Phone Power (album)
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| Released | March 8, 2016 (online), June 10, 2016 (CD) | |||
| Recorded | December 2014; April–June and September–December 2015 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 45:05 | |||
| Labels | Idlewild, Megaforce, Lojinx | |||
| Producers | They Might Be Giants, Pat Dillett | |||
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Phone Power is the nineteenth studio album by American alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released digitally on March 8, 2016. On June 10, it was physically released in Europe on CD.[1]
Release
Phone Power was released digitally on March 8, 2016 for the public, and the first They Might Be Giants release to feature a pay-what-you-want model.[2] This was discontinued on June 10, 2016, switching to a traditional flat payment model.[3][4] Phone Power is the third and final album containing songs from the band's 2015 Dial-A-Song service.
Track listing
All tracks are written by They Might Be Giants, except as noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (alt. version)" | 2:31 |
| 18. | "I Wasn't Listening" | 1:31 |
| Total length: | 44:04 | |
Personnel
- They Might Be Giants
- John Flansburgh – vocals, guitars, etc.
- John Linnell – vocals, keyboards, woodwinds, etc.
- Marty Beller – drums, percussion
- Danny Weinkauf – bass
- Dan Miller – guitars
- Production
- Pat Dillett – co-producer, mixing
- Jon Altschuler – engineer
- David Groener Jr. – engineer
- Andre Kelman – engineer
- James York – engineer
- UE Nastasi – mastering
- Paul Sahre – design
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [5] |
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[6] | 122 |
References
- ↑ "They Might Be Giants – Phone Power (Lojinx)". June 10, 2016.
- ↑ "They Might Be Giants' New Surprise Album, 'Phone Power,' Is Available Now". Spin. March 8, 2016.
- ↑ "They Might Be Giants release pay-what-you-want album". The A.V. Club. March 8, 2016. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016.
- ↑ Chaligne, Craig (June 5, 2016). "They Might Be Giants to release new album Phone Power on 10th June 2016". Louder Than War. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
- ↑ Phares, Heather. "Phone Power – They Might Be Giants". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
- ↑ "They Might Be Giants Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
External links
- Phone Power on This Might Be A Wiki