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Modest Mouse
- Record Label: Sony
- Release Date: Mar 20, 2007
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Universal acclaim- based on 256 Ratings
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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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DylanSMay 30, 2007Another quality release from Modest Mouse. A nice mix of the Good News and Moon and Antartica sound to create the second best release of their career and one of this years best. Don't be afraid of the accesibility of their sound, it's still Modest Mouse, just with exceptional song structure + Johnny Marr was a great addition.
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DjimiJun 14, 2007More pure quality from Modest Mouse. I think some critics are just being pathetic and trying to go against the grain by giving it mediocre reviews just because they've become popular and had good sales, 'cos it really is a great band on top form.
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JohnnyDApr 26, 2007Great record. There's so many hooks on this album, every track sounds like it could be a single.
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EduardoAFeb 25, 2007Good album, sometimes they start wandering around, but it's the least of the times. It's great to be able to hear a whole Modest Mouse album without feeling like something is just noisy and giving me an earache as it happened to me with 'Good news from people who love bad news'. P.S: 8 because the record sometimes seems overproduced.
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theboneykingofnowhereMar 17, 2007
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JeffVMar 19, 2007
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JCCairdMar 8, 2007Fantastic album. Stand out tracks are "Parting of the Sensory" and "Spitting Venom".
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SeanCJun 20, 2007I loved it. At first I felt it was a little..... easier than the other albums Mouse has done, as Good News for People Who Love Bad News was. After giving it a week or two it found it's way back on my playlist, again, just like Good News.
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JamesboF.Jun 27, 2007This album is so damn catchy. It reminds me of 80s new wave-it has that vibe-and almost every song is great. It's just so catchy and perfectly set up. I love this album!
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LainieRFeb 16, 2007Yesssss
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AndrewCFeb 16, 2007Finally it leaked
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AlbertFeb 27, 2007I love the part that makes me smile!
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PattyFeb 27, 2007If you like this album you are a good person
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NikolasJMar 11, 2007
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ZayneFMar 17, 2007This album is flawless. It revisits almost all of the periods theyve gone through, and adds more texture to the sound. Each song has its purpose, and each song serves that purpose.
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LucasKMar 17, 2007it's alright. not that good or not that bad. Only bad thing is that... IT's so damn dancy, I mean, listen to that beat...
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OliverCMar 18, 2007This album is outstanding. A great follow up to good news. I would say a good deal better than arcade fire's neon bible (if for some reason you want to compare the two.)
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ChrisCMar 19, 2007
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MylesMar 19, 2007
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DanMMar 21, 2007
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NigelBMar 20, 2007Fantastic, Modest Mouse delivered everything I had been anticipating for and possibly more. Enough new twists to keep me interested, but not too many to distance me from their sound.
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MichaelKMar 21, 2007
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MattAMar 20, 2007Listened to it on my way home from work... and loved it on my first listen. ...its not too often i like a whole CD on its first run through. haha... and it struck even more of a chord knowing Johnny Marr, and James Mercer helped make this possible. Kudos.
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BenAMar 20, 2007
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LukeHMar 24, 2007How many other bands have been around for over a decade and have never released a bad album? Fucking Great.
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jmMar 24, 2007
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AndrewKMar 2, 2007March Into The Sea: 9.0 Dashboard: 8.0 Parting of The Sensory: 10. (Very diverse.) Florida: 7.0 (Meh.) Fire It Up: 8.5 Missed The Boat: 10 (Very fun.) We've Got Everything: 7.0. (Meh.) Little Motel: 10 (Relaxing and calm.) Fly Trapped In A Jar: Unconfirmed. Education: 9.0 Steam Engenius: 8.0 Spitting Venom: Unconfirmed. People As Places As People: 8.5 Invisible: 10 (Great ending.)
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mattoMar 20, 2007Great record all around. Sure, some of the songs try a little to hard to be the next FLOAT ON, but others are very true to their roots. Best effort they have made in a while.
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ClaytonSMar 30, 2007Another great Modest Mouse album!
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NellieBMar 9, 2007An amazing band makes another amazing album.
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KevinDApr 18, 2007
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GuyHApr 2, 2007Fantastic album. I really didn't get on with Good News but this is like a perfectly refined version of what they were attempting with that album. It flows, it has at least 12 great songs - come on chaps, why the middling reviews? This is stunning stuff.
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johnsApr 4, 2007Some say that good news was modest mouses first step towards irrelevancy. It was not. This however is a truly incredible bands first mediocre record. March into the sea as well as spitting venom are modest mouse at their finest however the rest of the album finds lyrical genius issac brock writing the most embarssing lyrics of his carreer.maybe hes lost it.
