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''Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants'' is a 2002 compilation album by They Might Be Giants. Despite the name, it is not a compilation of tracks from the band's "Dial-A-Song" service. It is instead an anthology of various album and live tracks from the band's history, spanning their full career up to the time of its release. It includes tracks from every album starting with 1986's ''They Might Be Giants'' up through ''No!'', which was only released three months before this compilation. It was issued by Rhino Records and compiled by singer/songwriter/guitarist John Flansburgh. The first disc focuses mainly on the group's singles and better-known album tracks. Disc two delves into more obscure fan favorites and live cuts. ==Song notes== Some of the songs on the album are actually different versions than the original, such as: *"Older" is the original version that featured on the album ''Long Tall Weekend'' and on the ABC show ''Brave New World''. *"Robot Parade" is the "Adult Version", with a more thrashy sort of sound, as opposed to the version from No!. * "Boss of Me" is best known as the theme song to ''Malcolm in the Middle'', although the version here is the full version, not the shortened version used on the show * "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" is a cover, originally performed by The Four Lads * "The Guitar" is a semi-remake of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" * "New York City" is a cover, originally performed by cub * "Dr. Evil" was written for ''Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'' * "Why Does the Sun Shine (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) (live)" is the live version of the song from ''Severe Tire Damage'' and it is a cover, originally recorded by Tom Glazer * "James K. Polk" is a new unreleased version, although it is not labeled as such. It seems to include the same instrumentation as the version from ''Factory Showroom'', but with different vocals * "She's Actual Size (live)" is, along with the above "James K. Polk", the only other exclusive, unreleased song on the set * "Spy (Original Version)" is listed as an exclusive, unreleased live version, but is actually the version of the song from ''Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)'' * "Stormy Pinkness (live in Berlin)" is also listed as an exclusive, but it was previously released through the TMBG Unlimited mp3 service * "Fingertips" on this album is one track while Apollo 18 had as 21 separate tracks * This album contains the single remix of "Don't Let's Start" and "(She Was A) Hotel Detective" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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