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The Spine
by They Might Be Giants
ALBUM RANKINGS:
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.
Overall Rating:
2.2872
Avg. Critic Score:
2.2622
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Rolling StoneTwenty years into their duo's existence, John Linnell and John Flansburgh seem as though they could keep They Might Be Giants going for another twenty. They may not be as manic and frantic as they were when the indie pair's low-budget, ...more
JunkmediaSolid, if unspectacular. ...more
Rolling StoneThey might not be as manic and frantic... But The Spine rocks without any loss of wit or melody. ...more
All Music GuideEven if The Spine is decidedly uneven, it still has enough good songs to please diehard fans and keep them around for the next album. ...more
Pitch Fork MediaI've discovered that if you Google my name and click on "omitted search results," you'll be given seven or eight pages of links to archived They Might Be Giants email discussion lists that I contributed to during my middle and high school years. ...more
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PitchforkNot a bad album, yet contains too many mediocre tracks to be comforting. ...more
The Onion (A.V. Club)For most of The Spine, They Might Be Giants hammers its quirks into predictable shapes, mistaking catchy for listenable ("Prevenge"), layering on effects to bolster the dull ("Bastard Wants To Hit Me"), and generally delivering what's expected. ...more
Tiny Mix Tapes.comThe first four They Might Be Giants albums sound like no other albums ever recorded. Those releases will forever be a curious footnote in the history of pop music because of their eccentricity, sheer enthusiasm, and hero-worship of pop itself. And ...more
Tiny Mix Tapes"It's Kickin' In" sounds like Linnell doing karaoke over a failed garage rock single, and most of the rest sounds like, well, Fountains of Wayne. ...more
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