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Mink Car

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This page is for the album. For the song of the same name, see Mink Car (Song).


Mink Car album cover
Mink Car
Studio album by They Might Be Giants
First released September 11, 2001
Full Release details / Collectors: Show / Hide 		Tracks 17 Previous album Long Tall Weekend
Label Restless Records <73744-2> Length 46:19 Next album No!

Mink Car is They Might Be Giants' eighth studio album, released in 2001 on the Restless label.

[edit] Purchase

Contents

Seller Format Price Purchase!
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[edit] Description

Promo Disc back insert. (Note the lack of Yeh Yeh).
Promo Disc Label

Mink Car was recorded between 1999 and 2001 in numerous studios and featured many guest artists and producers.

Many of the album's tracks were pre-released by the band via TMBG Unlimited in either their demo or final form. Others, such as Older and She Thinks She's Edith Head, had been released in other forms on Long Tall Weekend. Future releases, such as The Spine and The Else, would hold many of their tracks closer to the vest, ensuring that the fanbase hadn't heard a majority of the album before it was released.

Depending on the country of release, Mink Car's tracklisting varied widely. Several other tracks such as Boss Of Me, Your Mom's Alright, MacGyver, and Robot Parade (Adult Version) were tacked on as bonus tracks. In the US, Man, It's So Loud In Here was the only single/EP from the album, but was not widely circulated.

The album's cover was designed by The Chopping Block, who also did artwork for the band's follow-up, No!. More information on the design process for the album's artwork can be seen here.

This album is TMBG's only album to have ever fallen out of print, however the album is once again for sale on the official merchandise website.[6]

[edit] Track listing

[edit] US Release

# Title Length  Lyrics Downloads Guitar Tab
1 Bangs 3:09 
2 Cyclops Rock 2:38 
3 Man, It's So Loud In Here 3:59 
4 Mr. Xcitement 3:36 
5 Another First Kiss 3:06 
6 I've Got A Fang 2:32 
7 Hovering Sombrero 2:13 
8 Yeh Yeh 2:40 
9 Hopeless Bleak Despair 3:08 
10 Drink! 1:49 
11 My Man 2:57 
12 Older 1:58 
13 Mink Car 2:09 
14 Wicked Little Critta 2:11 
15 Finished With Lies 3:18 
16 She Thinks She's Edith Head 2:37 
17 Working Undercover For The Man 2:19 

[edit] European Version

European cover
European back cover
# Title Length  Lyrics Downloads Guitar Tab
1 Man, It's So Loud In Here 3:59 
2 Boss Of Me 2:57 
3 Cyclops Rock 2:38 
4 Another First Kiss 3:06 
5 Bangs 3:09 
6 My Man 2:57 
7 Drink! 1:49 
8 Your Mom's Alright 2:59 
9 Hovering Sombrero 2:13 
10 Yeh Yeh 2:40 
11 I've Got A Fang 2:32 
12 Mink Car 2:09 
13 Hopeless Bleak Despair 3:08 
14 Older 1:58 

[edit] Australian Bonus Track

# Title Length  Lyrics Downloads Guitar Tab
18 Boss Of Me 2:57 

Australian CD

Back cover of the Australian release

[edit] Japanese Bonus Tracks

Japanese Cover

These songs appear after the standard version's tracks:

# Title Length  Lyrics Downloads Guitar Tab
18 Boss Of Me 2:57 
19 Your Mom's Alright 2:59 
20 MacGyver 0:46  N/A
21 Robot Parade (Adult Version) 1:05  N/A

[edit] Trivia

  • Other possible names for the album included Unreliable Narrator and Secret Mountain Laboratory.
  • The lyrics for Yeh Yeh were not included in the liner notes. The song was also not included on copies of the advance promo CD, causing the album to only contain 16 tracks.

[edit] See Also

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