Then: The Earlier Years
by They Might Be Giants

Album
Then: The Earlier Years by They Might Be Giants
(Compilation album)
Year: 1997
Release date: 1997-03-25
Overall rank: -

Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1997 (2,092nd)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (18,811th)

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Everything Right Is Wrong Again
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Put Your Hand In The Puppet Head
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Number Three
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Don't Let's Start
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Hide Away Folk Family
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32 Footsteps
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Toddler Hiway
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Rabid Child
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Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes
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(She Was A) Hotel Detective
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She's An Angel
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Youth Culture Killed My Dog
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Boat Of Car
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Absolutely Bill's Mood
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Chess Piece Face
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Hope That I Get Old Before I Die
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Alienation's For The Rich
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The Day
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Rhythm Section Want Ad
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We're The Replacements
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When It Rains It Snows
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The Famous Polka
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Untitled
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For Science
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The Biggest One
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Kiss Me Son Of God (Alternate Version)
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Mr. Klaw
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Critic Intro
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Now That I Have Everything
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Mainstream U.S.A.
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Fake Out In Buenos Aires
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Greek #3
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Hope That I Get Old Before I Die (Original Version)
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I'm Def
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Don't Let's Start (Demo Version)
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'85 Radio Special Thank You
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Ana Ng
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Cowtown
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Lie Still, Little Bottle
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Purple Toupee
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Cage & Aqarium
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Where Your Eyes Don't Go
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Piece Of Dirt
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Mr. Me
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Pencil Rain
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The World's Address
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I've Got A Match
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Santa's Beard
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You'll Miss Me
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They'll Need A Crane
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Shoehorn With Teeth
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Stand On Your Own Head
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Snowball In Hell
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Kiss Me, Son Of God
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Hello Radio
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It's Not My Birthday
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I'll Sink Manhattan
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Nightgown Of The Sullen Moon
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The World's Address (Joshua Fried Remix)
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Hey Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal
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Lady Is A Tramp
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Birds Fly
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Kitten Intro
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Weep Day
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The Big Big Whoredom
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I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You (Adaptation)
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Become A Robot
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Which Describes How You're Feeling
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Swing Is A Word
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Doris Cunningham
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Counterfeit Fake
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Schoolchildren Singing "Particle Man"
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Overall rank: - | 1990s rank: 18,811th | 1997 rank: 2,092nd  Overall chart history
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