No!

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No!
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LP by They Might Be Giants
Released June 11, 2002 (USA)
June 24, 2002 (UK)
Recorded 1999-2002 (?)
Genre Rock
Length 33 min 1 sec
Record label Idlewild Records/Rounder Records
Producer They Might Be Giants
Professional reviews
Allmusic 4½ stars out of 5 link
They Might Be Giants Chronology
Mink Car
(2001)
No!
(2002)
The Spine
(2004)

No! is the first album of children's music by the alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. It was their ninth studio album, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music) on Rounder Records.

Retaining the eclecticism, humor and psychedelic sensibilities of their adult work, the lyrical stylings are decidedly different: the darker themes of death and depression have been replaced with songs extolling the virtues of imagination, taste buds and sleep. However, it is described on the back of the CD as TMBG's first album "for the entire family," and many songs appeal to older audiences unlike those by most mainstream children's music artists such as Raffi.

No! was released as an enhanced CD - while it plays normally in any CD audio player, it features a CD-ROM portion as well, providing the listener with flash animations and interactive games on a personal computer.

Track listing

  1. "Fibber Island" (2:11)
  2. "Four Of Two" (2:18)
  3. "Robot Parade (Kid Version)" (1:22)
  4. "No!" (1:30)
  5. "Where Do They Make Balloons?" (2:41)
  6. "In The Middle, In The Middle, In The Middle" (1:15)
  7. "Violin" (2:27)
  8. "John Lee Supertaster" (2:00)
  9. "The Edison Museum" (2:02)
  10. "The House At The Top Of The Tree" (2:30)
  11. "Clap Your Hands" (1:22)
  12. "I Am Not Your Broom" (1:04)
  13. "Wake Up Call" (1:10)
  14. "I Am A Grocery Bag" (0:34)
  15. "Lazyhead And Sleepybones" (3:28)
  16. "Bed, Bed, Bed" (3:12)
  17. "Sleepwalkers" (2:39)

The Enhanced CD portion of the CD contains a hidden track honoring Chopping Block, the designers of the enhanced CD and tmbg.com, one of the band's websites.

External links

  • No! page at This Might Be A Wiki
They Might Be Giants
John Flansburgh | John Linnell | Dan Miller | Danny Weinkauf | Marty Beller
Discography
Albums and extendedplays: They Might Be Giants | Lincoln | Flood | Apollo 18 | John Henry | Factory Showroom | Long Tall Weekend | Mink Car | No! | The Spine | Here Come the ABCs | Wiggle Diskette | 1985 Demo Tape | Don't Let's Start | (She Was A) Hotel Detective | They'll Need a Crane | Ana Ng (Single) | Purple Toupee | Birdhouse In Your Soul | Istanbul (Not Constantinople) | The Statue Got Me High | The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) | I Palindrome I | Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) | O Tannenbaum | Back To Skull | S-E-X-X-Y | Doctor Worm (Single) | What We Did This Summer | I'm Sick (Of This American Life) (Single) | Working Undercover for the Man | Boss of Me (EP) | Man, It's So Loud in Here | They Might Be Giants in Holidayland | Bed, Bed, Bed | Indestructible Object | The Spine Surfs Alone | T-Shirt (Single)
Live albums: Live!! New York City 10/14/94 | Severe Tire Damage | Live | The Spine Hits the Road | Almanac | Venue Songs
Compilations: Miscellaneous T | Then: The Earlier Years | Best Of The Early Years | They Got Lost | Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants | A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants
Songs
"Don't Let's Start" | "Birdhouse In Your Soul" | "Particle Man" | "Boss of Me"| "Experimental Film"
Films
Direct From Brooklyn | Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) | Here Come the ABCs DVD/CD | Venue Songs DVD/CD