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. AdamL
    Jul 29, 2004
    7
    The band seems to have abandoned fans of their previous CDs in favor of something more accessible. Not a bad CD though, it was just not what I expected of the boys in MM. Plus I think at times that the main singer sometimes is a little too frantic (for better or for worse).
  2. vidm
    Jun 13, 2006
    7
    There's some good stuff here, but a few weaker tracks as well.
  3. MoralSupport
    May 19, 2018
    7
    It's not The Moon & Antarctica, and it's not The Lonesome Crowded West. However obvious this statement is, it truly makes sense when you listen to the album the full way through and think "Welp, it's time to go back to the old records and remember the days when I bought full albums". It's not bad, not bad by a long shot. I just expect something better. Also, I read a review about thisIt's not The Moon & Antarctica, and it's not The Lonesome Crowded West. However obvious this statement is, it truly makes sense when you listen to the album the full way through and think "Welp, it's time to go back to the old records and remember the days when I bought full albums". It's not bad, not bad by a long shot. I just expect something better. Also, I read a review about this album where someone gave it a 1 because the album states "god is an ****" That is the second dumbest thing I have ever seen, behind the (insert insult here) who gave In the Aeroplane Over the Sea a 60% on Rolling Stone.… 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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