No!

Performer: They Might Be Giants
Engineer: Stanley Wright; Albert Caiati
Producer: They Might Be Giants
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. They Might Be Giants: John Flansburgh (vocals, guitar); John Linnell (vocals, keyboards). Additional personnel: Danny Weinkauf (vocals, bass); Robin "Goldie" Goldwasser, Nicholas Hill, (vocals); Dan Miller (guitar); Krystof Witek (violin); Garo Yellin (cello); Dan Levine (trombone); Dan Hickey (drums). Recorded at Coyote Studio, Brooklyn, New York. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel: John Flansburgh (vocals, guitar); John Linnell (vocals, keyboards); Nicholas Hill, Robin "Goldie" Goldwasser, Danny Weinkauf (vocals); Dan Miller (guitar); Krystof Witek (violin); Garo Yellin (cello); Jim O'Connor (trumpet); Dan Levine (trombone); Dan Hickey (drums). Audio Mixer: Albert Caiati. Recording information: Coyote Studio, Brooklyn, NY. They Might Be Giants's first children's album, NO!, is remarkably similar to their albums for adults. Characterized by irrepressibly catchy melodies, witty lyrics, and an overall sense of irreverent playfulness, NO! is business-as-usual for the dynamic duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell, and fits perfectly within their discography. In fact, in inventiveness, songwriting, and pure crazy pleasure, NO! may be the best Giants album since FLOOD. Musically, the Giants are all over the map here with funky grooves ("Clap Your Hands"), wistful lullabies ("Sleepwalkers") and avant experimentalism ("Violin"). While whimsy is a given for Flansburgh and Linnell, there is a sense that they've tailored their songwriting for a younger set on this release. "In the Middle, In the Middle, In the Middle" is a public service announcement about crossing the street safely, while the loopy, building narrative of "The House at the Top of the Tree" belongs to the category of smile-inducing tongue-twisters like "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly." As freewheeling, clever, and appealing as anything they've done, NO! reminds all of us--kids and the kids inside us--how much fun life can be.

John Flansburgh and John Linnell, the two singer/songwriters behind Brooklyn avant-pop cult band They Might Be Giants, were childhood friends who have been working under the TMBG banner since the '80s. The words "nerdy," "geek-rock," and "quirky" have been applied to their melodic, humor-filled songs so often there should be a cross-reference in the dictionary. Over their numerous albums with and without backing musicians (in the early days they used a drum machine) they've offered songs about the most unlikely subjects imaginable, from Belgian painter James Ensor to famed cinematic costume designer Edith Head. Their masterful songcraft is such that they've long maintained a healthy audience for their idiosyncratic sound.

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