Long Tall Weekend

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Long Tall Weekend Studio album by They Might Be Giants
First released	July 19, 1999	Tracks	15	Previous album	Factory Showroom
Label	eMusic	Length	33:28	Next album	Mink Car

Long Tall Weekend is They Might Be Giants' seventh major album, released on eMusic on July 19, 1999. The album made music history by becoming the first full-length online-only album ever to be released by any major artist (press release).

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Disc

Wired Disc

1 Description
- 1.1 Release
- 1.2 Downloads
2 Track Listing
3 Liner Notes
4 External Links

[edit] Description

[edit] Release

The band marked the release of the album with a release party show at Irving Plaza. After the show, eMusic representatives tossed goodie bags filled with eMusic T-shirts and Long Tall Weekend CDs. These CDs tend to show up on eBay, as only a limited number were pressed.

In addition to the CDs from the release party, a special edition of the CD was packaged with the program for Wired Magazine's 1999 "Reader's Raves Awards" ceremony. This CD had all the same tracks as the eMusic version. These CDs have the Wired magazine logo just above the track listing on the front of the CD and have "for promotional use only" in the fine print at the bottom of the CD.

[edit] Downloads

According to Gigantic, downloads of LTW through eMusic's subscription-based service caused TMBG to be the most downloaded artist on the internet in 1999. That feat was repeated by the band again in 2000. (Note - It was not specified if only legal downloads were counted in the figures or if illegal file sharing was counted as well.)

At this time, the album continues to be sold only through eMusic.