Flood - They Might Be Giants Reviews

Flood is cheerful pop band They Might Be Giant's 3rd album and it's the one that I'm most familiar with. I hadn't actually heard of the band until a couple of years ago when a friend of mine, gave me this album. The tuneful and happy sounding Americans have a unique way of playing, almost childish in nature it's extremely upbeat and ...  Read the complete review

They Might be Giants have never been the most chart-friendly band. In their two-decade long career, only two of their singles have hit the UK top 40 - and one of those was a TV theme song ("Boss Of Me", from Malcolm In The Middle). The other, "Birdhouse In Your Soul", was drawn from this album, and heralded a brief period where ...  Read the complete review

I first heard this album in 1990 when I was 14 and was very impressed, but a little embarrassed to admit it. Eleven years on, and I stumbled across their web site which has snippets of some tracks from this album on it. This made me buy the album again for, if I'm honest, nostalgic reasons, but soon remembered that it was ...  Read the complete review

They Might Be Giants album is a classic. From the very start, with the introductory "Theme from Flood" to the concluding "Road Movie to Berlin" every song on this album is one you will want to listen to again and again. Their only real hit "Birdhouse In Your Soul" is one of those songs that you will remember ...  Read the complete review

It's weird, well they are, but the way I came across this album is weird, but I won't go into that... Of course, everyone has heard the infamous song 'Birdhouse in your soul'. Whether it has remained in their memories forever is another point, but everyone has heard it. I love it, personally. Have you guys seen the video? This ...  Read the complete review

They Might Be Giants are sort of second cousins to Sparks and the Barenaked Ladies, coming midway between the two, chronologically speaking. The 19 songs on this album cover many, many styles: Hollywood musical ("Theme from Flood"), country ("Lucky ball and Chain"), 60s pop ("Twisting"), ska ("Hearing ...  Read the complete review

This is, for me, the band's finest work. 'Flood' introduces itself with a brief thirty-second proclamation enthusiastically welcoming us to this "brand new record for 1990", before launching straight into the band's deservedly best known song, the sublime 'Birdhouse In Your Soul'. 'Birdhouse In Your ...  Read the complete review

This album was my introduction to the bizarre song-world of TMBG, and it remains my favourite of their albums. If you've never heard them before, imagine the mutant offspring of a liason between the Bonzo Dog Doodah Band and Madness, but with all the British references replaced by Americana. Yes, they're hard to describe! The best ...  Read the complete review

They Might be Giants are not well known in the UK, but they are one of the best selling e-artists, and had the highest selling e-album of 1999 - Doctor Worm. Flood is their best known work in the UK, and is bizzare. Every song is different in feel and in tone. From the pure pop of Birdhouse in your Soul (11/10) to the thought provoking oddness of ...  Read the complete review