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{{safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst-infobox||$params=italic_title,name,type,longtype,artist,cover,border,alt,caption,released,recorded,venue,studio,genre,length,language,label,director,producer,compiler,chronology,prev_title,prev_year,year,next_title,next_year,misc|$extra=italic_title,longtype,border,caption,language,director,compiler,chronology,year,misc|$aliases=italic title>italic_title,Italic title>italic_title,Name>name,Type>type,image>cover,Cover>cover,Border>border,Alt>alt,Caption>caption,Longtype>longtype,Artist>artist,Released>released,Recorded>recorded,Venue>venue,Studio>studio,Genre>genre,Length>length,Language>language,Label>label,Director>director,Producer>producer,Compiler>compiler,Chronology>chronology,Misc>misc|$flags=override|$B={{#ifeq:{{#invoke:Is infobox in lead|main|[Ii]nfobox [Aa]lbum}}|true|{{#if:Template:Has short description | |Template:Short description|noreplace}}}}{{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox album with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y|italic_title |type |name |image |cover |border |alt |caption |longtype |artist |released |recorded |venue |studio |genre |length |language |label |director |producer |compiler |prev_title|prev_year|next_title|next_year|chronology|year|misc}}{{#if:{{#invoke:String|match|error_category=Music infoboxes with Module:String errors|A|1=Flood1990Apollo 181992compilationMiscellaneous TMisc_t.jpgThey Might Be GiantsOctober 8, 19911986–1989Studio Pass, New York City
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Charles Eller Studio, Charlotte, VT, Hello Studio, New York City<ref>Then: The Earlier Years liner notes.</ref>Alternative rock37:47Restless/Bar/None<ref name=TP/>Bill Krauss, They Might Be Giantsx|2=</?t[drh][ >]|nomatch=}}|Template:Main other}}Template:Main other}} Template:Album ratings Miscellaneous T is a B-side and remix compilation album released by the alternative rock band They Might Be Giants in 1991.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is a US re-release of Don't Let's Start (which was only released in the UK and West Germany), with different cover art, track order, and the additional song "Hello Radio".

The album consists of all of the B-sides from the singles the band released between 1987 and 1989 (except "Ana Ng"), with the addition of the relatively new songs "The World's Address (Joshua Fried Remix)"—released beforehand only on Don't Let's Start—and "Hello Radio", which was previously released on a promotional sampler.

All of the songs, with the exception of "(She Was A) Hotel Detective (Single Mix)", are included on Then: The Earlier Years, a compilation of the band's early material.

Miscellaneous T is said to be named for the section in record stores where They Might Be Giants' albums were most often shelved in the band's early years.<ref>Then: The Earlier Years liner notes.</ref>

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the compilation a "neat if uneven appendix to the longplaying oeuvre."<ref name="TP">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Spin Alternative Record Guide wrote that it "reveals TMBG's enormous depth of material."<ref name=SP/>

Song notes

The tracks are grouped according to the singles they originally appeared with:

• 1–3: "Purple Toupee" (unreleased)
• 5–7: "They'll Need a Crane"
• 9–14: "(She Was A) Hotel Detective"
• 15–18: "Don't Let's Start"

The 13th track, which has no name listed on the album's track listing, is not actually a song, but a snippet of a recording inadvertently left on the TMBG Dial-A-Song answering machine, in which a confused listener named Gloria talks to an unknown third party about the mystery of "There May Be Giants" and "There Must Be Giants", as she mistakenly refers to the band. It would later be referenced when Bryant Gumbel referred to them as "They Must Be Giants" when they performed "Your Racist Friend" on the Today Show to promote the release of Flood.

"Lady Is a Tramp" is a cover of a song from the Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms.

Track listing

All songs by They Might Be Giants unless otherwise noted.

Side one

Side two

External links

• Miscellaneous T page at This Might Be A Wiki