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Mink Car

by They Might Be Giants

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of 455,625

15,990
2000's

of 265,887

4,537
2001

of 35,059

500

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Overall Rating: 2.1909 Mink Car is ranked overall as 2.1909 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 2.1700 Mink Car has an avg. critic score of 2.1700 out of 4 stars

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PopMatters

Mink Car will please just about all but the most picky of They Might Be Giants fans. Diverse, off-beat, strange, fun, and decidedly wonderful, it proves that TMBG haven't really lost anything over the years... ...more

Rolling Stone

They Might Be Giants have hatched fifteen years' worth of cult-approved whimsy, but Johns Flansburgh and Linnell couldn't truly hit the big time until they fathered the Austin Powers track "Doctor Evil" and the music for Malcolm in the Middle. ...more

Rolling Stone

They Might Be Giants are just a stitch more serious about being silly, and that extra earnestness makes all the difference. ...more

PopMatters

Once upon a time, They Might Be Giants saved my life. Well, okay, not literally saved it, but they did offer me a sense of identity through music that I might not have found otherwise. In my youth, I was a scattershot of musical interests, with an interest in hip-hop through my white, suburban fascination with breakdancing, a nerdy love of Dr. ...more

Yahoo! Music

Perhaps it's no surprise that following 1996's Factory Showroom, They Might Be Giants began a prolonged recording absence, releasing only the Internet-only album Long Tall Weekend in 1999. ...more

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Slant Magazine

Much like a childhood goodie bag, They Might Be Giants supply all of the fun and frivolity of Tootsie Rolls, noisemakers, and useless plastic doo-dads. After 18 years, They still write solid, tight and definitively danceable tunes. Like the...read the complete review at Slant Magazine

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Alternative Press

They haven't lost any of their quirky cool...read the complete review at Alternative Press

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Shredding Paper

Mink Car is all...read the complete review at Shredding Paper

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The A.V. Club

The ridiculously prolific humorists of They Might Be Giants aren't often cited for profundity, but at their best, John Flansburgh and John Linnell spike their music with sharp comments on the dangers of conformity, the silly continuity of pop-culture...read the complete review at The A.V. Club

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