''I Like Fun'' is the twentieth studio album from

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, released on January 19, 2018.

Background

The band began recording on April 3, 2017, at Reservoir Studios (former site of Skyline Studios), using the same studio space the band used to record ''

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''. In October 2017, the band confirmed the album was scheduled to be released January 19, 2018, along with the return of their

Dial-A-Song They Might Be Giants (often abbreviated as TMBG) is an American alternative rock band formed in 1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell. During TMBG's early years, Flansburgh and Linnell frequently performed as a duo, often accompanied by a d ...

service. The album's track listing was revealed on October 23, alongside an early download of the track "I Left My Body".

Release

Before the release of the full album, 3 songs, with 1 having a music video, were uploaded to YouTube, with their uploads to iTunes following shortly afterward. The songs were, in order of release
"I Left My Body"
(October 23, 2017
"Last Wave"
(December 1, 2017), an
"All Time What"
the one with the music video (January 3, 2018). ''I Like Fun'' was available for pre-release streaming on January 11, 2018. The album was released physically and digitally on January 19, 2018. After the release of the full album, as part of Dial-A-Song 2018, They Might Be Giants continued to release videos for all but three of the songs.

Track listing

Personnel

They Might Be Giants * John Flansburgh – vocals, guitars, etc. *

John Linnell John Sidney Linnell ( ; born June 12, 1959) is an American musician, known primarily as one half of the Brooklyn-based alternative rock band They Might Be Giants with John Flansburgh, which was formed in 1982. In addition to singing and songwri ...

– vocals, keyboards, woodwinds, etc. Backing Band * Marty Beller – drums, percussion * Danny Weinkauf – bass * Dan Miller – guitars Additional musicians * Curt Ramm –

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on 7, 15 * Chris Anderson –

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on 14 Production *

Pat Dillett Patrick “Pat” Dillett is a 4 x Grammy winning New York based record producer, mixer & sound engineer. He is known for his working relationships with David Byrne, Nile Rodgers, and Thomas Bartlett a/k/a Doveman. He has worked with notabl ...

– production, mixing * James Yost –

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* UE Nastasi – mastering *

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– design * Joe Hollier – photography

Charts

References

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