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MatthewBApr 5, 2007A great addition to the MM discography. It's not as drawn out and soloish as other earlier records were, which I felt they were trying to do. The songs such as "Florida," "Dashboard," and "We've Got Everything" have great crossover appeal and are very enjoyable. It's not a "Lonesome Crowded West" but it's definitely an improvement over "Good News," just not as introverted.
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TBoneApr 9, 2007
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CraigOJun 1, 2007This band is now my guilty pleasure. It's catchy music that's more or less just meant to be catchy. It's all I expect, it's what I get, so I love it.
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MatthewJun 18, 2007It loses a bit after repeated listens, but it delivers several great tracks that almost have a "Lonesome Crowded West" era feel to them. We Were Dead mixes accessability with typical Modest Mouse idiosyncracies to create what is perhaps their most listenable album yet.
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DanLJun 19, 2007
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AlexP.Jul 6, 2007
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JohnGJul 8, 2007its great when all of your friends argue over what the best song is.
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RossP.Jan 14, 2008
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JCF.Jan 1, 2008This album is perfect, so many shades ... I like it a lot
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JohnSFeb 16, 2007solid album
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CarolNFeb 19, 2007Brilliant!!!
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issacbFeb 20, 2007does not dissapoint
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MermaidOnlandFeb 22, 2007An amazing effort at points. A few weaker spots, but otherwise consistently inventive, clever, and rocking. Ranks up there with their best work, if not their absolute best at certain moments (Parting of the Sensory, Little Motel, Spitting Venom).
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MartyMcflyFeb 24, 2007Easily, some of the best work they've done ever, and has shown how much the band has matured since they began. Buy this album and listen to it over and over again.
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CalebRFeb 25, 2007Almost as good as Lonesome Crowded West. Rocking. New. Excellent. Johnny Marr brings the funk, Isaac Brock continues the insanity. A collection of well-executed pop songs.
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ChelseyFeb 27, 2007This album feels like your riding in a huge pirate ship. Yarrrrr!
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ChuckFeb 27, 2007I would like to thank modest mouse for another perfect album. Everything you would want from an album
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codyFeb 27, 2007This is a great album to sail to.
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ShortyFeb 27, 2007I love modest mouse so much
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TimFeb 27, 2007I get off the plane and my name is in flashy lights everywhere
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nyomeFeb 27, 2007Best one yet!
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LukeFeb 28, 2007This album is quite possibly in my top ten favourites list now, what an amazing album.
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AndyMMar 15, 2007Long Awaited with baited breath and WOW what a punch this MM album packs - dark, angry and brock doing waht he does best 'Spitting Venom', reckong this surpasses GNFPWLBN!
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AndrewMMar 16, 2007
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IanR.Mar 16, 2007
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RicardoOMar 17, 2007The Best Indie Rock Album for this century...maybe not, but for sure is the best Indie Rock Band
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bencMar 17, 2007absolutly awesome
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DavidWMar 18, 2007this cd is surprisingly wonderful. i guess not really surprising, but after good news, i didn't think this would so splendid. but i just love it so much.
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PhilipMMar 18, 2007I'd give it a ten but it's not 1996 anymore. These guys rock but don't knock me on my ass, which isn't a bad thing. I have to believe that now that they're getting rich that this might be their apex, hopefully not, They're great chill music especially with your sister. YOUR sister not mine.
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MattM.Mar 19, 2007Simply awesome. Isaac's vocals are weirder than ever, and the songs are damn catchy. Favorites: "March Into the Sea", "Florida", "Fly Trapped In A Jar". Least Favorites: "Fire it Up", "Little Motel".
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EronLMar 19, 2007
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MickMar 20, 2007Good album, not as good as their last though
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ChrisMMar 2, 2007When i heard dashboard I had pretty grim expectations for the album, but the rest of the album turned out to be amazing. Marr's copmlex guitar work underneath Brock's powerful voice makes for and odd but equally compelling mix. a very consistent album
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timmMar 21, 2007
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PhillipVMar 20, 2007I can finally say that Modest Mouse has come back with a song as good as "float on". Dashboard is excellent and so is the rest of the CD. Good job guys!
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BrianFMar 21, 2007Great album. No tracks to skip on this one. Pick it up.
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SmoereBMar 22, 2007Oh, my golly, this is an amazing record.
