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{{Infobox album | name = Long Tall Weekend | type = studio | artist = [[They Might Be Giants]] | cover = TheyMightBeGiants-LongTallWeekend.jpg | alt = | released = July 19, 1999 | recorded = 1991 ("The Edison Museum"), 1994β1999 | venue = | studio = *Studio 4 (Philadelphia) *Kempo (New York City) *River Sound (New York City) *Coyote (Brooklyn) *Studio G (Brooklyn) *Hello (Brooklyn) *Collyer Brothers (Brooklyn) | genre = [[Alternative rock]] | length = 34:31 | label = [[eMusic]] | producer = [[Pat Dillett]], They Might Be Giants | prev_title = [[Live (They Might Be Giants album)|Live]] | prev_year = 1999 | next_title = [[Best of the Early Years (They Might Be Giants album)|Best of the Early Years]] | next_year = 1999 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternate cover | type = studio | cover = File:They Might Be Giants - Long Tall Weekend album cover (vinyl release).png | border = | alt = | caption = Cover of the 2023 vinyl release }} }} '''''Long Tall Weekend''''' is the seventh studio album by American [[alternative rock]] duo [[They Might Be Giants]], released in 1999. It was released exclusively online through the digital music service [[eMusic]]. The album was the band's first since their departure from the major label [[Elektra Records|Elektra]].<ref name="geek">{{cite interview|first=John|last=Flansburgh|title=Interview: They Might Be Giants Part Two|publisher=Geek.com|date=2007-08-13|url=http://www.geek.com/gadgets/interview-they-might-be-giants-part-two-1374525/|accessdate=2013-08-03|archive-date=2015-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224102539/http://www.geek.com/gadgets/interview-they-might-be-giants-part-two-1374525/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Long Tall Weekend'' was also the first full-length album released exclusively on the Internet by an established major label band.<ref name="gigantic">''[[Gigantic (A Tale Of Two Johns)]]''. Dir. AJ Schnack. 2002. Plexifilm, 2003.</ref> Although the album's primary release was digital, CDs of the album were issued promotionally.<ref name="westnet">{{cite interview|first=John|last=Linnell|title=John Linnell, They Might Be Giants|date=1999|work=Consumable Online|interviewer=Daniel Aloi|url=http://www.westnet.com/consumable/1999/08.23/inttmbg.html|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809081254/http://www.westnet.com/consumable/1999/08.23/inttmbg.html|archivedate=2013-08-09}}</ref> Following the success of the album's release through eMusic, TMBG went on to issue a digital series of rarities collections β TMBG Unlimited β through their website.<ref>{{cite interview|first=John|last=Linnell|title=Interview: John Linnell of They Might Be Giants|date=2001-02-28|publisher=Live Daily|interviewer=Don Zulaica}}</ref>
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