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.[6]
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.[7]
Factory Showroom was released on vinyl for the first time in March 2012 by Asbestos Records.
The hidden track (track 0) on the CD entitled "Token Back to Brooklyn" is accessible by rewinding from the beginning of track 1 ("S-E-X-X-Y"), and is not playable on all CD players. It can also be heard on the Internet-only album Long Tall Weekend (1999) and the rarities compilation They Got Lost (2002).
A cassette version of the album that claimed to be a "promotional item" from Elektra was leaked by an unknown source. Along with most songs from the standard release (including "Token Back to Brooklyn" but excluding "I Can Hear You"), this version also included recordings 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 outtakes from the Factory Showroom sessions and were eventually released on either the S-E-X-X-Y EP (1996), Long Tall Weekend, or They Got Lost.
