The 50 Most NYC Albums Ever
The Village Voice, February 14, 2014
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They Might Be Giants - Lincoln (1988)
Boasting the only near-hit single to dream about the DuPont Pavilion Flushing's 1964 World's Fair, these Brooklyn stalwarts' 19-track Lincoln is like some everlasting art-pop piñata: No matter how long you hit it, it's got more candy and curios to give. Spiky and sprightly, as craftily allusive as the East Village performance scene it sprang from, Lincoln belies the band's reputation as crafters of kiddo earworms -- instead, they're design-oriented post-punk intellectuals with supreme melodic gifts. And the Dial-a-Song service teased in the liner notes was tipping the world to the 718 back when Ludacris was a virgin.
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