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''Factory Showroom'' is the sixth studio album by the band They Might Be Giants. It was released in 1996 through Elektra Records. The album reclaims the more diverse and electronic sound of their early work, but differed from previous They Might Be Giants recordings in some ways. ''Factory Showroom'' was their first album to feature a second guitarist, Eric Schermerhorn. ''Factory Showroom'' also had the fewest tracks of any They Might Be Giants album up until the release of ''The Else''. John Flansburgh (founding member, guitarist and songwriter) has publicly declared ''Factory Showroom'' to be his favorite of the duo's many recordings.〔(popculturecorn.com )〕 Feeling that Elektra Records did not do enough to promote the album, among other disputes, They Might Be Giants left the label after its release. ''Factory Showroom'' was released on vinyl for the first time in March 2012 by Asbestos Records. ==Song notes== * "I Can Hear You" was recorded at the Edison Laboratory on a wax cylinder phonograph without the use of electricity. * "New York City" is a cover of a song by the band Cub. * "James K. Polk" is a song about James Knox Polk, the 11th President of the United States. A sparser, drum machine driven version had previously appeared on the ''Istanbul (Not Constantinople)'' EP (1990). It features singing saw by Julian Koster. * The hidden track (Track 0) on the CD entitled "Token Back to Brooklyn" is accessible by rewinding from the beginning of Track 1 ("S-E-X-X-Y"), and is not playable on all CD players. It can, however, also be heard on the rarities compilation ''They Got Lost'' along with the Internet-only album ''Long Tall Weekend''. * Much to the disdain of the Johns, a cassette version of the album that claimed to be a "promotional item" from Elektra was leaked by an unknown source. Along with every song from the standard release (including "Token Back To Brooklyn"), this version also included versions of "On The Drag" and "Older" that have not reappeared on an official release, as well as "SenSurround" (the single version), "Counterfeit Faker", "Certain People I Could Name", "Unforgotten", "Reprehensible", "They Got Lost", and "Rat Patrol". All of these tracks were rejects from the Factory Showroom sessions, and were either released on the ''S-E-X-X-Y'' EP or the 2002 compilation ''They Got Lost''. 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「Factory Showroom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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