A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants

A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants: Melody, Fidelity, Quantity
Compilation album by They Might Be Giants
Released	May 3, 2005
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	70:31
Label	Rhino Records
Producer	Various
They Might Be Giants chronology
Here Come the ABCs (2005) A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants: Melody, Fidelity, Quantity (2005) Venue Songs DVD/CD (2005)

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A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants is a 2005 compilation album by the group They Might Be Giants.

In the April 29, 2005 "TMBG News" online newsletter, bandmember John Flansburgh describes the album as such:

"Rhino is releasing the single disc compilation A User's Guide To They Might Be Giants – kind of a simple reduction of Dial-A-Song – on May 3. It is a very interesting introduction to the band. If you were looking for a single disc to lay on the uninitiated, this might be the one. The liner notes, put together with our pal Barbara Glauber, are quite extensive. We've tried to compile all the songs and all the shows since the band's inception. Obviously this was a bit of a research nightmare (I'm not even sure if the show list includes in-stores!) but it is a very interesting object to look at, especially if you have good near-field vision."

Although Flansburgh referred to the album as a condensed version of Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants, it includes two songs not on Dial-A-Song: "John Lee Supertaster" and "Clap Your Hands." Additionally, the album contains the original versions of both "Why Does the Sun Shine?" and "Don't Let's Start", as opposed to the live and single versions, respectively, found on Dial-A-Song.