John Henry Demos

~ Release by They Might Be Giants (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

From Bandcamp

Years back, through "a secret experiment in human happiness," we shared a download of the demos to the John Henry album. The recordings were made with Patrick Dillett and an evolving live band over a few long session days at Brooklyn’s Excello Studios. Upon reflection, it seemed the quality of the work really called for a proper release. So now a proper, full-length album is finally available.

This album is available exclusively from Idlewild Recordings and will not be sold elsewhere and will not be posted to streaming sites.

Annotation last modified on 2022-09-11 10:37 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Subliminal
recording of:
Subliminal
writer:
John Flansburgh and John Linnell
2:38
2Snail Shell
recording of:
Snail Shell
writer:
John Flansburgh and John Linnell
3:20
3Sleeping in the Flowers Long
recording of:
Sleeping in the Flowers
writer:
John Flansburgh and John Linnell
4:27
4Unrelated Thing
recording of:
Unrelated Thing
writer:
John Flansburgh and John Linnell
2:33
5AKA Driver
demo recording of:
AKA Driver
writer:
Brian Doherty (US drummer for They Might Be Giants), John Flansburgh, John Linnell and Tony Maimone
publisher:
Running Dog Music and TMBG Music
3:09
6I Should Be Allowed to Think
recording of:
I Should Be Allowed to Think
writer:
John Flansburgh and John Linnell
2:28
7Extra Savoir Faire
recording of:
Extra Savoir‐Faire
writer:
John Flansburgh and John Linnell
2:51
8Why Must I Be Sad
recording of:
Why Must I Be Sad?
writer:
John Flansburgh and John Linnell
3:59
9Spy
recording of:
Spy
lyricist and composer:
John Flansburgh and John Linnell
publisher:
TMBG Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:30
10O, Do Not Forsake Me
recording of:
O, Do Not Forsake Me
writer:
John Flansburgh and John Linnell
2:34
11No One Knows My Plan
recording of:
No One Knows My Plan
writer:
John Flansburgh and John Linnell
2:25
12Dirtbike
demo recording of:
Dirt Bike (in 1993-07)
writer:
John Flansburgh and John Linnell
recording of:
Dirt Bike
writer:
John Flansburgh and John Linnell
2:01
13Destination Moon
demo recording of:
Destination Moon
writer:
John Flansburgh and John Linnell
2:24
14A Self Called Nowhere
demo recording of:
A Self Called Nowhere
writer:
John Flansburgh and John Linnell
3:16
15Meet James Ensor
recording of:
Meet James Ensor
writer:
John Flansburgh and John Linnell
1:38
16Thermostat
recording of:
Thermostat
writer:
John Flansburgh and John Linnell
2:11
17Window
recording of:
Window
writer:
John Flansburgh and John Linnell
0:59
18Out of Jail
recording of:
Out of Jail
writer:
John Flansburgh and John Linnell
2:23
19The End of the Tour
recording of:
The End of the Tour
writer:
John Flansburgh and John Linnell
3:05