Severe Tire Damage [Live]

They Might Be Giants | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 9, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Zoe Records
• ASIN: B000F1IQ14
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #170,137 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Doctor Worm

2. Severe Tire Damage [Instrumental]

3. They Got Lost [Live][#]

4. Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) [Live]

5. Birdhouse in Your Soul [Live]

6. She's an Angel [Live]

7. XTC Vs. Adam Ant [Live]

8. Istanbul (Not Constantinople) [Live]

9. Ana Ng [Live]

10. First Kiss [Live][#]

11. Spider [Live]

12. Particle Man [Live]

13. She's Actual Size [Live]

14. S-E-X-X-Y [Live]

15. Meet James Ensor

16. Till My Head Falls Off [Live]

17. About Me

18. Planet of the Apes

19. Return to the Planet of the Apes

20. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Thanks for the STD, you guys, July 11, 2011

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This review is from: Severe Tire Damage (Audio CD)

It's been a while since "Severe Tire Damage" came out and I'm still not sure what to think of it. It starts off great; I'll never tire of "Dr. Worm." The title track is neat, even if it lasts less than sixty seconds. From there on, things get spotty. The mix of new studio songs, in-concert songs and sound check songs doesn't sound thoroughly thought out.

The mixing sounds off. "Ana Ng," a personal favorite of mine, sounds musically sloppy and John Linnell's voice gets drowned out in places. "XTC vs. Adam Ant" isn't much of a song, but I like the guitar solo on this version. "S-E-X-X-Y" sounds better here than on "Factory Showroom." There are two new Flansburgh songs, but both are really subpar: "First Kiss" and "About Me." For the former, the version on "Mink Car" is better, though I'm not crazy about it in the first place. The latter is filler. For some reason, the track goes on for two more minutes after the song is over. Yep, silence.

As for these "Planet of the Apes" bonus tracks goes...I don't get it. Is that "Boogie Stop Shuffle" I hear in one of them? I really have no idea what's going on with any of them.

All said, it's just okay. By no means a great place to start for a newcomer, even though it has some of their best songs. I have the uneasy feeling that these songs were sharpened by the band AFTER they recorded this album - that this was less an accurate representation of how they were live and more of a novel idea meant to tide fans over until the next album.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great live collection!, April 28, 2008

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P. Ferguson "History Doc" (Quad Cities, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Severe Tire Damage (Audio CD)

being a life-long fan of TMBG, I would have bought this if it had been dipped in acid. This collection of live music is solid. Especially noteworthy are the Planet of the Apes riffs at the end. A must-have for collectors.