John Henry is the name of They Might Be Giants' fifth original album, although it is the sixth disc in their discography. It was released in 1994 (see 1994 in music). It is the first album in which John Linnell and John Flansburgh utilized a full band, as opposed to playing most or all of the instruments themselves.

John Henry is both TMBG's longest record (twenty tracks clocking it at about a full hour) and their most divisive: the hard-rocking live sound, abundance of guitar solos, and unrelenting dreariness was almost entirely unexpected by fans, panned by critics, and rarely revisited in the group's future recordings.

Track listing

1. "Subliminal"
2. "Snail Shell"
3. "Sleeping in the Flowers"
4. "Unrelated Thing"
5. "AKA Driver" - While the lyrics to the song refer to a "NyQuil driver," legal issues—whether real or perceived—required a title with no reference to the medicine, and the lyrics to the song are omitted from the CD insert.
6. "I Should Be Allowed To Think"
7. "Extra Savoir-Faire"
8. "Why Must I Be Sad?"
9. "Spy"
10. "O, Do Not Forsake Me"
11. "No One Knows My Plan"
12. "Dirt Bike"
13. "Destination Moon"
14. "A Self Called Nowhere"
15. "Meet James Ensor"
16. "Thermostat"
17. "Window"
18. "Out of Jail"
19. "Stomp Box"
20. "End of the Tour"

External Links

• John Henry page at This Might Be A Wiki