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I love tmbg, and this has got to be my favorite album. Every song has its own wonderful qualities. "Subliminal"... could they have picked a better song to start with??! I recently lost this on a trip, and am lamenting it so much its almost silly..! Do yourself a favor and buy this one, it will provide years of listening pleasure.
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This CD does'nt fail the reputation that TMBG has earned from there previous albums. This album contains some real good solid songs along with there regular really weird songs but even those are great to listen to and are very entertaining. I was introduced to this CD from my brother Hymie and his friends and they all claim this is their best cd. I recommend songs 6, 16 , and a great weird one: 17.-Joseph C
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I enjoyed the blending of They Might Be Giants' unique style with a hard rocking band on this album. Perhaps this CD is overlong, but certain songs and recordings are among the best they've ever done: "Subliminal, " "Destination Moon," "Meet James Ensor" and "The End of the Tour." The rest of the songs can be pleasing, but don't always rise to this level of greatness.
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This CD is a departure from typical TMBG songs to a supposedly 'better,' more professional type of music philosophy in their schematics. In this 'grunge-type' album, they had more band members, so theoretically, they would sound more professional, than they would with their 'duo.' I don't necessarily think that their songs sounded any better instrumentally, because of this. Although, this is still reminiscent of TMBG: namely, cute, humorous, and full of creativity, I'm not a big fan of 'grunge,' and don't think this is one of TMBG best albums...though, it is, nonetheless, pretty cool and worth getting.
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I own every Album this group has released, and I can safely say that John Henry is just above Flood for their best one. This CD is great because of the variance - It has several harder rock and roll pieces, like "Snail Shell", "Destination Moon", and "Out of Jail", then some lighter pieces like "Dirt Bike" and "The End of the Tour".
But the reason why I like this CD more than any of their others is because most of this CD is filled with high-energy music that's fun to sing along to.
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