Severe Tire Damage is primarily a live album by They Might Be Giants, released in 1998 (see 1998 in music). It also features a couple of polished studio tracks at the beginning and end, including a new single ("Dr. Worm"). Image File history File links TheyMightBeGiants-SevereTireDamage. ... Image File history File links TheyMightBeGiants-SevereTireDamage. ... They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American pop/rock duo consisting of John Linnell and John Flansburgh, collectively known as the two Johns or John and John. Known for their experimental / pop music, they have been popular on college campuses and earned a reputation as intellectual... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... See also: 1997 in music, other events of 1998, 1999 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // Events February 15 - Sir Edward Elgars unfinished third symphony, completed by Anthony Payne is performed for the first time at the Royal Festival Hall. ...

The live cuts, some recorded at soundchecks without any audience, cover their previous record (Factory Showroom) and a few old fan favorites that have been reworked since the duo adopted a full backing band. Songs like "She's An Angel" and "Birdhouse In Your Soul", from their indie and major label debuts, respectively, are treated to multiple guitars and a horn section. Conversely, the song "Meet James Ensor" originally appeared on their first full band effort (1994's John Henry) and surfaces here in a bare-bones, almost a cappella rendition. Factory Showroom is the sixth studio album by the band They Might Be Giants. ... The name John Henry has several different meanings. ...

Track listing

1. "Doctor Worm" (3:01)
2. "Severe Tire Damage Theme" (0:40)
3. "They Got Lost" (3:42)
4. "Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun Is A Mass Of Incandescent Gas)" (2:17) (originally on a single unrelated to any album)
5. "Birdhouse in Your Soul" (3:12) (originally from the album Flood)
6. "She's An Angel" (3:20) (from They Might Be Giants)
7. "XTC vs. Adam Ant" (3:39) (from Factory Showroom)
8. "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" (3:07) (from Flood)
9. "Ana Ng" (3:00) (from Lincoln)
10. "First Kiss" (1:36)
11. "Spider" (0:53) (from Apollo 18)
12. "Particle Man" (2:09) (from Flood)
13. "She's Actual Size" (2:16) (from Apollo 18)
14. "S-E-X-X-Y" (3:06) (from Factory Showroom)
15. "Meet James Ensor" (1:30) (from John Henry)
16. "Till My Head Falls Off" (2:51) (from Factory Showroom)
17. "About Me" (3:01)
18. "Planet Of The Apes" (2:35)
19. "Return From The Planet Of The Apes" (2:46)
20. "Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes" (1:40)
21. "Escape From The Planet Of The Apes" (1:08)
22. "Battle For The Planet Of The Apes" (1:57)
23. "Beneath The Planet Of The Apes" (2:00)
24. "This Ape's For You" (1:13)

Tracks 1, 2, and 17 were recorded in a studio rather than onstage; track 15 was recorded in a hotel room. First Kiss was later reworked and put on the 2001 album Mink Car, with the same basic melody and similar lyrics but a substantially different sound and tempo. This article needs to be wikified. ... Birdhouse in Your Soul is one of the all-time biggest hits of the alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. ... Flood is the third studio album by They Might Be Giants, and their first with a major label, Elektra Records. ... They Might Be Giants is the eponymous first album from They Might Be Giants, also known as the Pink Album. It was released in 1986 (see 1986 in music). ... Factory Showroom is the sixth studio album by the band They Might Be Giants. ... Ana Ng is the title of a song by They Might Be Giants. ... Lincoln is the second album by the band They Might Be Giants. ... Apollo 18 is They Might Be Giants fourth studio album, although it is the fifth disc in their discography. ... John Henry is the name of They Might Be Giants fifth original album, although it is the sixth disc in their discography. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Mink Car is the eighth studio album by They Might Be Giants, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music) on Restless Records. ...

Tracks 18-24 were improvised in concert, apparently based on the Planet of the Apes movie series. They are "hidden" in that they are not listed in the track listing on the back of the album, and there is a long space after the end of About Me, but the lyrics for 19 are printed in the liner notes and the songs do have their own individual tracks on the CD. Improvisation is the act of making something up as it is performed. ... Planet of the Apes is a novel by Pierre Boulle, originally published in French as La Planète des Singes. ...

External links

• Severe Tire Damage page at This Might Be A Wiki