Good News For People Who Love Bad News
by Modest Mouse
  • Record Label: Sony
  • Release Date: Apr 6, 2004
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 213 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 196 out of 213
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 213
  3. Negative: 11 out of 213

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  1. Brian
    Aug 28, 2004
    6
    A big disappointment, ultimately. Songs like "Float On," "The View," and "The World At Large" are masterful, while songs like "Bury Me With It," "This Devil's Workday," and "Dancehall" are absolute crapfests. Only recommended for prior fans.
  2. AmyS
    Apr 8, 2004
    6
    My first reaction to this cd was that MM got a huge push into the mainstream spotlight and they're getting away from their originality. To me it's almost too "poppy."
  3. JT
    May 17, 2004
    6
    Some of the tunes are addictingly poppy but ultimately a let down for me as a fan of their early stuff.
  4. Drexler
    May 13, 2005
    6
    Nowhere close to The Lonesome Crowded West or The Moon and Antarctica.
  5. najeeba
    Sep 14, 2005
    6
    This album is immature, especially compared to Moon and Antarctica. Though a collection of catchy, decently written songs, it's more of a transition album, just the album that you have to put out, to get it over with, to get the follow up to the ubeatable album they released before this.
  6. TheChaser1985
    Apr 9, 2011
    6
    I only really liked 2 of these songs, "Float On" (8) and "Bukowski" (7). "One Chance" (6.5) had potential in the first minutes or so and the end, but I didn't like the middle of the song, it was kind of annoying, like half of the songs on the album. I could tolerate "Black Cadillacs", "Blame It on the Tetons", "Ocean Breathes Salty" and "The World at Large". They all got a 6. The rest wereI only really liked 2 of these songs, "Float On" (8) and "Bukowski" (7). "One Chance" (6.5) had potential in the first minutes or so and the end, but I didn't like the middle of the song, it was kind of annoying, like half of the songs on the album. I could tolerate "Black Cadillacs", "Blame It on the Tetons", "Ocean Breathes Salty" and "The World at Large". They all got a 6. The rest were annoying to me. "Bury Me with It", "Satin in a Coffin" and "The Good Times Are Killing Me" got 5s. "Dance Hall", "The Devil's Workday" and "The View".… Expand

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Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. Nude As The News
    60
    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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  2. Village Voice (Consumer Guide)
    91
    Weathered now, their herky-jerk stands up smartly to interjections from the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
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  3. Blender
    60
    [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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