The Escape Team
2018 studio album by They Might Be Giants
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| Released | December 10, 2018 (2018-12-10) | |||
| Studio | Reservoir Studios NYC | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 23:42 | |||
| Label | Idlewild | |||
| Producer | They Might Be Giants, Pat Dillett | |||
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The Escape Team is the 22nd album by New York City-based alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released on December 10, 2018[1] for digital download and pre-order. The digital download and pre-order was released simultaneously with My Murdered Remains. The physical album was released in May 2019.[2]
The Escape Team is a concept album, made in collaboration with long-time TMBG music video collaborator David Cowles, based on fictional characters from his original comic book of the same name.[3]
In the year prior to the album's release, songs from The Escape Team were released as part of They Might Be Giants' 2018 Dial-A-Song series. Each song was released with a music video animated and directed by Cowles, with the exception of "The Poisonousness," which was directed by Ajax Digital Design.
Track listing
All tracks are written by They Might Be Giants except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Jackie the Clipper" | 2:22 | |
| 2. | "Chip the CHiP" | 1:48 | |
| 3. | "Burnice" | 1:54 | |
| 4. | "Dr. Sy Fly" | 2:03 | |
| 5. | "Dunkin Of Course Of Course" | 2:06 | |
| 6. | "Mr. Mischief Night" | 2:11 | |
| 7. | "John Postal" | (Christopher Albert Anderson, They Might Be Giants) | 2:37 |
| 8. | "Flo Wheeler" | 2:05 | |
| 9. | "Corrupted Lyle" | (Christopher Albert Anderson, They Might Be Giants) | 1:39 |
| 10. | "Re-PETE Offender" | 2:13 | |
| 11. | "The Poisonousness" | (Robin Goldwasser, They Might Be Giants) | 2:55 |
| Total length: | 23:53 | ||
Personnel
They Might Be Giants
- John Flansburgh – vocals, guitars, programming, etc.
- John Linnell – vocals, keyboards, woodwinds, etc.
Backing Band
- Marty Beller – drums
- Dan Miller – guitars
- Danny Weinkauf – bass guitar
Additional musicians
- Chris Anderson – Bass and mellotron on "Corrupted Lyle".
- Robin Goldwasser - vocals on "The Poisonousness"
Production
- Daniel Avila – engineering
- Pat Dillett – production, mixing
- James York – engineering
- Ue Nastasi – Audio mastering
References
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- John Flansburgh
- John Linnell
- Dan Miller
- Danny Weinkauf
- Marty Beller
- Hal Cragin
- Brian Doherty
- Jonathan Feinberg
- Dan Hickey
- Kurt Hoffman
- Graham Maby
- Tony Maimone
- Eric Schermerhorn
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- Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) (1993)
- Back to Skull (1994)
- Working Undercover for the Man (2000)
- They Might Be Giants In... Holidayland (2001)
- Bed, Bed, Bed (2003)
- Indestructible Object (2004)
- The Spine Surfs Alone (2004)
- "Don't Let's Start"
- "(She Was A) Hotel Detective"
- "Ana Ng"
- "They'll Need a Crane"
- "Purple Toupee"
- "Birdhouse in Your Soul"
- "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"
- "The Statue Got Me High"
- "I Palindrome I"
- "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)"
- "O Tannenbaum"
- "Snail Shell"
- "S-E-X-X-Y"
- "Doctor Worm"
- "Boss of Me"
- "Man, It's So Loud in Here"
- "Experimental Film"
- "I'm Impressed"
- "Can't Keep Johnny Down"
- "You're on Fire"
- "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head"
- "Particle Man"
- "James K. Polk"
- Live!! New York City 10/14/94 (1994)
- Severe Tire Damage (1998)
- Live (1999)
- The Spine Hits the Road (2004)
- Almanac (2004)
- Venue Songs (2004)
- First Album Live! (2014)
- Flood Live in Australia (2015)
- Live in Brooklyn (2016)
- Don't Let's Start (1989)
- Miscellaneous T (1991)
- Then: The Earlier Years (1997)
- Best of the Early Years (1999)
- They Got Lost (2002)
- Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants (2002)
- A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants (2005)
- Venue Songs DVD/CD (2005)
- Album Raises New and Troubling Questions (2011)
- Idlewild (2014)
- Direct from Brooklyn (1999)
- Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) (2003)
- Here Come the ABCs (2005)
- Venue Songs DVD/CD (2005)
- Here Come the 123s (2008)
- Here Comes Science (2009)
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