Factory Showroom

Factory Showroom
Studio album by
They Might Be Giants
ReleasedOctober 8, 1996[1]
RecordedDecember 1995 – August 1996
April 27, 1996 ("I Can Hear You")
Studio
GenreAlternative rock
Length42:41
LabelElektra
ProducerPat Dillett, They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants chronology
Live!! New York City 10/14/94
(1994) 		Factory Showroom
(1996) 		Then: The Earlier Years
(1997)
Singles from Factory Showroom
  1. "S-E-X-X-Y"
    Released: November 26, 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Alternative Press[2]
Chicago Tribune[3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

Factory Showroom is the sixth studio album by the American alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released in 1996 by Elektra Records. It was the band's first album to be produced by Pat Dillett, who would go on to work with the band on all subsequent albums, as well as their first album to feature a second guitarist, Eric Schermerhorn.[6]

Two years after Factory Showroom's release, John Flansburgh cited the album as his favorite by the duo. Feeling that Elektra did not do enough to promote the album, among other disputes, They Might Be Giants left the label after its release.[7]

Factory Showroom was released on vinyl for the first time in March 2012 by Asbestos Records.

  1. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Factory Showroom – They Might Be Giants". AllMusic. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
  2. ^ Ho, Catherine (January 1997). "Reviews / Editing Factory Showroom". Alternative Press. 11 (102): 84.
  3. ^ Webber, Brad (November 22, 1996). "They Might Be Giants: Factory Showroom (Elektra)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000). "They Might Be Giants: Factory Showroom". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
  5. ^ Considine, J. D. (2004). "They Might Be Giants". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 808–09. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  6. ^ "Factory Showroom — They Might Be Giants". They Might Be Giants. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  7. ^ Springer, Matt; Bender, Brian (October 1998). "Pop-Culture-Corn: Music Q and A with They Might Be Giants". popculturecorn.com. Archived from the original on August 27, 2009. Retrieved April 23, 2008.