| My Murdered Remains | ||||
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| Studio album by They Might Be Giants | ||||
| Released | December 10, 2018 (2018-12-10) | |||
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| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
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| Label | Idlewild | |||
| Producer | They Might Be Giants, Patrick Dillett | |||
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My Murdered Remains is the 21st album by American alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released on December 10, 2018, for digital download and pre-order. The standard disc consists entirely of songs from the band's 2018 Dial-A-Song project, and a 16-track bonus disc is included, entitled More Murdered Remains. The album was released simultaneously with The Escape Team.
The physical album was released in the spring of 2019.
Track listing
All tracks are written by They Might Be Giants, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "The Communists Have the Music" | 2:27 |
| 2. | "I've Been Seeing Things" | 3:21 |
| 3. | "Gudetama's Busy Days" | 2:35 |
| 4. | "Dog" | 2:05 |
| 5. | "Ampersand" | 2:22 |
| 6. | "Applause Applause Applause" | 2:07 |
| 7. | "The Neck Rolls Aren't Working" | 2:58 |
| 8. | "Selectionist" | 3:03 |
| 9. | "I Haven't Been Right Yet" | 2:35 |
| 10. | "Unctuous Robot" | 1:48 |
| 11. | "The Bullies" | 2:03 |
| 12. | "Tractor" | 2:31 |
| 13. | "Rowboat Mayor" | 2:49 |
| 14. | "Tick Tick Tick" | 2:35 |
| 15. | "Last Wave (alt. version)" | 3:58 |
| 16. | "Best Regrets" | 3:35 |
| Total length: | 42:51 | |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "This Is Only Going to Go One Way" | 2:41 | |
| 2. | "Prepare" | 2:56 | |
| 3. | "No Cops" (feat. Corn Mo) | 1:22 | |
| 4. | "Starry Eyes" | Will Birch, John Wicks | 3:27 |
| 5. | "The Velvet Ape" | 3:01 | |
| 6. | "Tesla (2 4 6 8 Remix)" | 2:04 | |
| 7. | "Whole Lot of Glean" | 2:15 | |
| 8. | "I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar" | Jonathan Richman | 2:18 |
| 9. | "Rock Club" | 2:34 | |
| 10. | "Thankful for Your Service" | 2:12 | |
| 11. | "The Summer Breeze" | 2:06 | |
| 12. | "Another Weirdo" | 1:51 | |
| 13. | "Door to Door Minotaur" | 1:40 | |
| 14. | "The Greatest (full-length mix)" | 2:31 | |
| 15. | "Christmas in the Big House" | 1:54 | |
| 16. | "The Power of Dial-A-Song" | 1:04 | |
| Total length: | 35:56 | ||
Personnel
Credits adapted from CD liner notes.
They Might Be Giants
- John Flansburgh – vocals, guitars, programming, etc.
- John Linnell – vocals, keyboards, woodwinds, etc.
- Dan Miller – guitars
- Danny Weinkauf – bass guitar
- Marty Beller – drums
Additional musicians
- Robin Goldwasser – vocal (3)
- Corn Mo – vocal (bonus disc, track 3)
Technical
- They Might Be Giants – producers
- Patrick Dillett – producer, mixing
- James York – engineer
- Daniel Avila – engineer
- UE Nastasi – mastering
- Paul Sahr – design
References
- @tmbg (December 10, 2018). "Epic News: two brand new album releases from They Might Be Giants are out today! MY MURDERED REMAINS and THE ESCAPE TEAM are here" (Tweet). Retrieved December 20, 2018 – via Twitter.
- "My Murdered Remains LP + Download". Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- They Might Be Giants (2018). My Murdered Remains (CD liner notes). Palisades, New York: Idlewild Recordings. IDLE 149.