Selections From the 2-CD Retrospective Then: The Earlier Years

Tracklist

• 1
  Don't Let's Start
  2:35
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Now That I Have Everything
  2:20
  4.0 ★
• 3
  The Famous Polka
  1:33
  3.9 ★
• 4
  Ana Ng
  3:23
  4.3 ★
• 5
  I'm Def
  1:08
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Nightgown of the Sullen Moon
  1:59
  3.5 ★
• 7
  (She Was a) Hotel Detective
  2:10
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Birds Fly
  1:25
• 9
  Which Describes How You're Feeling
  1:24
• 10
  We're the Replacements
  1:50
  3.5 ★
• 11
  Greek #3
  1:29
  3.0 ★
• 12
  Become a Robot
  1:18
• 13
  Kiss Me, Son of God
  1:54
  3.1 ★
• 14
  Weep Day
  1:50
• 15
  Schoolchildren Singing Particle Man
  2:05

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Release credits

• Al Houghton
  engineer [1, 4, 7, 13]
• Alex Noyes
  engineer [7]
• Barbara Schloss
  performer [13]
• Benjamin Bossi
  performer [13]
• Bill Krauss
  engineer [7], producer [1, 4-5, 7, 13]
• Fritz Van Orden
  performer [13]
• Garo Yellin
  performer [13]
• John Flansburgh
  background vocals [7], electric guitar [4, 7], lead vocals [5, 7]
• John Linnell
  accordion [4], autoharp [4], background vocals [4], baritone saxophone [7], bass saxophone [7], keyboard [5], lead vocals [4, 13]
• Lisa Klapp
  spoken vocals [4]
• Mark Boyer
  executive [7]
• Matthew Hill
  executive [7]
• Robin Casey
  performer [13]
• The Ordinaires
  additional [13]
• They Might Be Giants
  performer [7]
• [unknown]
  background vocals [5]
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Issues

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  Selections From the 2-CD Retrospective Then: The Earlier Years

  CD
  February 1997