Then: The Earlier Years

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Everything Right Is Wrong Again
  2:22
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head
  2:14
  3.6 ★
• 3
  Number Three
  1:29
  3.6 ★
• 4
  Don’t Let’s Start
  2:37
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Hide Away Folk Family
  3:23
  3.0 ★
• 6
  32 Footsteps
  1:37
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Toddler Hiway
  0:27
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Rabid Child
  1:33
  3.5 ★
• 9
  Nothing’s Gonna Change My Clothes
  2:00
  4.0 ★
• 10
  (She Was a) Hotel Detective
  2:12
  4.0 ★
• 11
  She’s an Angel
  2:39
  3.5 ★
• 12
  Youth Culture Killed My Dog
  2:53
  3.5 ★
• 13
  Boat of Car
  1:17
  3.6 ★
• 14
  Absolutely Bill’s Mood
  2:40
  3.0 ★
• 15
  Chess Piece Face
  1:23
  3.0 ★
• 16
  Hope That I Get Old Before I Die
  2:00
  3.5 ★
• 17
  Alienation’s for the Rich
  2:27
  3.0 ★
• 18
  The Day
  1:29
  3.0 ★
• 19
  Rhythm Section Want Ad
  2:24
  3.6 ★
• 20
  We’re the Replacements
  1:52
  3.5 ★
• 21
  When It Rains It Snows
  1:35
• 22
  The Famous Polka
  1:35
  3.9 ★
• 23
  [untitled]
  2:35
  3.0 ★
• 24
  For Science
  1:21
• 25
  The Biggest One
  1:24
• 26
  Kiss Me, Son of God (alternate version)
  1:51
  4.0 ★
• 27
  Mr. Klaw
  1:21
  4.0 ★
• 28
  Critic Intro
  1:39
• 29
  Now That I Have Everything
  2:22
  4.0 ★
• 30
  Mainstream U.S.A.
  1:17
• 31
  Fake Out in Buenos Aires
  1:50
• 32
  Greek #3
  1:31
  3.0 ★
• 33
  Hope That I Get Old Before I Die (original version)
  1:14
• 34
  I’m Def
  1:10
  4.0 ★
• 35
  Don’t Let’s Start (demo version)
  1:16
• 36
  ’85 Radio Special Thank You
  1:25
• CD 2
• 1
  Ana Ng
  3:23
  4.3 ★
• 2
  Cowtown
  2:21
  3.5 ★
• 3
  Lie Still, Little Bottle
  2:06
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Purple Toupee
  2:40
  3.8 ★
• 5
  Cage & Aquarium
  1:10
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Where Your Eyes Don’t Go
  3:06
  3.9 ★
• 7
  Piece of Dirt
  2:00
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Mr. Me
  1:52
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Pencil Rain
  2:42
  3.2 ★
• 10
  The World’s Address
  2:24
  3.4 ★
• 11
  I’ve Got a Match
  2:36
  2.5 ★
• 12
  Santa’s Beard
  1:55
  3.2 ★
• 13
  You’ll Miss Me
  1:53
  3.4 ★
• 14
  They’ll Need a Crane
  2:33
  4.4 ★
• 15
  Shoehorn With Teeth
  1:13
  3.6 ★
• 16
  Stand on Your Own Head
  1:16
  3.0 ★
• 17
  Snowball in Hell
  2:31
  3.6 ★
• 18
  Kiss Me, Son of God
  1:54
  3.1 ★
• 19
  Hello Radio
  0:55
  3.0 ★
• 20
  It’s Not My Birthday
  1:52
  3.0 ★
• 21
  I’ll Sink Manhattan
  2:32
• 22
  Nightgown of the Sullen Moon
  1:59
  3.5 ★
• 23
  The World’s Address (Joshua Fried remix)
  5:42
  3.0 ★
• 24
  Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had a Deal
  3:48
  3.5 ★
• 25
  Lady Is a Tramp
  1:20
  3.0 ★
• 26
  Birds Fly
  1:25
• 27
  Kitten Intro
  1:43
  3.0 ★
• 28
  Weep Day
  1:50
• 29
  The Big Big Whoredom
  1:39
• 30
  I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You (adaptation)
  1:59
• 31
  Become a Robot
  1:18
• 32
  Which Describes How You’re Feeling
  1:24
• 33
  Swing Is a Word
  0:53
• 34
  Doris Cunningham
  0:12
• 35
  Counterfeit Fake
  0:39
  3.0 ★
• 36
  Schoolchildren Singing “Particle Man”
  2:05

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Release credits

• Al Houghton
  engineer [1.1-19, 2.1-18]
• Alex Noyes
  engineer [1-3, 5-19]
• Barbara Schloss
  performer [18]
• Benjamin Bossi
  performer [18]
• Bill Krauss
  engineer [1-3, 5-19], producer [1.1-19, 1.34, 2.1-18]
• Dr. Kenneth Nolan
  drums (drum set) [3]
• Eugene Chadbourne
  electric guitar [14], guest [14]
• Fritz Van Orden
  performer [18]
• Garo Yellin
  performer [18]
• John Flansburgh
  acoustic guitar [12, 17], background vocals [6, 10, 18], bass guitar [24], electric bass guitar [2-3, 5, 12-13, 16-17, 19], electric guitar [2.1, 2.24, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.9-13, 1.16-17, 1.19], guitar [1], harmonica [6], lead vocals [1.2-3, 1.5, 1.7-8, 1.10, 1.12, 1.14-18, 1.34, 2.2-3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12-13, 2.15, 2.17], programming [25], trumpet [3, 13]
• John Linnell
  accordion [1.2, 1.5-6, 1.11, 1.16-19, 2.1], autoharp [1], background vocals [2.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.9, 1.12, 1.16, 1.19], baritone saxophone [10], bass saxophone [10], bass synthesizer [11], instrument [24], keyboard [1-2, 5-6, 8-9, 12-16, 19, 34], lead vocals [2.1-2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8-9, 2.11, 2.14-16, 2.18, 2.24, 1.1, 1.6, 1.9, 1.11, 1.16, 1.19], piano [1], programming [25]
• Joshua Fried
  remixer [23]
• Lisa Klapp
  spoken vocals [1]
• Lt. Anne Moore
  guest [24]
• Margaret Seiler
  lead vocals [13]
• Mark Boyer
  executive [1-3, 5-19]
• Matthew Hill
  executive [1-3, 5-19]
• Paul Angelli
  mix [24]
• Robin Casey
  performer [18]
• The Ordinaires
  additional [18]
• They Might Be Giants
  performer [1-3, 5-19], producer [24-25]
• [unknown]
  background vocals [34]
• Show all credits (22)

Issues

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  Then: The Earlier Years

  2x CD
  25 March 1997
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  Then: The Earlier Years

  2x Digital Media
  25 March 1997