by
Modest Mouse
- Record Label: Sony
- Release Date: Mar 20, 2007
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Too often it seems as if Modest Mouse plays it safe on We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.
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It’s inoffensive, painfully so, with the smell of something run through focus groups from the get go, written and produced by committee to sell the greatest number of copies.
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While it is, at times, a challenging listen, there are enough catchy moments to prompt enough listens for the thing to grow on you.
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Brock’s idiosyncratic worldview, so much a part of what made Modest Mouse special to begin with, has left the building.
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Imagine the cheerful fatalism of "Float On" without the hooks, which is bizarre: Hooks would seem to be Marr's specialty.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 226 out of 256
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Mixed: 18 out of 256
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Negative: 12 out of 256
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Jan 6, 2011
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DjimiJun 14, 2007
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DylanSMay 30, 2007