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Apollo 18 (album) - Definition and Overview |
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Apollo 18 is They Might Be Giants' fourth album, although it is the fifth disc in their discography. It was released in 1992 (see 1992 in music). The album was named after NASA's Apollo program, which had seventeen missions. The album is said to be the band's most electronic, a marked difference from the simple drum machine-and-guitar style of their previous albums.
Track listing
- "Dig My Grave" (1:08)
- "I Palindrome I" (2:25)
- "She's Actual Size" (2:05)
- "My Evil Twin" (2:37)
- "Mammal" (2:14)
- "The Statue Got Me High" (3:06)
- "Spider" (0:50)
- "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)" (3:49) - so titled because it features a chorus with a peculiar reworking of the lyrics of the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
- "Dinner Bell" (2:11)
- "Narrow Your Eyes" (2:46)
- "Hall Of Heads" (2:53)
- "Which Describes How You're Feeling" (1:13)
- "See The Constellation" (3:27)
- "If I Wasn't Shy" (1:43)
- "Turn Around" (2:53)
- "Hypnotist Of Ladies" (1:42)
- "Fingertips" (4:25 in all)
- "Space Suit" (1:36)
"Fingertips" is a series of apparently unrelated short tracks ranging in duration from four to sixty-one seconds (although most of them are under fifteen). The liner notes, in an apparent reference to these tracks, have the message "The indexing of this disc is designed to complement the Shuffle Mode of modern CD players". "Space Suit" is thus track 38. For some reason, the UK issue of this CD has "Fingertips" as one track, while the U.S. edition has it as 21 tracks.
The original intended title of track 8 was simply "The Guitar", but the band found it was required to include "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by that song's copyright holder.
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