Lincoln

25 September 198818 tracks, 40 minutes

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Lincoln is the second studio album by American alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. It was released by Bar/None in 1988. The album is named after John Linnell and John Flansburgh's boyhood home of Lincoln, Massachusetts. The album produced three singles: "Ana Ng", "They'll Need a Crane", and "Purple Toupee". It is included on Then: The Earlier Years in its entirety.

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Genres: Alternative rock, power pop, indie rock
Length: 18 tracks, 40 minutes
Released: 25 September 1988
Label: idlewild recordings

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AllMusic10.0 MusicHound9.0 The Village Voice8.3

Tracks

1Ana Ng3:23

2Cowtown2:21

3Lie Still, Little Bottle2:06

4Purple Toupee2:40

5Cage & Aquarium1:10

6Where Your Eyes Don’t Go3:06

7Piece of Dirt2:01

8Mr. Me1:52

9Pencil Rain2:42

10The World’s Address2:24

11I’ve Got a Match2:37

12Santa’s Beard1:55

13You’ll Miss Me1:54

14They’ll Need a Crane2:33

15Shoehorn With Teeth1:13

16Stand on Your Head1:16

17Snowball in Hell2:32

18Kiss Me, Son of God1:53

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Produced by Bill Krauss. Engineered by Al Houghton.