Flood (album) - Definition and Overview

Flood
Album by They Might Be Giants
Released	January 16, 1990
Recorded	1989
Genre	Alternative, Indie rock
Length	42 min 39 s
Record label	Elektra Records
Producer	They Might Be Giants, Alan Winstanley, and Clive Langer
Professional reviews
RollingStone review	2 stars out of 5	link (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album?id=260670)
Allmusic.com review	4 stars out of 5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDCASS70311061608252709&sql=Amwtqoaqabijx)
ARTISTdirect review	4 stars out of 5	link (http://store.artistdirect.com/store/artist/album/0,,174376,00.html)

Flood is an album released in 1990 (see 1990 in music) by They Might Be Giants, their third studio album and their first with a major label, Elektra Records. It contains two of their most well-known songs, "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" and "Particle Man", both of which were made into animated music videos on the children's television show Tiny Toon Adventures, exposing the band to a much younger audience. The first single "Birdhouse In Your Soul" reached number 3 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Chart and was a top 40 hit elsewhere including Australia. All of the songs except for "Istanbul..." were written by John Flansburgh & John Linnell. "Istanbul..." (a cover of a 1953 hit for The Four Lads) was written by J. Kennedy & N. Simon.

Track listing

1. "Theme From Flood"
2. "Birdhouse in Your Soul" (vorbis sample 141K)
3. "Lucky Ball And Chain"
4. "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"
5. "Dead"
6. "Your Racist Friend"
7. "Particle Man" (vorbis sample 105K)
8. "Twisting"
9. "We Want A Rock"
10. "Someone Keeps Moving My Chair"
11. "Hearing Aid"
12. "Minimum Wage" (vorbis sample 103K)
13. "Letterbox"
14. "Whistling In The Dark"
15. "Hot Cha"
16. "Women And Men"
17. "Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love"
18. "They Might Be Giants"
19. "Road Movie To Berlin"