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A lot of major label-imposed ideas, like rhythm guitar and a heartbreakingly conventional new bass sound, combine to utterly ruin the record's first half. If you can make it through to News' innards, however, an EP's worth of something like better-recorded, more thought-out Lonesome Crowded West material awaits.
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Blender[Brock is] adept at wringing out emotion while straddling sentimentality, but too often here, gauche studio affectations make his sap sound plain cheap. [Apr 2004, p.134]
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Gone is pretty much everything theyve learned in the last eight years or so, ditching all the progress theyve made in favor of just making another Modest Mouse record. The results, needless to say, are disappointing.
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UncutThere are some pleasantly elaborate, wayward songs here... Forays into funk and Tom Waits' scrapyard are cringe-inducing, though. [Sep 2004, p.110]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 196 out of 213
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Mixed: 6 out of 213
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Negative: 11 out of 213
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metheDec 22, 2006Goodbye old modest mouse.
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Dec 11, 2020It is such a great album that I've been listening to it frequently ever since I stumbled upon it, a whole year ago.
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Feb 11, 2019Loved this album. Anything these guys make will always be better than half of everything else I've heard. Dance Hall is a good song, too.