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No One's First, And You're Next - Modest Mouse
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Metascore
75 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.5 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 19 Ratings

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  • Summary: Modest Mouse releases an album with tracks from the "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank" and "Good News for People Who Love Bad News" recording sessions.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. MSN Consumer Guide (Robert Christgau)
    91
    "Perpetual Motion Machine" is about fish who wish they could walk so they could find out how it feels to fall down, and "Whale Song" bemoans Brock's metaphorical uselessness as it demonstrates his capacity for beauty.
  2. The A.V. Club
    83
    So while it doesn't exactly have the cohesive through-line of Modest Mouse's epic full-lengths, No One's First still captures solid energy from a band riding a long-ass peak.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    'The Whale Song' may offer a solitary crumb for old skool Micers to nibble, but unfortunately this EP will not offer much else.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. DerekG
    10
    listen to this 10 times or more and tell me it's not fantastic.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. GlennP.
    10
    9.5, but I can't, so I rounded up. Wish it was an LP, and not an EP, but I can't complain about that. Unfortunately, this means we now have to wait another 10000+ years for more Modest Mouse.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. GT
    1
    Why does Modest Mouse continue to make random, aimless songs?
    • 0 of 1 users said yes

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