Audio CD review:
They Might Be Giants - John Henry

They Might Be Giants - John Henry

Band: They Might Be Giants Title: John Henry Rating: Release Date: 13 September, 1994 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Subliminal 2: Snail Shell 3: Sleeping In The Flowers 4: Unrelated Thing 5: AKA Driver 6: I Should Be Allowed To Think 7: Extra Savoir-Faire 8: Why Must I Be Sad? 9: Spy 10: O, Do Not Forsake Me 11: No One Knows My Plan 12: Dirt Bike 13: Destination Moon 14: A Self Called Nowhere 15: Meet James Ensor 16: Thermostat 17: Window 18: Out Of Jail 19: Stomp Box 20: The End Of The Tour

Editoral Review Even with the addition of bass, drums, sax, and trumpet, the focus is still on the goofy vocals, silly lyrical puns, and accordion-driven hooks of John Flansburgh and John Linnell, and that is not a good thing. They Might Be Giants expands to a sextet on its fifth album, John Henry. These 20 songs include a tune that quotes Allen Ginsberg's "Howl," love songs to a dirt bike and a copy shop clerk, and a song that takes its lyrics from Alice Cooper song titles. If that sounds like your idea of clever, enjoy. --Jim DeRogatis .. You can see a complete list of all They Might Be Giants discography, or go back to the They Might Be Giants tabs