The Else

The Else
Studio album - They Might Be Giants
Inilabas	15 Mayo 2007 (2007-05-15)
Isinaplaka	Early 2006 – 2007
Uri	Alternative rock
Haba	38:12
Tatak	Idlewild, Zoë
Tagagawa	The Dust Brothers Pat Dillett They Might Be Giants
Propesyonal na pagsusuri
AllMusic [1] The A.V. Club B [2] IGN (8.5/10) [3] The Music Box [4] Pitchfork (5.3/10) [5] PopMatters [6]
They Might Be Giants kronolohiya
Venue Songs (2005) The Else (2007) Here Come the 123s (2008)

Ang The Else ay ang ikalabindalawang album ng studio sa pamamagitan ng rock group They Might Be Giants, na inilabas ng Idlewild Records noong 2007. Ang album ay ginawa sa bahagi ng The Dust Brothers, kasama sina Pat Dillett at ang banda.

Ang The Else ay unang magagamit para sa pag-download sa pamamagitan ng iTunes Store noong Mayo 15, 2007. Ang bersyon ng CD ay pinakawalan sa mga tindahan noong Hulyo 10, 2007, kasama ang paunang pagtakbo na sinamahan ng isang buong haba ng disc ng pambihirang materyal, Cast Your Pod To The Wind (ang pamagat na pagiging isang parody ng piano ng jazz na si Vince Guaraldi noong 1962 ay tumama na "Cast Your Fate to the Wind").^[7] Noong Setyembre 11, 2007, naglabas ang banda ng isang gatefold vinyl LP ng album. Ang Iyong Pod ay ginawang magagamit nang hiwalay sa iTunes noong Hulyo, 2009.

Ang isang video, na nilikha ni Mizushima Hine, para sa "With the Dark" ay inilabas sa pahina ng band ng YouTube noong Hunyo 7, 2007. Dalawang iba pang mga video, para sa "The Shadow Government" at "I'm Impressed" ay pinalaya rin sa kalaunan. Ang isang buong haba ng video para sa "The Mesopotamians" ay inilabas sa Stereogum.com noong Oktubre 2.

Ang "Careful What You Pack" ay orihinal na isinulat para sa soundtrack ng 2009 film na Coraline, ngunit hindi ito sa huli ay ginamit sa pelikula.^[8]

Listahan ng track

Isinulat lahat ni(na) They Might Be Giants except as noted.

Blg.	Pamagat	Haba
1.	"I'm Impressed"	2:39
2.	"Take Out the Trash"	3:14
3.	"Upside Down Frown"	2:17
4.	"Climbing the Walls"	3:15
5.	"Careful What You Pack"	2:40
6.	"The Cap'm"	3:11
7.	"With the Dark"	3:17
8.	"The Shadow Government"	2:37
9.	"Bee of the Bird of the Moth"	3:31
10.	"Withered Hope" (written by They Might Be Giants, Mike Simpson, John King)	2:54
11.	"Contrecoup"	3:11
12.	"Feign Amnesia"	2:29
13.	"The Mesopotamians"	2:57
Kabuuan:		38:12

Japan release bonus tracks

Blg.	Pamagat	Haba
14.	"Brain Problem Situation"	2:55
15.	"We Live in a Dump"	1:40
16.	"I'm Your Boyfriend Now"	2:40

Cast Your Pod to the Wind (bonus disc)

Blg.	Pamagat	Haba
1.	"Put Your Hand on the Computer"	1:57
2.	"I'm Your Boyfriend Now"	2:40
3.	"Why Did You Grow a Beard?"	1:08
4.	"We Live in a Dump"	1:40
5.	"Brain Problem Situation"	2:55
6.	"Sketchy Galore"	2:21
7.	"Microphone"	2:04
8.	"Vestibule"	1:59
9.	"Greasy Kid Stuff"	1:40
10.	"Metal Detector (live)"	3:43
11.	"Employee of the Month"	1:24
12.	"Homunculus"	2:16
13.	"No Plan B (live)"	1:40
14.	"Morgan in the Morning"	1:07
15.	"Kendra McCormick"	0:51
16.	"Yeah, the Deranged Millionaire"	1:23
17.	"My Other Phone Is a Boom Car"	0:27
18.	"I Hear a New World"	2:09
19.	"(She Was a) Hotel Detective in the Future"	2:05
20.	"Haunted Floating Eye"	1:25
21.	"Scott Bower"	1:23
22.	"The Mexican Drill"	1:10
23.	"Cast Your Pod to the Wind"	1:26

Mga Sanggunian

1. AllMusic review
2. The A.V. Club review
3. IGN review
4. The Music Box review
5. Pitchfork review
6. PopMatters review
7. Jonathan Cohen. "They Might Be Giants Plot July For Next Disc". Billboard.com. Nakuha noong 2007-04-13.
8. Gaiman, Neil (2007-07-10). "Orchids and hemlock". Neil Gaiman's Journal. Nakuha noong 2015-06-24.