Back to Skull

Back to Skull
EP by They Might Be Giants
Released	August 16, 1994
Recorded	October–November 1993
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	15:57
Label	Elektra
Producer	They Might Be Giants, Pat Dillett, Paul Fox
They Might Be Giants chronology
O Tannenbaum (1993) Back to Skull (1994) John Henry (1994)
They Might Be Giants EP chronology
O Tannenbaum (1993) Back to Skull (1994) S-E-X-X-Y (1996)

Back to Skull is an EP released by American alternative rock group They Might Be Giants in 1994. The EP was issued contemporaneously with the band's 1994 album John Henry . The artwork for the EP was done by Mike Mills.

Track listing

All songs written by They Might Be Giants.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Snail Shell"	3:21
2.	"Ondine"	2:31
3.	"She Was a Hotel Detective"	3:21
4.	"Mrs. Train"	3:00
5.	"Snail Dust"	3:38

Notes

• "She Was a Hotel Detective" is a sequel to the song of similar name from the band's debut album. ^[1]
• "Snail Dust" is a remix of "Snail Shell" by the Dust Brothers.

Personnel

They Might Be Giants

• John Linnell – keyboards, vocals
• John Flansburgh – guitar, vocals
• Brian Doherty – drums
• Tony Maimone – bass guitar (tracks 1, 5)
• Graham Maby – bass guitar (tracks 2, 4)

Technical

• Paul Fox – co-producer (tracks 1, 5)
• They Might Be Giants – co-producers (tracks 1–5)
• Ed Thacker – engineer (track 1), mixing (track 1)
• Pat Dillett – co-producer (tracks 2–4), engineer (tracks 2–4), mixing (tracks 2–4)
• The Dust Brothers – remixing (track 5), engineers (track 5)
• Scott Hull – mastering
• Mike Mills – art direction, design
• Michael Halsband – photography

References

1. "Q&A - First Album". tmbg.com. Retrieved October 5, 2012.

External links

• Back to Skull on This Might Be A Wiki