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==Reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r525605|pure_url=yes}} link] | rev2 = ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' | rev2Score = (mixed) [http://music.avclub.com/they-might-be-giants-long-tall-weekend-1798192103 link] | rev3 = ''[[CMJ]]'' | rev3Score = (favorable) [https://books.google.com/books?id=XioEAAAAMBAJ&dq=they+might+be+giants+long+tall+weekend+reviews&pg=PA52 link] | rev4 = [[Pitchfork Media]] | rev4Score = (7.6/10) [http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7997-long-tall-weekend link] | rev5 = [[Robert Christgau]] | rev5Score = Aβ [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=they+might+be+giants link] | rev6 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' | rev6Score = (favorable) [https://books.google.com/books?id=bGjsvmNt8UgC&dq=they+might+be+giants+long+tall+weekend+reviews&pg=PA202 link] }} Following the digital release of ''Long Tall Weekend'', They Might Be Giants became the most downloaded band of 1999.<ref name="cmj">{{cite journal |title=They Might Be Giants Top Downloaded Band in '99 |journal=[[CMJ#CMJ_New_Music_Report|CMJ New Music Report]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=86qdz9zBkJYC&pg=PA5 |access-date=2013-08-03|date=2000-01-31 |page=5 |issn=0890-0795}}</ref> John Flansburgh speculates that the feat was based not only on the content of the album, but also on the band's early willingness to embrace digital formats, having been urged to do so by the [[Restless Records]] label.<ref name="geek" />
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