Factory Showroom

Song notes

• "I Can Hear You" was recorded at the Edison Laboratory on a wax cylinder phonograph without the use of electricity.
• "New York City" is a cover of a song by the band Cub.
• "James K. Polk" is a song about James Knox Polk, the 11th President of the United States. A sparser, drum machine driven version had previously appeared on the Istanbul EP. It features singing saw by Julian Koster.
• The hidden track on the CD entitled "Token Back to Brooklyn" is accessible by rewinding from the beginning of Track 1, and is not playable on all CD players. It can, however, also be heard on the rarities compilation They Got Lost along with the Internet-only album Long Tall Weekend.
• A cassette version of the album that claimed to be a "promotional item" from Elektra was leaked by an unknown source. Along with every song from the standard release, this version also included versions of "On The Drag" and "Older" that have not reappeared on an official release, as well as "SenSurround", "Counterfeit Faker", "Certain People I Could Name", "Unforgotten", "Reprehensible", "They Got Lost", and "Rat Patrol". All of these tracks were rejects from the Factory Showroom sessions, and were either released on the S-E-X-X-Y EP or the 2002 compilation They Got Lost.

  Track listing

• "Token Back to Brooklyn" is a hidden track.

  Personnel

• John Flansburgh - vocals, backing vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• John Linnell - vocals, backing vocals, synthesizers, organs, accordion, piano, Mellotron, clavinet
• Brian Doherty - drums, percussion
• Graham Maby - electric and acoustic bass
• Eric Schermerhorn - lead electric guitar

• Amy Allison - vocal sample on track 8
• Steve Calhoon - drums on track 6
• Ron Caswell - tuba on track 12
• Hal Cragin - electric bass on tracks 1, 6, 8
• Ralph Farris - viola on track 8
• Yuval Gabay - drums on track −1
• Sue Hadjopoulos - congas and percussion on tracks 1, 11
• Amanda Homi - vocals on track 13
• Gregor Kitzis - violin on track 1
• Julian Koster - singing saw on track 10
• Ron Lawrence - viola on track 1
• Steve Light - vibraphone on track 9
• Mo' Funky Element - drum break sample on track 1
• Tim Newman - trombone on track 1
• Jim O'Connor - trumpet on track 1
• Jay Sherman-Godfrey - acoustic and electric slide guitar on track 3
• Krystof Witek - violin on tracks 1, 8
• Lyle Workman - lead electric guitar on track 6
• Garo Yellin - cello on tracks 1, 4, 7, 8