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intereact!Modest Mouse
Retail Price (not our price): $13.98
Release Date: 2004-04-06
Manufacturer: Sony
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...
| Disc 1 |
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
It's hard to pinpoint the exact moment Modest Mouse started sounding like a real band. For the longest time, singer-songwriter Isaac Brock seemed to exist solely to defy the established rules, forging forward on sheer momentum and ingenuity. Even Pavement looked relatively ordinary in comparison to the band's early releases like 1996's This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About and 1997's The Lonesome Crowded West. But on Good News for People Who Love Bad News, the frontman sounds like he's finally touching the earth, and the band--minus founding member and drummer Jeremiah Green--follows suit. A relaxed mood prevails, not so much in volume but in attitude. On the follow-up to the group's 2000 major label debut, The Moon & Antarctica, big sloppy melodies battle it out with brass on punky epics like "Float On" and "The Ocean Breathes Salty." The lyrics are simpler, the arrangements tamer, but the vitality remains. The prevailing mood is that Modest Mouse has pulled off something extraordinary here: a well-rounded, lovable record that doesn't sound anything like David Gray. --Aidin Vaziri
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5
1) Great [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I love Modest Mouse!!! This was the album that got them into the mainstream market, and generally that means a sellout of sorts. It's a great album, that's why it's popular.2) It was all worth it just to learn some slight of hand! [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I must confess this was my intro to Modest Mouse (thank you corporate radio!) , however I had only heard Float On. I took a chance and bought it and after a few listens (Those horns are really stupid); I fell in love with Modest Mouse or Timid Turtle, whoever. The great lyrics and twists in musical styles and tempoes, etc. Going back now having the other CDs this is their thing. If you want a concept album, or another "Tommy" or "Quadrophenia"; they are not your band. Each track might fit on another album and tie in with other songs the band has made but they fit together like adopted children. Different and yet each one great. The whole album is witty and sardonic to say the least. My absolute favorite is: The View (not the show), Float On, Satin in a Coffin, Bukowski, Blame it on the Tetons. If you like the Who, Shins, Soul Coughing, Pixies and Smiths I would recommend this band/album.3) Aidin Vaziri is a dumbass [Rating: 2 out of 5]
"It's hard to pinpoint the exact moment Modest Mouse started sounding like a real band."were they a fake band before? if anything they were more real before they started sounding like everything else. there's something positive to be said about questioning the 'established rules.' working on your own terms for what you believe in, instead of following these 'established rules,' is what creativity--the central nervous system of music--is; it is how steps forward are made instead of circling the same path forever. where would the human race be without the individual and our ability to think and act for ourselves? modest mouse's view on life is healthy, however those people like Aidin Vaziri who do not know how to live their own lives can go ahead and follow the flock of society.4) Modest Mouse put a smile on my face!! [Rating: 4 out of 5]
I love it when I discover "GOOD" music and a good tune and this is what I found on this album the Jazzy "Horn Intro" which flows straight into "The World At Large" - what a wonderful song, aided by peoples interpretation through YouTube."Float On" is such a feel good song and is a song that I could never tire of!! Reminds me of "You Get What You Give" By The New Radicals in that you never get tired listening to the song."Bukowski" a nice stripped down song good use of the Bass, IMHO, this also applies to "Satin In A Coffin"Of the tracks on this album "One Chance", "Float On" & "The World At Large" would be the stand out tracks for me.Would I recommend this album - YES!5) One hit song does not a sell-out album/band make [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Yes, "Float On" was a smash hit. Yes, it's pretty poppy. But what about "3rd Planet" and "Gravity Rides Everything" from "The Moon and Antarctica"? To a (possibly much) lesser extent, what about "Heart Cooks Brain" from "TLCW" or "Dramamine" from "This is a Long Drive"? You see, MM have generally had more "mainstream-palatable" songs on their album, and just because this one was a hit, does not mean they sold out. OK, you've heard that rant before, but not in such an *ahem* eloquent fashion. Now onto the review.As usual, the hit is by no means the best song on the album. Other songs like "The World At Large", "Ocean Breathes Salty", "Bury Me With It", "Bukowski", "The View", and (ESPECIALLY) "The Good Times are Killing Me" (which, by the way, if you did not know, was remixed and tampered with by one of the best bands of all time, the Flaming Lips) not only give "Float On" a run for its money, they take the money and use it to buy cigars. I mean, the fact that supposedly hardcore fans are nitpicking this great album because it has freakin' "Float On" on it more points out their own stupidity and narrow-mindedness than it does the band being sell outs. So, in conclusion, if you want to keep your rather dubious "indie cred", do not buy this album. If you enjoy Modest Mouse as much as anyone should, however, than do.