Ode to the child's mentality

No!
They Might Be Giants
Rounder Record Corp. From the same guys who brought you "Particle Man" and the theme songs from "The Daily Show" with John Stewart and "Malcolm In the Middle," They Might Be Giants bring us one more album with songs of superpowers and grocery bags -- all in the atmosphere of a children's album. The music is similar to past albums -- simple pop songs that require little to no thought and a good sense of humor. They Might Be Giants have in this album moved from the overtly absurd to a more childish and silly innocence. They have gone from meaningless songs like "Youth Culture Killed My Dog" (off their debut self-titled album) to tales of slumberland in "Lazyhead and Sleepybones" and from the spirituality of "Dead" (off Flood) to the more simple question of "Where Do They Make Balloons?" Not only have the Brooklyn boys, John Linnell and John Flansburgh, continued to present the public with silly pop songs, they have also given us a spectacular interactive portion to the disc that whisks any adult to places like the imaginative "Fibber Island" or the educational "Edison Museum" in a tornado of sing-alongs and button pushing. The boys and girls at The Chopping Block, Inc. have succeeded at enhancing an album where other companies have failed by placing each song in the situation of a game. In No!, They Might Be Giants have dropped the previous subjects of prosthetic foreheads and shoehorns with teeth, and instead picked up their crayons and coloring books in this ode to the child's mentality. This album promises fun for all and a good addition to a TMBG fan's collection, but I find the humor and novelty of No! to wear thin after a while. This album is fun the first few times, but I wouldn't say it's worth the $15 investment.