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As far as I know, John Henry is in print. I don't know what Amazon doesn't have it, but a couple of other online retail sources I checked listed it available.

― James, Tuesday, 24 January 2006 15:24 (eighteen years ago) link

i couldn't decide between Ana Ng, Don't let's start & Everything right is wrong again. so i downloaded all three, having not heard them for a good ten years, and realised i didn't really like any of them anymore.

Ana Ng, i suppose.

― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 15:27 (eighteen years ago) link

2nd runner up: They'll Need A Crane
1st runner up: Purple Toupet

Winner: Ana Ng

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 15:33 (eighteen years ago) link

I quit following TMBG after John Henry, but I bought all of their main albums up to that point. Since the content on these albums is pretty uneven, I did what I occasionally do: burned a compilation of my favorite tracks and traded in all the original albums. Usually when I do this, the resulting compilation resides in "Siberia" (the cabinet that holds miscellaneous CDs in order to keep my main shelves less cluttered), but my TMBG easily earns a space on the main shelves. The tracklist (my OP23):

don't let's start
put your hand in side the puppet head
angel
everything right is wrong again
ana ng
where your eyes don't go
purple toupee
i've got a match
they'll need a crane
birdhouse in your soul
letterbox
particle man
someone keeps moving my chair
dead
i palindrome i
mammal (a serious contender for my OPO)
dinner bell
which describes how you're feeling
snail shell
unrelated thing
subliminal
thermostat
no one knows my plan

― National Roffle Association (Paul in Santa Cruz), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 18:41 (eighteen years ago) link

ana ng
(don't let's start is high up there, but as the former song says, 'we're getting old'!)

― joan vich (joan vich), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 11:55 (eighteen years ago) link

I wish I could find their first two albums.

― youn, Thursday, 26 January 2006 00:53 (eighteen years ago) link

isn't then: the earlier years still in print?

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 26 January 2006 00:54 (eighteen years ago) link

Don't let's start, people.

― 'Curt' Russell (noodle vague), Thursday, 26 January 2006 00:54 (eighteen years ago) link

their death rattles

― cancer prone fat guy (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 26 January 2006 01:10 (eighteen years ago) link

So very hard.

but probably "She's An Angel"

the whole sentiment behind it is lovely.

Also, for those who stopped on TMBG, listen to No!, their children song's album. Excellent stuff.

― Viz (Viz), Thursday, 26 January 2006 01:15 (eighteen years ago) link

Surely "John Henry" is their masterpiece though?

― everything, Thursday, 26 January 2006 01:36 (eighteen years ago) link

John Henry is a decent album, but I tend to listen to Apollo 18 and Lincoln the most often.

― James, Thursday, 26 January 2006 01:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Can't stand 'em, but I am also unable to deny the magic of "They'll Need A Crane".

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Thursday, 26 January 2006 02:27 (eighteen years ago) link

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