Phone Power (album)

Phone Power is the nineteenth studio album from New York City-based alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released on March 8, 2016. It is the third and final album containing songs from the band's 2015 Dial-A-Song service.

Background

In late 2014 They Might Be Giants announced they would be reviving their Dial-A-Song service, with a new track released every week of 2015.^[2] The songs would be released as three separate studio albums (the first two, Glean and Why?, were released in 2015) as part of a "Dial-A-Song compilation" which would be included as benefits in the 2015 They Might Be Giants Instant Fan Club.

Release

Phone Power was released digitally on March 8, 2016 for the public (and one day earlier for Instant Fan Club members), and the first They Might Be Giants release to feature a pay-what-you-want model.^[3]^[4] This is planned to be discontinued at an unspecified time, switching to a traditional flat payment model.^[5]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by They Might Be Giants, except as noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Apophenia"	2:33
2.	"I Love You for Psychological Reasons"	3:01
3.	"To a Forest"	3:00
4.	"I Am Alone"	2:29
5.	"Say Nice Things About Detroit"	2:42
6.	"Trouble Awful Devil Evil"	3:34
7.	"ECNALUBMA"	2:57
8.	"Daylight"	1:56
9.	"Sold My Mind to the Kremlin"	2:05
10.	"It Said Something"	3:17
11.	"Impossibly New"	2:09
12.	"I'll Be Haunting You"	2:48
13.	"Got Getting Up So Down (Extended)"	1:42
14.	"What Did I Do to You?"	1:43
15.	"Shape Shifter"	3:11
16.	"Bills Bills Bills" (E. Phillips, K. Briggs, Kandi, B. Knowles, L. Luckett, K. Rowland, L. Roberson)	3:14
17.	"Black Ops (Alternate version)"	2:31
18.	"I Wasn't Listening"	1:31

Personnel

They Might Be Giants

John Flansburgh – vocals, guitars, etc.
John Linnell – vocals, keyboards, woodwinds, etc.

are joined by

Production

Pat Dillett – co-producer, mixing
Jon Altschuler – engineer
David Groener Jr. – engineer
Andre Kelman – engineer
James York - engineer
UE Nastasi - mastering
Paul Sahre – design

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[6]	122

References

↑ "Phone Power".
↑ "Instant Fan Club returns". They Might Be Giants.
↑ "They Might Be Giants' Phone Power".
↑ "They Might Be Giants’ New Surprise Album, ‘Phone Power,’ Is Available Now". Spin.
↑ "They Might Be Giants release pay-what-you-want album".
↑ "They Might Be Giants – Chart history" Billboard 200 for They Might Be Giants. Retrieved April 26, 2016.

They Might Be Giants

John Flansburgh John Linnell Dan Miller Danny Weinkauf Marty Beller Hal Cragin Brian Doherty Jonathan Feinberg Dan Hickey Kurt Hoffman Graham Maby Tony Maimone Eric Schermerhorn

Rock albums	They Might Be Giants (1986) Lincoln (1988) Flood (1990) Apollo 18 (1992) John Henry (1994) Factory Showroom (1996) Long Tall Weekend (1999) Mink Car (2001) The Spine (2004) The Else (2007) Join Us (2011) Nanobots (2013) Glean (2015) Phone Power (2016)

Children's albums	No! (2002) Here Come the ABCs (2005) Here Come the 123s (2008) Here Comes Science (2009) Why? (2015)

EPs	Why Does the Sun Shine? Back to Skull Working Undercover for the Man They Might Be Giants in Holidayland Bed, Bed, Bed Indestructible Object The Spine Surfs Alone

Singles	"Don't Let's Start" "(She Was A) Hotel Detective" "They'll Need a Crane" "Ana Ng" "Purple Toupee" "Birdhouse in Your Soul" "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" "The Statue Got Me High" "I Palindrome I" "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)" "O Tannenbaum" "S-E-X-X-Y" "Doctor Worm" "Boss of Me" "Man, It's So Loud in Here" "Experimental Film" "Kids Go!" "I'm Impressed" "Can't Keep Johnny Down"

Other notable songs	"Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head" "Particle Man" "James K. Polk" "You're on Fire"

Live albums	Live!! New York City 10/14/94 Severe Tire Damage Live The Spine Hits the Road Almanac Venue Songs First Album Live Flood Live in Australia

Compilations	Don't Let's Start Miscellaneous T Then: The Earlier Years Best of the Early Years They Got Lost Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants Venue Songs DVD/CD Album Raises New and Troubling Questions Idlewild

Video releases	Direct from Brooklyn Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) Here Come the ABCs Venue Songs DVD/CD Here Come the 123s Here Comes Science

Related articles	Discography Mono Puff State Songs The Brothers Chaps International Space Year

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