Best of the Early Years (They Might Be Giants album)

Best of the Early Years
Greatest hits album by
They Might Be Giants
ReleasedNovember 29, 1999
Recorded1985–1988
GenreAlternative rock
Length25:39
LabelBMG Special Products
ProducerBill Krauss, Matthew Hill, They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants chronology
Long Tall Weekend
(1999) 		Best of the Early Years
(1999) 		Working Undercover for the Man
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [2]

Best of the Early Years is a compilation album released by They Might Be Giants on November 29, 1999. It is a truncated version of Then: The Earlier Years, including 10 of the seventy-two featured on Then.[1] It was released at the same time as Live, which itself was a condensed version of TMBG's live album Severe Tire Damage.

Two versions of the CD were released with different track orders. The original version has since been discontinued. Cassette versions of the album featured tracks 1–8 of the original track listing.

  1. ^ a b Huey, Christian. Best of the Early Years at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  2. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 808. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone they might be giants album guide.