I Like Fun is the twentieth studio album from New York City-based alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released on January 19, 2018.
I Like Fun | ||||
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Studio album by They Might Be Giants | ||||
Released | January 19, 2018 | |||
Recorded | April 2017 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 40:51 | |||
Label | Idlewild | |||
Producer | They Might Be Giants, Pat Dillett | |||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 74/100[1] |
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Source | Rating |
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Paste (magazine) | 8.9/10[3] |
The band began recording on April 3, 2017,[4] at Reservoir Studios (former site of Skyline Studios),[5] using the same studio space the band used to record Flood.[6] In October 2017, the band confirmed the album was scheduled to be released January 19, 2018, along with the return of their Dial-A-Song service.[7]
The album's track listing was revealed on October 23, alongside an early download of the track "I Left My Body".[8]
Before the release of the full album, 3 songs, with 1 having a music video, were uploaded to YouTube, with their uploads to iTunes following shortly afterward. The songs were, in order of release, "I Left My Body" (October 23, 2017),"Last Wave" (December 1, 2017), and "All Time What", the one with the music video (January 3, 2018).
I Like Fun was available for pre-release streaming on January 11, 2018.[9] The album was released physically and digitally on January 19, 2018.
After the release of the full album, as part of Dial-A-Song 2018, They Might Be Giants continued to release videos for all but three of the songs.
All tracks are written by They Might Be Giants, except as noted.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Let's Get This Over With" | 3:07 |
2. | "I Left My Body" | 2:36 |
3. | "All Time What" | 2:29 |
4. | "By the Time You Get This" | 2:17 |
5. | "An Insult to the Fact Checkers" | 2:34 |
6. | "Mrs. Bluebeard" | 2:43 |
7. | "I Like Fun" | 3:00 |
8. | "Push Back the Hands" | 3:00 |
9. | "This Microphone" | 2:36 |
10. | "The Bright Side" | 2:29 |
11. | "When the Lights Come On" | 3:17 |
12. | "Lake Monsters" | 2:56 |
13. | "McCafferty's Bib" | 2:35 |
14. | "The Greatest" (They Might Be Giants, Christopher Albert Anderson) | 1:48 |
15. | "Last Wave" | 3:24 |
Total length: | 40:51 |
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Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200[10] | 108 |
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