Severe Tire Damage (album)


Severe Tire Damage is a primarily live album by They Might Be Giants, released in 1998. It also features a few studio tracks, including a new single.
The live cuts, some recorded at soundchecks without any audience, feature at least one track from every album since their debut, which include a few old fan favorites that have been reworked since the duo adopted a full backing band. Songs like "She's an Angel", from their debut, They Might Be Giants and "Birdhouse in Your Soul", from their major label debut, Flood, are treated to multiple guitars and a horn section. Conversely, the song "Meet James Ensor" originally appeared on their first full band effort, John Henry and surfaces here in a bare-bones rendition, with only vocals and an accordion.
Besides the aforementioned lack of an audience on several tracks, some tracks have also undergone studio "retooling" - most notably, "Ana Ng," which appeared in its untampered form on the 1994 promo-only release "Live!! New York City."
A condensed version of this album was released as Live, which featured 10 of the 24 tracks listed here.

Song notes

All songs by They Might Be Giants unless otherwise noted. Tracks 18 - 24 are hidden tracks.
  1. "Doctor Worm" – 3:01
  2. "Severe Tire Damage Theme" – 0:40
  3. "They Got Lost" – 3:42
  4. "Why Does The Sun Shine? " – 2:17
  5. "Birdhouse in Your Soul" – 3:12
  6. "She's An Angel" – 3:20
  7. "XTC vs. Adam Ant" – 3:39
  8. "Istanbul " – 3:07
  9. "Ana Ng" – 3:00
  10. "First Kiss" – 1:36
  11. "Spider" – 0:53
  12. "Particle Man" – 2:09
  13. "She's Actual Size" – 2:18
  14. "S-E-X-X-Y" – 3:06
  15. "Meet James Ensor" – 1:30
  16. "Till My Head Falls Off" – 2:54
  17. "About Me" – 3:01
  18. "Planet of the Apes" - 2:35
  19. "Return to 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