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They Might Be Giants released this album in 1997. This is a reissue of their first two albums They Might Be Giants and Lincoln, along with a bunch of rare songs only previously released on Miscellaneous T, EPs, the B-sides of singles, or not at all.

Tracks:
Disc 1

• All the songs from the album They Might Be Giants
• We're the Replacements
• When It Rains It Snows
• The Famous Polka
• nameless track (people recorded on TMBG's answering machine)
• For Science
• The Biggest One
• Kiss Me, Son of God (alternate version)
• Mr. Klaw
• Critic Intro
• Now That I Have Everything
• Mainstream USA
• Fake Out in Buenos Aires
• Greek #3 (Number Three translated into something vaguely resembling Greek)
• Hope That I Get Old Before I Die (original version)
• I'm Def
• Don't Let's Start (demo version)
• '85 Radio Special Thank You

Disc 2

• All the tracks from the album Lincoln
• Hello Radio
• It's Not My Birthday
• I'll Sink Manhattan
• Nightgown of the Sullen Moon
• The World's Address (Joshua Fried remix)
• Hey Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had a Deal
• Lady is a Tramp
• Birds Fly
• Kitten Intro
• Weep Day
• The Big Big Whoredom
• I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You (adaptation)
• Become a Robot
• Which Describes How You're Feeling (alternate version)
• Swing is a Word
• Doris Cunningham
• Counterfeit Fake
• Children Singing "Particle Man"