They Might Be Giants Album: “Best of the Early Years”

Save your money. Buy the originals

There's really no reason to buy this album... it's obviously an attempt on BMG's (not TMBG's) part to capitalize on the Giants' post Flood/Tiny Toons resurgence. (TMBG left BMG for Elektra after 1989's Lincoln and promptly had their first "hit" album, Flood, ["It's a brand new record|For 1990|They Might Be Giants| Brand new album, Floooooood"] which was recently certified platinum.) If you've seen the Tiny Toons episode (Buster Bunny:"Who ARE these guys?!") or heard "Boss of Me" on Malcolm in the Middle or on MuchMusic, ignore this album and buy the original albums (They Might Be Giants and Lincoln). You'll get all of these songs plus many more of equal and some of greater wonderment. Because if you buy this album and like it and then buy the other two, you'll feel mighty stupid, won't you? Maybe if people buy the original TMBG albums from BMG, they'll take this opportunistc piece of plastic off of the market.

I love this cd. Its really bizzare pop music and saves you them money of buying the first 2 albums. "dont lets start" is a classic and "ana ng" & "puppethead" & "Everything right" are true pop gems.

This was my first They Might Be Giants CD, and I'm glad I bought. I first heard their music at a sleep away camp where and my coucelor played music by them all the time. I would recommend this cd to anyone who likes They Might Be Giants