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DrewPMar 22, 2007Comparisons to their other material are inevitable, but not necessary. This is a great album--I guarantee that 10 years from now, this album will still be cool. Parting of the Sensory alone makes me feel good about the state of music.
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JeffSMar 20, 2007don't cry over the new sound, celebrate its awesomeness.
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DiabloPMar 23, 2007Why do people complain when bands change or don't stay the way that they were when they were young and hungry? Modest Mouse fans seemed to be of two mind thoughts.......blah blah blah blah blah blah. I digress ...good album ...good band...maybe not as "modest", but more than prepared to make you want more.
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simonlMar 23, 2007It feels like Pavement and Nick Cave with some 80's pop. I love Parting of the Sensory, if you like that too check for Pig Lib.
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ObsceneMinstrelMar 23, 2007
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rustinaMar 24, 2007I didn't like it right away. After 4 or 5 times listening to it, It really starts to flow, probably because you finally get used to the obnoxious yet brilliant vocals of the band. This is a classic!
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EvertonCMar 25, 2007ok, but sometimes it makes me tired!
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DanielVMar 25, 2007Their best record besides Moon and Antarctica. I feel this record is suceeding at what "Good News" tried to do. It's enjoyable from start to finish. Perhaps a track or two too long, but that's of no consequence. Sailing up as my candidate for record of the year.
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JosephAMar 26, 2007Absolutely fantastic.
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MikeFMar 29, 2007As a mouse fan since the Ugly Casanova days,i gotta give this one a 9,surely a step up from "good news" not my fav album by far,but nor was "moon and antarctica"which most of you claimed as your fav,and that being said,i think you should go check out the older stuff,which "we were dead" has def taken a turn toward,and that makes me happy :-)
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BrettNMar 6, 2007Great album. At first I was skeptical, but the more I listen to it, the more I like it.
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RyanOMar 7, 2007
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SamCMar 9, 2007so many great tracks. doesn't flow as well some of mm's previous work, but still great. fav tracks are march into the sea, spitting venom and missed the boat. parting of the sensory is great as well. if "we've got everything" and "fly trapped in a jar" did not exist, it would be 10/10.
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StereoxideApr 11, 2007I dont know whats wrong with people but MM hasnt lost their touch. Yes theyre more hopeful now than their past albums but whats wrong with that? I think Brock is still as sharp as a knife and his lyrics are still as raw and powerful as the first time he started. The music has also progressed.
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johnwApr 2, 2007Great album!
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EdSApr 22, 2007This albumn is phenomenal. It is one of those gems that gets better with every listen. Some reviewers stating that it's a bit of a sellout, but I find all of the elements that make Modest Mouse who they are in this albumn - the exception is that it is much more palatable for the for the average fan.
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JohnRApr 23, 2007man, modest mouse is awesome! Issac Brock just never seems to run out of ideas.
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JustinVApr 25, 2007
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BenGApr 3, 2007Entertaining, eclectic enough to give a few extra listens, but I've begun to give up on the possibility of another 'Lonesome Crowded West'
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sammodestApr 4, 2007takes a couple listen through, but once the songs start resinating in your brain IT'S WELL WORTH IT
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AlejandroEApr 9, 2007It's pretty great, but what i'm concerned about is that the sound gets a little like, the smiths
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AlexLMay 10, 2007
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GregSMay 7, 2007
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VidMAug 13, 2007Solid.
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VinceKFeb 26, 2008Love the first 6 songs. Rest of the album is good too, but kinda blended together for me. My favorite by far is the last minute of Parting of the Sensory...fiddle-tastic!!!!!!!!
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G_doDec 29, 2007I expected some more Johnny Marr signature in the guitar sound, but it's a great record. Everything sounds so fresh and lively. Not all songs are really great and I think it was even better when 2 or 3 tracks were not included , but the finest moments are simply damn brilliant.
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kendalljFeb 16, 2007modest is pure bliss.
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JohnStamosFeb 17, 2007I love this album more than my mom
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tylercFeb 19, 2007Good News was somewhat dissapointing to me but not bad. This album more than makes up for it.
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Awards & Rankings
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BlenderIs there another "Float On"? It scarcely matters: 10 years into their career, Modest Mouse have stumbled into their best album yet. [Mar 2007, p.137]
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Under The RadarNot just an album that revisits the dancey guitar-pop that made "Float On" an unlikely #1 hit, but sharpens and emboldens it for their most accessible album to date. [#16, p.93]
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Like everything the band has released since signing with Epic in the teeth of a millennial panic, it's louder and somewhat less twisty than the group's indie output.