Phone Power (album)

Phone Power is the nineteenth studio album from New York City-based alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released digitally on March 8, 2016. It is the third and final album containing songs from the band's 2015 Dial-A-Song service. British label Lojinx announced a physical release in Europe, on CD, for June 10.[3]

This article is about the They Might Be Giants album. For the VoIP company, see Phone Power.
Phone Power
Studio album by
They Might Be Giants
ReleasedMarch 8, 2016 (online), June 10, 2016 (CD)
RecordedDecember 2014, April–June and September–December 2015
GenreAlternative rock
Length45:05[1]
LabelIdlewild, Megaforce, Lojinx
ProducerThey Might Be Giants, Pat Dillett
They Might Be Giants chronology
Why?
(2015)		 Phone Power
(2016)		 I Like Fun
(2018)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Background

In late 2014 They Might Be Giants announced they would be reviving their Dial-A-Song service, with a new track released every week of 2015.[4] The songs would be released as three separate studio albums (the first two, Glean and Why?, were released in 2015) as part of a "Dial-A-Song compilation" which would be included as benefits in the 2015 They Might Be Giants Instant Fan Club.

Release

Phone Power was released digitally on March 8, 2016 for the public (and one day earlier for Instant Fan Club members), and the first They Might Be Giants release to feature a pay-what-you-want model.[5][6] This was discontinued in June 2016, switching to a traditional flat payment model.[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by They Might Be Giants, except as noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Apophenia"2:33
2."I Love You For Psychological Reasons"3:01
3."To A Forest"2:10
4."I Am Alone"2:29
5."Say Nice Things About Detroit"2:42
6."Trouble Awful Devil Evil"3:29
7."ECNALUBMA"2:56
8."Daylight"1:52
9."Sold My Mind to the Kremlin"2:03
10."It Said Something"3:13
11."Impossibly New"2:07
12."I'll Be Haunting You"2:48
13."Got Getting Up So Down"1:42
14."What Did I Do to You?"1:29
15."Shape Shifter"3:12
16."Bills, Bills, Bills" (E. Phillips, K. Briggs, Kandi, B. Knowles, L. Luckett, K. Rowland, L. Roberson)3:16
17."Black Ops (Alternative Version)"2:31
18."I Wasn't Listening"1:31

Personnel
They Might Be Giants
are joined by
Production

Charts
Chart (2016) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[8] 122
gollark: He owns Wolf Mall, and therefore basically has a monopoly on shop space, so ask him.
gollark: 🐪Actual size (note: as measured on 10000 inch screen, may be different on yours)
gollark: We don't even really need installers - `gitget` exists.
gollark: ... why?
gollark: Just tell people "install X if in CC, Y if in OC".

References
  1. "Phone Power".
  2. Phares, Heather. "Phone Power - They Might Be Giants". Allmusic. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  3. https://www.lojinx.com/releases/they-might-be-giants/phone-power
  4. "Instant Fan Club returns". They Might Be Giants.
  5. "They Might Be Giants' Phone Power". Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
  6. "They Might Be Giants' New Surprise Album, 'Phone Power,' Is Available Now". Spin.
  7. "They Might Be Giants release pay-what-you-want album".
  8. "They Might Be Giants Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.