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label in the 2000s, this album was released on the band's own Idlewild Recordings. The Disney-released albums all had a theme, such as the
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was released on November 27, 2015. After several children's albums released through the
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A few of the songs had been released before. "And Mom and Kid" was written for the
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Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)
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All tracks are written by They Might Be Giants, except as noted
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A Family Is a Family Is a Family: A Rosie O'Donnell Celebration
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Index


Studio album
They Might Be Giants
New York City
Brooklyn
Sullivan County
Genre
Alternative rock
Label
Lojinx
Producer
Pat Dillett
They Might Be Giants
Glean
Phone Power
Allmusic
New York City
alternative rock
They Might Be Giants
Disney Sound
alphabet
numbers
science
No!
HBO
Saving My Tomorrow
Robin Goldwasser
Norma Tanega
Danny Weinkauf
John Flansburgh

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