For their eighth proper studio album, They Might Be Giants continue their good tradition of novelty songs with a brain. Some of the lyrics on "The Spine" are amusing and clever and the melodies are pure TMBG. I already can add "Experimental Film", "Bastard Wants To Hit Me", "Museum Of Idiots" and "Stalk Of Wheat" to other TMBG classics. "The Spine" holds together well and is certainly on a par with 2001's "Mink Car". It's not "Lincoln" or "Flood", but "The Spine" has its own merits and is sure to please any TMBG fan.