Factory Showroom

Factory Showroom is the sixth studio album by the American alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released in 1996 by Elektra Records. It was the band's first album to be produced by Pat Dillett, who would go on to work with the band on all subsequent albums, as well as their first album to feature a second guitarist, Eric Schermerhorn.

Factory Showroom
Studio album by
They Might Be Giants
ReleasedOctober 8, 1996
RecordedDecember 1995 – August 1996
Studio
  • River Sound (New York City)
  • The Hit Factory (New York City)
  • Sound on Sound (Montclair, New Jersey)
  • Clinton (New York City)
  • Coyote (New York City)
  • The Edison Laboratory (West Orange, New Jersey)
GenreAlternative rock
Length42:41
LabelElektra
ProducerPat Dillett, They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants chronology
Live!! New York City 10/14/94
(1994)		 Factory Showroom
(1996)		 Then: The Earlier Years
(1997)
Singles from Factory Showroom
  1. "S-E-X-X-Y"
    Released: November 26, 1996
  2. "James K. Polk"
    Released: 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Alternative Press
Chicago Tribune
Christgau's Consumer Guide
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

Two years after Factory Showroom's release, John Flansburgh cited the album as his favorite by the duo. Feeling that Elektra did not do enough to promote the album, among other disputes, They Might Be Giants left the label after its release.

Factory Showroom was released on vinyl for the first time in March 2012 by Asbestos Records.

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