Long Tall Weekend
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Studio album by They Might Be Giants | |||||
| First released | July 19, 1999 Full Release details / Collectors: Show / Hide | Tracks | 15 | Previous album | Factory Showroom | |
| Label | eMusic | Length | 33:28 | Next album | Mink Car | |
Long Tall Weekend is They Might Be Giants' seventh studio album, released by 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.
[edit] Purchase
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[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.)
[edit] Track listing
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| 1 | Drinkin' | 1:32 | 
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| 2 | (She Thinks She's) Edith Head | 2:32 |
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| 3 | Maybe I Know | 2:04 |
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| 4 | Rat Patrol | 2:04 |
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| 5 | Token Back To Brooklyn | 1:01 |
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| 6 | Older | 1:56 |
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| 7 | Operators Are Standing By | 1:24 |
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| 8 | Dark And Metric | 1:40 |
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| 9 | Reprehensible | 3:17 |
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| 10 | Certain People I Could Name | 3:30 |
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| 11 | Counterfeit Faker | 2:12 |
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| 12 | They Got Lost | 4:38 |
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| 13 | Lullabye To Nightmares | 2:28 |
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| 14 | On Earth My Nina | 1:24 |
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| 15 | The Edison Museum | 1:59 |
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[edit] Gallery
 Back cover art |
 Disc |
 Wired version of the artwork, printed in silver ink |
 Wired disc art |
[edit] Liner Notes
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