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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Miscellaneous T
| Type = Compilation album
| Artist = [[They Might Be Giants]]
| Cover = TheyMightBeGiants-MiscellaneousT.jpg
| Released = October 4, 1991
| Recorded = 1986–1991
| Genre = [[Alternative rock]]
| Length = 37:11
| Label = [[Restless Records|Restless]], [[Bar/None Records|Bar/None]]
| Producer = [[Bill Krauss]], They Might Be Giants
| Reviews =
* [[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:pzmtk6jx9kra link]
| Last album = ''[[Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (EP)|Istanbul (Not Constantinople)]]''<br />(1990)
| This album = '''''Miscellaneous T'''''<br />(1991)
| Next album = ''[[Apollo 18 (album)|Apollo 18]]''<br />(1992)
| Misc = {{Extra chronology 2
| Artist = [[They Might Be Giants|TMBG]] compilation
| Type = Compilation album
| Last album = ''[[Don't Let's Start (album)|Don't Let's Start]]''<br />(1989)
| This album = '''''Miscellaneous T'''''<br />(1991)
| Next album = ''[[Then: The Earlier Years]]''<br />(1997)
}}
}}
'''''Miscellaneous T''''' is a 1991 (see [[1991 in music]]) [[b-side]] and [[remix]] [[compilation album]] by the [[alternative rock]] band [[They Might Be Giants]]. It is a re-release of ''[[Don't Let's Start (album)|Don't Let's Start]]'' which was only released in the UK and West Germany. The differences include cover art, track order, and the song "Hello Radio", which was not on ''Don't Let's Start''. Most of the tracks on the record originated as b-sides from various [[Extended play|EP]]s released such as ''[[Don't Let's Start (EP)|Don't Let's Start]]'' (different than the above mentioned album) and ''[[(She Was A) Hotel Detective]]''
''Miscellaneous T'' was named for the section in record stores where They Might Be Giants' albums were most often shelved in the band's early years.
All of the songs, with the exception of "(She Was A) Hotel Detective (Single Mix)", are included in ''[[Then: The Earlier Years]]'', a compilation of the band's early material. ''Then'' also includes ''[[They Might Be Giants]]'', and "Don't Let's Start (Single Mix)" in place of the album version with the rest of the tracks from ''They Might Be Giants''.
==Song notes==
* "untitled" is not actually a song, but a snippet of a recording inadvertently left on the [[Dial-A-Song]] answering machine, in which a confused listener named Gloria talks to an unknown third party about the mystery of "There May Be Giants", as she mistakenly refers to the band.
* "The Lady is a Tramp" is a cover of a song from the [[Rodgers and Hart]] musical ''[[Babes in Arms]]''.
*The World's Address(Joshua Fried Remix) contains a sample of "Convoy" by C.W. McCall
==Track listing==
All songs by They Might Be Giants unless otherwise noted.
# "Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had a Deal" – 3:48
# "The Lady is a Tramp" ([[Lorenz Hart]], [[Richard Rodgers]]) – 1:20
# "Birds Fly" – 1:25
# "The World's Address (Joshua Fried Remix)" – 5:43
# "Nightgown of the Sullen Moon" – 1:58
# "I'll Sink Manhattan" – 2:36
# "It's Not My Birthday" – 1:51
# "Hello Radio" – :56
# "Mr. Klaw" – 1:20
# "Kiss Me, Son of God (Alternate Version)" – 1:48
# "The Biggest One" – 1:22
# "For Science" – 1:19
# untitled – 2:31
# "(She Was A) Hotel Detective (Single Mix)" – 2:20
# "The Famous Polka" – 1:33
# "When It Rains It Snows" – 1:33
# "We're the Replacements" – 1:50
# "[[Don't Let's Start]] (Single Mix)" – 2:34
==External links==
* [[tmbw:Miscellaneous T|''Miscellaneous T'']] page at This Might Be A Wiki
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