The Moon & Antarctica
by Modest Mouse
  • Record Label: Sony
  • Release Date: Jun 13, 2000
User Score
8.8

Universal acclaim- based on 150 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 136 out of 150
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 150
  3. Negative: 7 out of 150

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Awards & Rankings

23
#23 Best Album of 2000
9
#9 Most Discussed Album of 2000
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#14 Most Shared Album of 2000

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Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. The A.V. Club
    70
    A sort of concept album about cold and distant places--creepy sound effects and odd nods to science and space abound--these 15 songs rarely settle into one place for long, opening with the characteristically potent "3rd Planet" before veering off into weird cacophony, jarring interludes, mellow meanderings, and general tunelessness.
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  2. Ink Blot Magazine
    80
    The music on The Moon & Antarctica is as lonely and desolate as the title suggests...
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  3. Puncture
    90
    Clocking in at an hour, and incorporating much schizophrenic style-hopping, this is far from the concession to one-dimensional economy often required for a major-label debut. [#47, p.53]
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