They Might Be Giants – Apollo 18

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Label:	Elektra – 9 61257-2, Elektra – 61257-2
Format:	CD, Album, ARC
Country:	US
Released:	Mar 24, 1992
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Pop Rock

Tracklist

1	Dig My Grave Cello – Garo Yellin Violin – Mark Feldman	1:08
2	I Palindrome I	2:22
3	She's Actual Size Drums – Jim Thomas (4)	2:05
4	My Evil Twin	2:37
5	Mammal	2:14
6	The Statue Got Me High	3:06
7	Spider	0:50
8	The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) Trumpet – Frank London Vocals – Laura Cantrell Written-By – Weiss, Peretti, Creatore*, They Might Be Giants	3:49
9	Dinner Bell	2:11
10	Narrow Your Eyes	2:46
11	Hall Of Heads Violin – Mark Feldman Vocals – Julie Cohen (2)	2:53
12	Which Describes How You're Feeling	1:13
13	See The Constellation	3:27
14	If I Wasn't Shy	1:43
15	Turn Around	2:53
16	Hypnotist Of Ladies	1:42
	Fingertips
17	Catching On Fire	0:12
18	Fingertips (Banjo) Banjo, Vocals – Peter Stampfel	0:06
19	I Hear The Wind Blow Vocals – Nicholas Hill	0:10
20	Hey Now Everybody Vocals – Elma Mayer	0:05
21	Who Is That Standing By My Window?	0:06
22	I Found A New Friend Vocals – Brian Dewan	0:07
23	Wreck My Car	0:11
24	Aren't You The Guy?	0:06
25	Please Pass The Milk Vocals – Elma Mayer	0:08
26	Leave Me Alone	0:05
27	Who's Knocking On The Wall? Vocals – Brian Dewan	0:04
28	All Alone By Myself	0:05
29	What's That Blue Thing Doing Here?	0:08
30	Something Grabbed A Hold Of My Hand Vocals – Amy Allison	0:11
31	I Don't Understand You	0:27
32	I Heard A Sound	0:04
33	Mysterious Whisper	0:28
34	The Day That Love Came To Play	0:08
35	I'm Having A Heart Attack	0:22
36	Fingertips (Reprise) Banjo, Vocals – Peter Stampfel	0:10
37	I Walk Along Darkened Corridors	1:01
38	Space Suit	1:36

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Warner Communications Inc.
Record Company – Time Warner
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Elektra Entertainment
Copyright © – Elektra Entertainment
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – WEA International Inc.
Copyright © – WEA International Inc.
Made By – WEA Manufacturing Inc.
Recorded At – The Magic Shop
Mixed At – Right Track Recording
Mixed At – East Hill Studios
Mastered At – Masterdisk
Copyright © – Time Warner Inc.
Copyright © – They Might Be Giants Music
Copyright © – WB Music Corp.
Copyright © – Abilene Music Inc.
Glass Mastered At – Specialty Records Corporation
Pressed By – Allied Record Company

