snail Shell" – 3:21
20. "Twisting" – 1:55
21. "Another First Kiss" – 3:07
22. "They'll Need a Crane
    They'll Need a Crane
    They'll Need a Crane is an EP and song by They Might Be Giants. "They'll Need a Crane" was the first song the band performed on network television, in 1989 on the Late Night with David Letterman.-Track listing:#"They'll Need a Crane"...
    
    " – 2:31
23. "The Statue Got Me High
    The Statue Got Me High
    "The Statue Got Me High" is a song by American alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. The song was released as the lead single from the band's 1992 album, Apollo 18. The song reached number 24 on the Billboard magazine Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart...
    
    " – 3:05
24. "(She Was A) Hotel Detective
    (She Was A) Hotel Detective
    -12" track listing:- Personnel :*John Flansburgh – vocals, guitar*John Linnell – vocals, bass saxophone, baritone saxiphone, synthesizers*Anne Moore – vocals*Peter Pairman Thomson – backup vocalsProduction*Al Houghton – engineer...
    
     (Single Remix)" – 2:21
25. "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head" (Flansburgh, Linnell) – 2:10
26. "I Palindrome I
    I Palindrome I
    I Palindrome I is an EP from They Might Be Giants. The title song also appears on Apollo 18 , released in 1992 by Elektra Records.The "I Palindrome I" track itself contains numerous visual, musical, word, letter and conceptual palindromes....
    
    " – 2:20

Disc two

1. "She's an Angel" – 2:36
2. "How Can I Sing Like a Girl?" – 4:28
3. "James K. Polk
   James K. Polk
   James Knox Polk was the 11th President of the United States . Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented Tennessee. A Democrat, Polk served as the 17th Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 12th Governor of Tennessee...
   
   " (Matthew Hill, They Might Be Giants) – 3:05
4. "Meet James Ensor
   James Ensor
   James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor was a Flemish-Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire life...
   
   " – 1:33
5. "Mammal" – 2:13
6. "Pet Name" – 4:02
7. "No!" – 1:29
8. "I Can Hear You" – 1:56
9. "Spider" – 0:51
10. "I Should Be Allowed to Think" – 3:07
11. "Fingertips" – 4:33
12. "She's Actual Size (Live)" – 7:18
13. "Spy (Original Version)" – 2:31
14. "Stormy Pinkness (Live)" – 2:21
15. "Exquisite Dead Guy" – 2:02
16. "Robot Parade (Adult Version)" – 1:05
17. "Boat of Car" – 1:14
18. "S-E-X-X-Y
    S-E-X-X-Y
    S-E-X-X-Y is an EP released in 1996 by musical group They Might Be Giants, in conjunction with their LP Factory Showroom.-Notes:...
    
    " (Hal Cragin, They Might Be Giants) – 3:52
19. "Number Three" – 1:27
20. "The End of the Tour" -3:18
21. "They Might Be Giants" – 2:45
22. "Hey Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had a Deal" – 3:48
23. "Nightgown of the Sullen Moon" – 1:59
24. "Snowball in Hell" – 2:31
25. "Purple Toupee
    Purple Toupee
    -Track listing:# "Purple Toupee"# "Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal"# "Lady Is A Tramp"# "Birds Fly"The latter three tracks would later be included on Miscellaneous T.- External links :*Purple Toupee EP on This Might Be A Wiki...
    
    " – 2:40
26. "Cowtown" – 2:21

Personnel

• Zachary Alford – drums
• Amy Allison – vocals
• Danny Alonso – engineer
• Susan Anderson – photography
• Paul Angelli – engineer, mixing
• Ben Bailes – engineer
• Alan Bezozi – tambourine, drums (snare)
• Mark Bishop – engineer
• Albert Caiati – engineer
• Bruce Calder – assistant
• Steve Calhoon – drums
• Laura Cantrell – vocals
• Ron Caswell – tuba
• Bob Clearmountain
  Bob Clearmountain
  Bob Clearmountain is an award-winning American music engineer, mixer and producer. He has worked with many prominent names in music including Bruce Springsteen , The Rolling Stones , Bryan Adams , Robbie Williams Bob Clearmountain is an award-winning American music engineer, mixer and producer. He...
  
