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They Might Be Giants
Released 2005

Rest Awhile
01:40
3,228 plays

Certain People I Could Name
03:23
2,732 plays

They Got Lost
04:36
2,548 plays

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- 1
- Rest Awhile
- 01:40
- 3,228 plays

- 2
- Truth In Your Words
- 01:10
- 2,509 plays

- 3
- On The Drag
- 02:18
- 2,364 plays

- 4
- All Alone
- 01:33
- 2,250 plays

- 5
- Down To The Bottom Of The Sea
- 00:53
- 2,138 plays

- 6
- I'm Sick (Of This American Life)
- 01:27
- 2,406 plays

- 7
- Words Are Like
- 01:38
- 1,953 plays

- 8
- I Am A Human Head
- 02:51
- 2,166 plays

- 9
- Oranges
- 01:09
- 2,265 plays

- 10
- Empty Bottle Blues
- 01:38
- 2,058 plays

- 11
- They Got Lost
- 04:36
- 2,548 plays

- 12
- Reprehensible
- 03:13
- 2,276 plays

- 13
- Rat Patrol
- 02:01
- 2,344 plays

- 14
- The Army's Tired Now
- 01:11
- 2,030 plays

- 15
- Certain People I Could Name
- 03:23
- 2,732 plays

- 16
- Theme To McSweeney's
- 02:30
- 2,205 plays

- 17
- Dollar For Dollar
- 00:24
- 1,847 plays

- 18
- Mosh Momken Abadon
- 02:53
- 1,823 plays

- 19
- Token Back To Brooklyn
- 00:52
- 2,094 plays

- 20
- Disappointing Show
- 02:31
- 1,867 plays

- 21
- Oranges Testimonial
- 01:11
- 1,793 plays

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album review

They Might Be Giants are one of too-few bands that manage to make compilations that are as cohesive and enjoyable as their regular full-length albums. They Got Lost is no exception -- a collection of truly rare rarities, it shows once again that the group's more obscure songs are quite often just as great as their best-known ones. Many of the tracks here come from They Might Be Giants' relationship with the music download service EMusic, including the sweetly sad alt-country of "Words are Like (Demo)"; "Reprehensible"'s bright, swingy lounge; and the more typical quirky rock of "On the Drag," "I Am a Human Head" and "Certain People I Could Name." Sometimes the origins of the songs are even more unusual than the songs themselves: "Oranges" and the very silly "Oranges Testimonial" were commissioned by the Chopping Block, a graphic design firm. "Theme to McSweeney"'s celebrates Dave Eggers' beloved literary webzine with Wendy Carlos-style baroque electronics, and "I'm Sick (of this American Life)" pays homage to the National Public Radio show with weary, tongue-in-cheek wit; meanwhile, "Rat Patrol" (another EMusic track), with its charging pianos and guitars, sounds like the theme song to a TV show that never was. One of They Got Lost's best songs actually did appear in a TV show: "All Alone," the strangely bittersweet story of a germ launched into outer space, appeared on "Brave New World," a special series produced by ABC's Nightline. Though this collection isn't quite as consistent as, say, Miscellaneous T, They Got Lost is still a lot of fun (especially on off-the-cuff tracks like "Disappointing Show") and a must for any die-hard TMBG fans that don't already have these songs. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide