They Might Be Giants
by They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants by They Might Be Giants
Year: 1986
Release date: 1986-11-04
Overall rank: 3,324th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 129 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (47th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (492nd)
Award Best albums of all time (3,324th)

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They Might Be Giants bestography

They Might Be Giants is ranked 3rd best out of 37 albums by They Might Be Giants on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by They Might Be Giants is Flood which is ranked number 1353 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,272.

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They Might Be Giants track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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They Might Be Giants rankings

They Might Be Giants rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,324th | 1980s rank: 492nd | 1986 rank: 47th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 3 hours ago).
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2026culwinTop 59 Music Albums of 198649/591
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 198646/1003
2026 Norman BatesTop 85 Music Albums of 198657/852
2026JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1986 by Q Magazine (NOC)2/15 -
2026 Patman360Top 92 Music Albums of 198622/924
2026matterhornriderTop 58 Music Albums of 198643/581
2026HyggevinylTop 54 Music Albums of 198652/540
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 45 Music Albums of 198616/453
2026JamesMowbrayTop 100 Music Albums of 19866/1005
2026Steppenwolf666Top 100 Music Albums of 198697/1000
2026NextWaveMusicMediaTop 100 Greatest Music Albums86/10015
2026sweetnessTop 82 Music Albums of the 1980s79/821
2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of 198630/1004
2026BoxFLTop 46 Music Albums of the 1980s45/461
2026 neilgeeTop 100 Music Albums of 198685/1001
2026spewventuriTop 91 Music Albums of the 1980s51/919
2026daCriticTop 32 Music Albums of 198620/322
2026MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of 198662/1002
2026 RhynerTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s29/10014
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198642/1003
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 117
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 457
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 129 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.


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95/100
I understand that TMBG aren't for everyone. People who think Britney Spears and Lady Gaga are great pop, won't BEGIN to get it. People who think Poison and Slip Knot are classic Rock won't get it. But there is a niche for this kind of acid-soaked, lyrical trip music that makes almost all other music seem bland.
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85/100
There are many fragments of experimental noodling and joke songs on this album that contribute nothing. However, there are also at least seven brilliant pop melodies.

"Everything Right is Wrong Again", "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head", "Don't Let's Start", "32 Footsteps", "Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes", "She's an Angel", and "Rhythm Section Want Ad" are basically flawless and deserve to be heard by everyone on Earth.
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This is more than a gorgeous collection of wonderful choruses, this is vaudeville in the post-punk era, this is The Residents in the world of alternative pop, cabaret songs for demential grotesque cartoons. These dynamic, crazy, irreverent music pills have nothing to envy to underground rock heroes. Maybe TMBG were just so great in writing perfect happy melodies that the sense of this album was misunderstood.
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