   – mixing
• Paula Court – photography
• Reuben Cox – photography
• Hal Cragin – bass
• Peter Dilg – producer
• Patrick Dillett – producer, engineer, mixing
• TJ Doherty – engineer
• Edward Douglas – engineer
• Tom Durack – producer, mixing
• Sheryl Farber – editorial supervision
• Mark Feldman – violin
• John Flansburgh
  John Flansburgh
  John Conant Flansburgh is an American musician. He is half of the longstanding Brooklyn, New York-based alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants, for which he writes, sings and plays rhythm guitar...
  
   – guitar, keyboards, vocals, compilation
• Alan Ford – engineer
• Paul Fox – producer
• Cheryl Fugate – project assistant
• Tony Gillis – engineer
• Barbara Glauber – design
• Matt Gold – engineer
• Robin "Goldie" Goldwasser – vocals
• Sue Hadjopoulas – percussion, conga
• Michael Halsband – photography
• Cosmo Heidtman – engineer
• Dan Hersch – remastering
• Dan Hickey – drums
• Nicholas Hill – vocals
• Kurt Hoffman – horn, horn arrangements, string arrangements
• Al Houghton – engineer
• Jim Hughes – compilation
• Bill Inglot – remastering
• Hiro Ishihara – engineer
• Luis Jardim
  Luís Jardim
  Luís Alberto Figueira Gonçalves Jardim is a Portuguese percussionist, born in the Madeira Island, best known for his work with producer Trevor Horn.-Family:Jardim is a cousin of Alberto João Jardim...
  
   – percussion
• Beverly Joel – design
• Julie Kantner – photography
• Gregor Kitzis – violin
• Julian Koster
  Julian Koster
  Julian Koster is an American underground musician and storyteller. A member of the Elephant 6 Collective, he is the leader of The Music Tapes, and a former member of Neutral Milk Hotel and Chocolate USA. He is also an influential and long time performer on the singing or Musical Saw...
  
   – singing saw
• Bill Krauss – producer, engineer
• Chris Laidlaw – engineer
• Rich Lamb – engineer
• Clive Langer
  Clive Langer
  Clive Langer is a British record producer active from the mid 1970s onwards. He usually works with Alan Winstanley. He composed the music for the films Still Crazy and Brothers of the Head. Prior to his record producing career he was a guitarist with the British cult band Deaf SchoolLanger...
  
   – producer
• Ron Lawrence – viola
• Dan Levine – trombone
• Mark Leviton – compilation
• John Linnell – accordion, keyboards, saxophone, vocals, compilation
• Frank London – trumpet
• Tony Maimone
  Tony Maimone
  Tony Maimone is a bass player, producer, and engineer who lives in Brooklyn, New York.He was a member of Pere Ubu from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, often playing with drummer Scott Krauss...
  
   – bass
• Elma Mayer – vocals
• April Milek – project assistant
• Dan Miller – guitar, synth guitar
• Katherine Miller – engineer
• Roger Moutenot – engineer, mixing, whip
• UE Nastasi – assistant
• Tim Newman – trombone
• Alex Noyes – engineer
• Jim O'Connor – trumpet
• Alex Olsson – engineer
• Mark Pender – trumpet
• Randy Perry – project assistant
• Mauro Refosco – percussion
• David Robbins – engineer
• Marc Salata – product manager
• Erik Sanko – bass
• Tim Scanlin – A&R
• Eric Schermerhorn
  Eric Schermerhorn
  Eric Schermerhorn, is an American guitarist and composer. Born in Massachusetts on April 11th 1960, he has since lived in NYC and Los Angeles. He played with Iggy Pop on the American Caeser and Naughty Little Doggie albums, and David Bowie on the Tin Machine It's My Life....
  
   – acoustic guitar, guitar
• Adam Schlesinger – keyboards, programming, producer
• Brent Sigmeth – engineer
• Brian Speiser – mixing
• Jason Spittle – engineer
• Peter Stampfel – banjo, vocals
• Mark Stern – photography
• Ed Thacker – engineer, mixing
• They Might Be Giants – producer
• Greg Thompson – engineer
• Sarah Vowell – liner notes
• Danny Weinkauf – bass
• Jeff White – compilation
• Alan Winstanley
  Alan Winstanley
  Alan Kenneth Winstanley is a British record producer active from the mid-1970s onwards. He usually works with Clive Langer.-Notable studio albums produced by Alan Winstanley and Clive Langer:* One Step Beyond... – Madness...
  
   – producer, mixing
• Krystof Witek – violin
• Jeremy Wolff – photography
• Steve Woolard – discographical annotation
• Lyle Workman – guitar
• Garo Yellin – cello
• Toshikazu Yoshioka – engineer

External links

• Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants at This Might Be A Wiki