The Taller You Are, the Shorter You Get is an album by the American post-punk band My Dad Is Dead, released in 1989 through Homestead Records.

[2][3][4] Aside from some bass and accordion, Mark Edwards played all of the instruments on the album.

[5] Trouser Press wrote: "Edwards veers relatively close to the musical mainstream ... with considerable success.

His lyrics, meanwhile, have grown less morose and more philosophical, and he sings them with new-found expressiveness.

"[6] Tiny Mix Tapes wrote that the album "covers everything from pretty, jangly guitar instrumentals to Joy Division- and Devo-referencing New Wave numbers.