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Best Of The Early Years

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Best Of The Early Years
Collection by They Might Be Giants
First released November 23, 1999 Tracks 10 (8 on cassette)
Label BMG Special Products Length 25:47

[edit] Purchase

Contents

Seller Format Price Purchase!
Amazon CD $1.86

[edit] Track Listing

  1. Ana Ng
  2. Purple Toupee
  3. Youth Culture Killed My Dog
  4. Don't Let's Start
  5. Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head
  6. (She Was A) Hotel Detective
  7. Everything Right Is Wrong Again
  8. Cowtown
  9. We're The Replacements (CD Only)
  10. Hide Away Folk Family (CD Only)

[edit] Alternate Track Order

  1. Don't Let's Start
  2. Ana Ng
  3. Youth Culture Killed My Dog
  4. We're The Replacements
  5. Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head
  6. Purple Toupee
  7. (She Was A) Hotel Detective
  8. Everything Right Is Wrong Again
  9. Cowtown
  10. Hide Away Folk Family

[edit] Trivia

As with Live's scaling back of Severe Tire Damage, this is essentially a lightweight version of Then: The Earlier Years. Featuring only 10 tracks in contrast to Then's almost overwhelming 72, it includes six songs from They Might Be Giants, three from Lincoln and one b-side to Don't Let's Start. This release is presumably aimed at those new to TMBG, providing a sampling of the band's better-known tracks from this time period.

The CD was released with two different track orders. At Amazon.com the CD with the alternate track order has been discontinued. Reasons why there were two orders and why one was discontinued are still unknown at this time.

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