Talk:John Henry

To the people who bash this album and say it's the worst...

I love this album. It is, by far, my favorite TMBG album, and one of my all-time favorite albums out of the litany of bands and musicians I listen to. So truly...powerful and deep, sweet and moving, dark and angry. It's not even my favorite out of bias or John-preference, because Flansburgh's songs on this album are amazing...Subliminal (he wrote it; Linnell sang it), AKA Driver, Sleeping in the Flowers...in fact, all his songs on this album are worth multiple listens. But this album is a shining point for Linnell, with his deepest and darkest material, and still his sense of humor shines through the gloom. I don't understand why people choose to hate this masterpiece so. Every band needs to change their style or else they get lost in the stream of has-beens. Devo never changed their style, and look what happened to them. Now, I DO think that They changed their style prematurely, maybe one more album with just the duo, but Their transition was, IMO, seamless. It sounds like TMBG, but enhanced! And I've always had a thing for horns used in rock songs. But after listening to this album through multiple times, I have come to a conclusion: John Linnell, bless his soul, has serious problems. But that's with as much respect and love as possible. - Overjoy

Well, John Henry is my favourite album too. I really can't see why people hate it that much. My favourite songs have got to be Destination Moon and Snail Shell, with No One Knows My Plan coming in at a close third. This was the second album I bought (after Mink Car) and it's been the one i've listened to the most. When I went on holiday in April, this was nearly the only thing I listened to, and I didn't get tired of it one bit, and I'm still not tired of it. So, could someone please explain to me why this album is so horrible, because I've never thought it was, and I can't imagine why anyone else would - ( Herwwiyal ? )/ 07:29, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

This is, by far, my least favorite album, barring Here Come The ABCs!. I can't explain why, I just can't stand listening to the whole album through.--tehbagel ( o ) 16:38, 19 May 2006 (CDT)

It's my favorite. By a relatively large margin, in fact. (Second place goes to Lincoln.) Just a matter of opinion, I suppose. ~Anna Ng: The Only TMBG Fan In Her Class 00:37, 24 May 2006 (CDT)

Mythological question: Who is the girl on the cover?

Seriously, who is she?

I think I heard that all of the kids are the kids of people in connection to the band or the label or something. -Ecks

Just like to say

Notice how much acoustic guitar this album has? Seems it's height of TMBG usage is this album.

I deem John Henry the Album of the Acoustic Guitar!

Henry Linnell?

is there any connection between henry linnell the john henry album?
maybe he was named after the album?

Yeah, that's often discussed among fans (or my friends at least). I suppose no one knows except John and Karen. -CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 07:44, 20 Jun 2006 (MDT)