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Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) [EP] by They Might Be Giants (CD, Sep-1993, Elektra Entertainment) 
Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) [EP] by They Might Be Giants (CD, Sep-1993, Elektra Entertainment)

 
Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) [EP] by They Might Be Giants (CD, Sep-1993, Elektra Entertainment)

Release Date: Sep 1993
Format: CD
Record Label: Elektra Entertainment
Genre: Alternative, Rock & Pop
UPC: 075596627221
Product ID: EPID3157002
Description: They Might Be Giants: John Flansburgh (vocals, electric guitar); John Linnell (vocals, accordion, saxophone, bass clarinet). Additional personnel: Frank London (trumpet); Graham Maby (bass); Brian Doherty (drums, glockenspiel). Recorded ...
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Track Listing
1. Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)
2. Jessica
3. Whirlpool
4. Spy

Details
Contributing Artists:Kurt Hoffman
Producer:They Might Be Giants
Distributor:Alternative Dis. Alliance
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:n/a

Album Notes
They Might Be Giants: John Flansburgh (vocals, electric guitar); John Linnell (vocals, accordion, saxophone, bass clarinet).
Additional personnel: Frank London (trumpet); Graham Maby (bass); Brian Doherty (drums, glockenspiel).
Recorded at Excello Studio, Brooklyn, New York and Skyline Studios, New York, New York.
This four-song EP touches on several of They Might Be Giants' musical interests and inclinations. It was also the first glimpse of a They Might Be Giants fleshed out beyond their original duo format, working with a rhythm section and several horn players. The title track (subtitled "The Sun Is A Mass Of Incandescent Gas") is originally from a 1959 educational children's record, and it does handily describe the basic properties of our nearest star.
Two additional covers show the band's skills at finding worthy (and often forgotten) contemporary material and then making it their own. "Jessica" is by the Allman Brothers Band and "Whirlpool" is from The Meat Puppets. "Spy" is an original, which was later re-recorded for their next full-length album, JOHN HENRY.

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