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Apollo 18 (album)
''Apollo 18'' is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants. It was released in 1992 through Elektra Records and was named after aborted Apollo 18 mission which was scheduled to have followed Apollo 17. The album was also associated with International Space Year, for which They Might Be Giants were declared the official "musical ambassadors" by NASA.
The album marked the first conscious effort by John Linnell and John Flansburgh to branch out of their early sound, opting for more traditional rock rhythms and fuller arrangements. The duo adopted a backing band with live drums during the supporting tour. It was their last album recorded as a duo, and the band expanded to include a regular rhythm guitarist, bass player, and saxophone player for their subsequent releases. ''Apollo 18'' also includes the "Fingertips" suite, a series of twenty-one songs, each under thirty seconds long. The album generated three singles, "The Statue Got Me High", "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)" and "I Palindrome I", although only the first charted.
The album received mostly positive reviews from music critics, with many commending the band for making music with a darker tone. However, the album was criticized for lacking a stand-out lead single. Commercially, the album was not as successful as ''Flood'' (1990), peaking at number 99 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and spending only six weeks on that chart. In addition, some fans were upset that and Flansburgh and Linnell opted to use a backing band for the album's tour, with some even boycotting shows.
== Recording and production ==
After the major success of ''Flood'' (1990), Elektra sought out Elvis Costello to produce ''Apollo 18''; however, John Linnell and John Flansburgh elected to produce the album themselves as they had originally planned.〔 Prior to recording, the band upgraded many of their instruments; Flansburgh purchased a Marshall amp and Linnell bought several new saxophones.〔 The album was recorded at The Magic Shop in New York City,〔 in approximately ten weeks.〔〔 Although the band recorded ''Apollo 18'' primarily as a duo, its production is much less sparse when compared to previous releases. This is reflected in the fact that the album's associated tour, the Don't Tread on the Cut-Up Snake World Tour 1992, was the band's first to utilize a live backing band, rather than a tape deck playing backing tracks.〔 Linnell later noted that this led to much more complicated and deliberate rehearsals.〔
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