Flood is the third studio album by They Might Be Giants, and their first with a major label, Elektra Records. It was released in 1990 (see 1990 in music).

The first single, "Birdhouse In Your Soul", reached number 3 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Chart and was a top 40 hit elsewhere, including Australia. Flood also contains another two of their most well-known songs, "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" and "Particle Man", both of which were made into animated music videos on the children's television show Tiny Toon Adventures, exposing the band to a much younger audience.

Being their most popular record and many fans' first exposure to the group, the album is occassionaly performed in it's entirety at live shows. At some of these performances, the group essentially 'opens' for itself, taking the stage as 'Sapphire Bullets: the only TMBG cover band that matters."

With all the success Flood enjoyed, some fans and critics were disarmed by it's polished production and slightly sillier lyrics. The group returned to a more organic sound and darker territory on its 1992 follow-up, Apollo 18.

Track listing

1. "Theme From Flood"
2. "Birdhouse in Your Soul" (Tmbg flood birdhouseinyoursoul.ogg)
3. "Lucky Ball And Chain"
4. "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"
5. "Dead"
6. "Your Racist Friend"
7. "Particle Man" (Tmbg flood particleman.ogg)
8. "Twisting"
9. "We Want A Rock"
10. "Someone Keeps Moving My Chair"
11. "Hearing Aid"
12. "Minimum Wage" (Tmbg flood minimumwage.ogg)
13. "Letterbox"
14. "Whistling In The Dark"
15. "Hot Cha"
16. "Women And Men"
17. "Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love"
18. "They Might Be Giants"
19. "Road Movie To Berlin"

All of the songs except for "Istanbul..." were written by John Flansburgh & John Linnell. "Istanbul..." (a cover of a 1953 hit for The Four Lads) was written by J. Kennedy & N. Simon.

External Links

• Flood page at This Might Be A Wiki