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Best TMBG Albums

Here's a list of all the They Might Be Giants albums, listed by order of my favorites. I've also included the three best songs from each.

1. Flood

(third album, 1990)

Birdhouse in Your Soul
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Letterbox

#2) Mink Car

(seventh album, 2001)

Cyclops Rock
Man, It's So Loud in Here
Wicked Little Critta

#3) Factory Showroom

(sixth album, 1996)

Pet Name
New York City
Spiraling Shape

#4) Apollo 18

(fourth album, 1992)

The Guitar
See the Constellation
Space Suit

#5) John Henry

(fifth album, 1994)

The End of the Tour
Why Must I Be Sad?
A Self Called Nowhere

#6) Here Comes Science

(children's album, 2009)

Meet the Elements
Roy G. Biv
Why Does the Sun Shine?

#7) Lincoln

(second album, 1988)

They'll Need a Crane
Ana Ng
Kiss Me, Son of God

#8) They Might Be Giants

(first album, 1986)

She's an Angel
Absolutely Bill's Mood
Don't Let's Start

#9) State Songs

(John Linnell, 1999)

Montana
South Carolina
West Virginia

#10) Join Us

(tenth album, 2011)

Cloisonne
Can't Keep Johnny Down
When Will You Die

#11) Severe Tire Damage

(live album, 1998)

Particle Man
They Got Lost
Why Does the Sun Shine?

#12) The Spine

(eighth album, 2004)

Museum of Idiots
Experimental Film
Damn Good Times

#13) Album Raises New
and Troubling Questions

(2011)

Tubthumping
Havalina
Marty Beller Mask

#14) No!

(children's album, 2002)

Four of Two
Sleepwalkers
The Edison Museum

#15) Misc. T

(B-sides album, 1991)

Nightgown of the Sullen Moon
Hey Mr. DJ, I Thought you Said We had a Deal
It's Not My Birthday

#16) Venue Songs

(2005)

Vancouver
Pittsburgh
Tippecanoe & Tyler Too

#17) Cast Your Pod to the Wind

(2007)

Brain Problem Situation
We Live in a Dump
Vestibule

#18) TMBG vs. McSweeney's

(for lit. mag. McSweeney's, 2002)

The Truth in Your Words
Bathymetry for Two
Frog and Banjo

#19) The Else

(ninth album, 2007)

Withered Hope
Bee of the Bird of the Moth
Climbing the Walls

#20) Long Tall Weekend

(1999, Internet-only)

Older
They Got Lost
Lullaby to Nightmares

#21) Here Come the 123s

(children's album, 2008)

Nonagon
One Dozen Monkeys
Triops has Three Eyes

#22) Here Come the ABCs

(children's album, 2005)

C is for Conifers
Alphabet of Nations
Alphabet Lost & Found

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