Credits

A&R – Susan Drew
Artwork ["Respirator With Aspirin" Sculpture] – Fred Tomaselli
Artwork [Art Assistance] – Barbara Lipp, Beth Passaro, Bo Orloff, Kurt Hoffman, Marjorie Galen, Vivian Walsh
Booking [European Booking] – Dave Stacey (2), ITB
Booking [US Booking] – Frank Riley (2), Triad Artists
Crew [All Time Greatest Ground] – Adam Gavzer, Ben Marts (2), Smokin' Bo Orloff*, Graeme Cooper (3), Joel Reiff (2), John Gernand (2), John Hobbs (8), Leonie Gombrich, Melony Wilson, Mike Kelly (24), Stewart Kennett (2), Tami Blevins, Tory Jenner
Design – Rolf Conant
Engineer [2nd] – Edward Douglas IV*
Guest [Special Guest Appearance(s)] – Amy Allison, Brian Dewan, Elma Mayer, Frank London, Garo Yellin, Jim Thomas (4), Julie Cohen (2), Laura Cantrell, Mark Feldman, Nicholas Hill, Peter Stampfel
Management – Jamie Lincoln Kitman, Hornblow Group USA*
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Mixed By – Alan Winstanley (tracks: 1 to 16, 38), Patrick Dillett (tracks: 17 to 37), Paul Angelli (tracks: 17 to 37)
Mixed By [Assisted] – Brian Pollack (tracks: 1 to 16, 38), Bruce Calder (tracks: 1 to 16, 38), UE Nastasi (tracks: 17 to 37)
Performer [They Might Be Giants] – John Flansburgh, John Linnell
Photography By [Microphone Photo] – J. Otto Seibold
Photography By [Other Space Photographs Courtesy Of] – NASA (10)
Photography By [Running Man & Rubber Gloves] – Ralph Morse
Photography By [Space Capsule] – Don Uhrbrock
Producer – They Might Be Giants
Recorded By – Paul Angelli
Songwriter [All Songs], Written-By – They Might Be Giants (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 38)
Technician [Technical Support] – Chris Cush, Jim Thomas (4), Joshua Fried, Mark Boyer*

Notes

The tracklisting on the back cover and the lyrics both refer to Fingertips as one track, but it is broken up into 21 tracks on the CD (17-37). The individual track titles used here are unofficial titles that based on lyrics from each track

Apollo 18 They Might Be Giants Fourth Album

Alan Winstanley who flew over from England

Recorded in New York City at the Magic Shop
Mixed at Right Track, NYC, except Fingertips mixed at East Hill

Garo [Yellin] & Jim [Thomas] courtesy of Bar/None Records

Mastered at Masterdisk, NYC

Ralph Morse and Don Uhrbrock photos above courtesy of LIFE (© Time Warner Inc.)
Other space photographs courtesy of NASA

"The indexing of this disc is designed to complement
the Shuffle Mode of modern CD players."

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All songs [...] © 1992 They Might Be Giants Music ASCAP, administered by WB Music Corp. except "The Guitar" [...] © 1992 They Might Be Giants Music/Abilene Music Inc. ASCAP, admin. by Abilene Music Inc. and WB Music Corp. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" used by permission of Abilene Music Inc. Lyrics reprinted by permission. All Rights Reserved.

© 1992 Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications, Inc.

ISY
They Might Be Giants are Musical Ambassadors for International Space Year

ELEKTRA ENTERTAINMENT A Division of Warner Communications Inc., A Time Warner Company, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10019; 345 North Maple Drive, Suite 123, Beverly Hills, California 90210. ℗ & © 1992 Elektra Entertainment a division of Warner Communications, Inc., for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. All Rights Reserved. Printed in U.S.A. Warning: Unauthorized reproduction of this recording is prohibited by Federal law and subject to criminal prosecution.

Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. ℗ 1992 Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications Inc. All rights reserved. Made in the U.S.A. by WEA Manufacturing Inc. A Time Warner Company.

Contains 12-panel folder booklet.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 7559-61257-2 7
Barcode (Scanned): 075596125727
Rights Society: ASCAP
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): ARC 2 61257-2 SRC+01 ЖM1 S4
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): ARC 2 61257-2 SRC+01 ЖM1 S1

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Apollo 18 (CD, Album)	Elektra	7559-61257-2	Australia	1992
Recently Edited	Apollo 18 (CD, Album)	Elektra	CD 61257	Canada	1992
	Apollo 18 (LP, Album)	Elektra	7559-61257-1	Europe	1992
Recently Edited	Apollo 18 (CD, Album)	Elektra	7559-61257-2	Europe	1992
	Apollo 18 (Cassette, Album, SR, Dolby HX Pro)	Elektra, Elektra	9 61257-4, 61257-4	US	1992

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Reviews

Catfish Jul 4, 2006
Edited 17 years ago
Following up on murderbot's comment, in spite of best intentions some of the Fingertips tracks actually leak into the previous and/or next track, somewhat spoiling the random effect. Still, a good album to shuffle in the 5 cd changer.