Lincoln

This page is for They Might Be Giants' second album, Lincoln. For the band of the same name, see Lincoln (Band).

	Lincoln Studio album by They Might Be Giants
	First released	September 25, 1988 (Full release details)	Tracks	18	Previous album	They Might Be Giants
	Label	Bar/None / Restless	Length	39:32	Next album	Flood

Lincoln is They Might Be Giants' second studio album, released in 1988 on the Bar/None label. It was later reissued on Restless.

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[edit] Description

For the band's sophomore effort, TMBG worked once again with producer Bill Krauss. This was the last album he produced for the band, who subsequently turned to Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley for the production of Flood. All the bass parts on the album are synthetic or sampled. In addition, all but one track with drum-samples used an Alesis HR16 drum machine.

Lincoln (named after The Johns' hometown, Lincoln, Massachusetts) featured Flansburgh's maternal grandfather, Brigadier General Ralph Hospital (right) and Linnell's great-grandfather, Lewis T. Linnell (left), on the album cover.

The album debuted on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart (now known as "The Billboard 200") the week of December 24, 1988 and spent 19 weeks on the chart, peaking at number 89. In addition, it produced three singles: Ana Ng, Purple Toupee, and They'll Need A Crane. Ana Ng, which was the first single by the band to land on Billboard Chart, spent 9 weeks on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Chart, peaking at number 11 in late 1988.

The success of the album led to it being re-released alongside The Pink Album on the Restless compilation album Then: The Earlier Years (in their entireties.) It also paved the way for the band to make the jump from the independent labels Bar/None to the major label Elektra.

[edit] Track Listing

1. Ana Ng (3:23)
2. Cowtown (2:20)
3. Lie Still, Little Bottle (2:06)
4. Purple Toupee (2:40)
5. Cage And Aquarium (1:10)
6. Where Your Eyes Don't Go (3:06)
7. Piece Of Dirt (2:00)
8. Mr. Me (1:52)
9. Pencil Rain (2:42)
10. The World's Address (2:24)
11. I've Got A Match (2:36)
12. Santa's Beard (1:55)
13. You'll Miss Me (1:53)
14. They'll Need A Crane (2:33)
15. Shoehorn With Teeth (1:13)
16. Stand On Your Own Head (1:16)
17. Snowball In Hell (2:31)
18. Kiss Me, Son Of God (1:52)

[edit] Trivia

• The Bar/None vinyl release featured the words 'They Might Be Giants' on the front cover, and 'Lincoln' on the reverse cover. The vinyl itself featured these side titles:
  • Side 1: 'I don't want the world'
  • Side 2: 'I just want your half'

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