No!

No! Studio album by They Might Be Giants First released June 11, 2002 Release details / collectors: Show Hide Tracks 17 Last album Mink Car Label Idlewild / Rounder Records Length 33:42 Next album The Spine [edit ] Loading... If loading fails, click here . See Discography Glossary for definition of various terms. No! is They Might Be Giants ' ninth studio album, released in 2002 on the Idlewild and Rounder Records labels. It was the band's first children's album, and the first released on the Idlewild label. In 2012, for its tenth anniversary, the album was digitally reissued with seven bonus tracks. No! was the band's first foray into the children's music scene. The band felt that much of the children's music of the time had a low production value and wanted to create an album that was rich-sounding and didn't belittle its listeners. The band has often said that No! was a project that was not explicitly aimed toward children, but designed to be more kid-friendly than past works. Of the lighter nature of the album, John Linnell noted, "Usually on a TMBG record, there's at least one song that invokes death. Instead of that, there's a lot of songs about going to sleep". The album was started as a side project during their work on Malcolm In The Middle and other side jobs that kept the band in the studio frequently. Recording began in late February 1999, and concluded in June 1999. The album release was delayed several times over a few years partly because the band was moving around different labels. Notable examples of the missed release dates was Autumn 1999, with the album being delayed to avoid clashing with Long Tall Weekend and State Songs , along with September 11, 2001, which was Mink Car ' s eventual release date, as well as the day of the September 11 attacks . They subsequently released it as the first album on their own imprint, Idlewild . John and John decided to name the album No! , despite having been advised to avoid negative words. The CD is enhanced with interactive Flash animations for most songs, animated by The Chopping Block and viewable on most computers. According to The Chopping Block co-founder Thomas Romer, he did almost all of the graphics work for the album except for the video for "Bed Bed Bed ", which was done by another co-founder, Rob Reed. Romer was also assisted on the "In The Middle, In The Middle, In The Middle " video by another co-founder, Matthew Richmond. The animation work was started sometime in 2000, and concluded on February 26, 2002. This CD was the first multimedia album released by the band that contained both music and video content. The album's success on the children's music charts led to the release of the Bed, Bed, Bed "Bed, Bed, Bed (Book)") and Kids Go! children's books through Simon & Schuster , and three further children's efforts through the Disney Records label. In 2015, the band released a proper followup to No! with the album Why? One of The Chopping Block 's animations, for the song "Where Do They Make Balloons? " On June 26, 2012, ten years after the album's initial release, it was reissued digitally through iTunes , Amazon, and theymightbegiants.com . The digital "deluxe" version included seven bonus tracks: six kid-friendly live tracks from the Almanac collection, and a new studio version of "Alphabet Of Nations ", featuring the bridge used in live performances.