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Flood

They Might Be GiantsMP3 Music
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (160 customer reviews)

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  • Original Release Date: January 2, 1990
  • Format - Music: MP3
  • Compatible with MP3 Players (including with iPod®), iTunes, Windows Media Player
 
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Play   2. Birdhouse In Your Soul 3:18 $1.29  Buy MP3 
Play   3. Lucky Ball And Chain 2:46 $0.99  Buy MP3 
Play   4. Istanbul 2:33 $1.29  Buy MP3 
Play   5. Dead 2:58 $0.99  Buy MP3 
Play   6. Your Racist Friend 2:55 $0.99  Buy MP3 
Play   7. Particle Man 1:56 $1.29  Buy MP3 
Play   8. Twisting 1:55 $0.99  Buy MP3 
Play   9. We Want A Rock 2:47 $0.99  Buy MP3 
Play 10. Someone Keeps Moving My Chair 2:23 $0.99  Buy MP3 
Play 11. Hearing Aid 3:26 $0.99  Buy MP3 
Play 12. Minimum Wage 0:46 $0.99  Buy MP3 
Play 13. Letterbox 1:25 $0.99  Buy MP3 
Play 14. Whistling In The Dark 3:25 $0.99  Buy MP3 
Play 15. Hot Cha 1:34 $0.99  Buy MP3 
Play 16. Women & Men 1:46 $0.99  Buy MP3 
Play 17. Sapphire Bullets Of Pure Love 1:36 $0.99  Buy MP3 
Play 18. They Might Be Giants 2:42 $0.99  Buy MP3 
Play 19. Road Movie To Berlin 2:22 $0.99  Buy MP3 
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Get out the life rafts. February 1, 2000
Format:Audio CD
The first time hearing any TMBG song was on the aforementioned children's show in the Amazon review. That must have been about 7 or 8 years ago--but I got so hooked on the music at that point that I searched for about 4 years looking for this album. Eventually, I found it, and it has changed my life. To this day I cannot get the "Particle Man" tune out of my head, and "Birdhouse in Your Soul" still causes me to draw a blue canary (whom I have rightfully dubbed Filibuster Vigilantly) unintentionally on letters and essays. The best part of this album is not only that the songs are pure genius, but they require you to make time in order to get used to the music and interpret it. The Johns allow you to actually take an active role and let you enjoy it as you see fit. It ultimately led me to buy Apollo 18, an equally exquisite piece of art. Believe me when I say this--if you want to be a better person, buy this CD. It makes you see everything in a new, often warped point of view, and will be a driving force in your own imagination and creativity. And the music sounds pretty good, also.
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37 of 42 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars This album made me a TMBG convert! September 6, 2002
Format:Audio CD
If you are a TMBG fan, you already know own and love this album, so there is nothing new I can tell you. I'd like to address the newbies who might be browsing this page.

I admit than when I first heard "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" and "Birdhouse in Your Soul" on the radio (you might not think they got ANY radioplay, but I swear that Live 105 in the Bay Area used to play them), the songs drove me crazy (not in a good way). They were so catchy I couldn't get them out of my head, and I misunderstood the oddball lyrics to mean "Ms. Radiolistener, you are so dim you will listen to any weird thing".

But I would like to publicly apologize for my miscomprehension. I was wrong!! Taken out of context (i.e., on the radio) I was unfairly condemning them. Most songs these days are completely tuneless and show no imagination. But every song on FLOOD is catchy and hard to forget, yes it's true, but that's a GOOD thing. Most lyrics these days are trite and cliched, but there is no a single cliche on Flood that I can find.

Now, when TMBG sings of a "birdhouse in your soul" I hear the joy of an uncensored imagination. (Or two uncensored imaginations, to be more precise). If you are having a bad day at the office, put it in your CD tray, you will feel completely liberated and you will be bopping around your desk.

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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This is an album that seems to receive more than its fair share of both praise and criticism. Some people seem to consider it the only worthwhile album They Might Be Giants have ever made (probably without having actually listened to any of their other albums), and I get the feeling that some TMBG fans consider this to be the band's weakest work simply because it IS the most popular. Personally, I would take a middle ground here; it is certainly not TMBG's best work, but it IS a solid effort, and a good place for potential fans to start. Most of the songs have a fun, accessible kind of sound, welcoming fans and non-fans alike. People tend to have widely varying opinions on which Flood tracks are the best, but just about everyone can agree that one of the highlights is the famous "Birdhouse In Your Soul," an excellent pop song about a nightlight. Other personal favorites include "We Want A Rock," a song featuring a violin and lyrics about prosthetic foreheads and winding string around rocks; "Whistling In The Dark," with similarly odd and amusing lyrics (although the chorus can get a bit tedious) and a clever horn arrangement; the fast-paced "Letterbox"; and the slow piano-sing-along-type "Dead." Quite frankly, there isn't much on this album that I DON'T like, although the extended ending to "Hearing Aid" (featuring about a minute of the sound of machinery breaking down) comes close, and I've grown rather tired of "Particle Man," although that might be due simply to having heard it so many times; taken in and of itself, it's a cute little song, although not the one song I would want people to think of when someone mentions TMBG, which, unfortunately, it seems to have become.... Read more ›
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my Top 10 albums September 16, 2003
Format:Audio CD
That's not to say that this is one of the 10 greatest albums ever produced. Instead, if I were banished to the archetypical desert island, this is one of the 10 albums I would take along, both to keep my spirits up and to sympathize with what would be occasional bouts of self-pity and perhaps madness. (Hey, didn't any of you see Tom Hanks in "Castaway"?) In this album, TMBG manage to be goofy without being stupid and edgy without being pretentious. No mean feat, that.

The irony is that I ran across this album because one of my daughters had left it behind after she went off to college. I ran across it a few years later, popped it in the CD player, and was hooked by the end of "Birdhouse." I have several other TMBG albums now, but this remains my favorite. ..bruce..

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Through the Looking Glass March 30, 2002
Format:Audio CD
Exploring the seemingly eclectic work of They Might Be Giants is always taxing - the first several listens, especially for newcomers, inspire more disgust than endearment - but I've found that it almost always pays off. "Flood" was the first TMBG album I tried, and I hated it for a long time. Even now, the last half of the album gets on my nerves, because the songs themselves are a lot less fun and start to sound either redundant or simply too high concept for their own good. That's the thing with TMBG - they're weird, with their constant fluctuations between rock, wacky sing-song anthems, 1930s swank, and downright freaky hybrids ("Hearing Aid" is impossible to describe), yet in the end, you can pinpoint their style pretty easily. As long as there's an accordion, and John Linnell's nasally, flat-sounding (but not really) voice is spouting off about something that makes absolutely no sense in the context of human knowledge (in "Dead" he sings about being reincarnated as a bag of groceries), you know it's TMBG. They may shift speeds, take turns using a variety of instruments, and defy all predictions at the start of each new track, but there's a familiar glow about them. Both their style and the rhythms of their music are insantly recognizable. Over time I've adapted to "Flood" beyond the few highlights that inspired me to buy it in the first place (the absolutely perfect pop chant "Birdhouse in Your Soul", perhaps their greatest song to date, plus "Istanbul [Not Constantinople]" and "Particle Man", which talks more about the bullying Triangle Man than the title hero, and which features not just a killer musical combination of accordion, tambourine, and handclaps, but also one of TMBG's funniest concepts, that of Person Man....
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it because I love the album
I bought this because I didn't have this album on CD yet, and wanted to put the songs on my iPod. For the price, it was just about as cheap as buying the CD itself -- and then I... Read more
Published 4 months ago by elcs2
5.0 out of 5 stars Took me right back to college!
Silly, unusual and somewhat provocative, TMBG is a great band to enjoy when life gets too serious. My little boys love it and have bought several of their albums. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Cat Woods
5.0 out of 5 stars One TMBG's best
Dismissing the album's mainstream popularity for a moment, you can hear the transition the band was making from a couple of guys in a room to a full fledged band. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Tom Servo
5.0 out of 5 stars not necessarily a fan but this album is remarkable
I saw They Might Be Giants live and enjoyed the show, and bought this album as a result. I have no artists or styles to compare this to but it is eclectic and a bit strange with... Read more
Published 18 months ago by J. Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic album from the best band in this universe
I still remember exactly where I was the first time I heard TMBG and specifically this album. A friend loaned me his tape for the walk home from school in Fall 1990. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Amie Lee
5.0 out of 5 stars An American classic
Back when 'college music' was just starting to burst onto the mainstream in a big way, TMBG rode this wave to a record deal with Elektra after coming to critical acclaim with their... Read more
Published 23 months ago by kajmal
5.0 out of 5 stars There should be more than 5 stars.
I was first introduced to this band when I was about ten years old by my cousin's babysitter. I love the happy, nonsensical lyrics and the upbeat melodies. Read more
Published on November 4, 2009 by Severin
5.0 out of 5 stars A true classic
I just went to a TMBG concert in which they played Flood in its entirety, and was reminded what a great album it really is. Read more
Published on October 12, 2009 by Brandy
5.0 out of 5 stars Two of the Best Songs Not yet Mentioned
This album snuck up and kicked my can but good the first time I heard it. I was doing something else entirely and just happily chugging along to the catchy tunes until I started... Read more
Published on April 30, 2009 by E. P. Taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars If you are a 90's teen...you heard this album
I loved this album when I was in high school. I played it till my "tape" broke. I was going through some old tape cases and I found the old case so I ordered the CD and it really... Read more
Published on January 13, 2009 by M. Garren
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