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Good News For People Who Love Bad News by Modest Mouse

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Tracklist

	Track	Duration	Listeners
1	Horn Intro	0:09	18,087
2	The World At Large	4:32	431,320
3	Float On	3:28	744,367
4	Ocean Breathes Salty	3:44	379,097
5	Dig Your Grave	0:12	31,870
6	Bury Me With It	3:49	345,914
7	Dance Hall	2:57	285,040
8	Bukowski	4:14	359,171
9	This Devil's Workday	2:19	232,032
10	The View	4:10	382,273
11	Satin In A Coffin	2:35	303,310
12	Interlude (Milo)	0:58	227,956
13	Blame It On The Tetons	5:25	280,921
14	Black Cadillacs	2:43	286,936
15	One Chance	3:01	292,767
16	The Good Times Are Killing Me	4:16	314,446

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About this album

Epic (2004) Released: 6 Apr 2004 16 tracks (48:32)

Good News for People Who Love Bad News is the fourth full-length album recorded by alternative rock band Modest Mouse.

The album was released by Epic Records on April 6, 2004 on both CD and 180g/m² vinyl record. It was rereleased on DualDisc on October 11, 2005. The first two singles from the album were “Float On” and “Ocean Breathes Salty,” both of which debuted on American radio stations in the first half of 2004.

The vinyl and DualDisc editions of the album also contain the B-side “I’ve Got It All (Most)”. On the vinyl edition, the track is placed at the end of the album. On the DualDisc edition, it is placed between “Bury Me With It” and “Dance Hall”. The song “Bukowski” is dedicated to the late poet Charles Bukowski. The song “The Good Times Are Killing Me” was originally going to be released as the normal mix, but instead they added the one mixed by The Flaming Lips. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band appear also on tracks 1 (“Horn Intro”) and 9 (“This Devil’s Workday”) or 10 on the Dualdisc edition. A video for “The World at Large” was also on the dualdisc. It is called, “Stiff Animal Fantasy”.

This was Planet Sound’s #1 Album of 2004. It was also nominated for a Grammy in 2004 for Best Alternative Album. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in August 2004. As of March 19, 2007, it has sold 1,509,675 copies in the United States.

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haribo_lector

Such a fantastic album

Monday evening
BoysSayGo

I think this album might be singlehandedly responsible for getting me to start to seriously listen to music. And I still think it's brilliant.

19 days ago
kuiper_______

First album I heard by Modest Mouse, and one of the first albums I heard that broke me away from mainstream pop and rap, so this record holds a special affinity for me. I definitely love their older material more, but this remains my favorite MM album. Not to ramble on about my life, but honestly, I owe this album a lot (along with Fever to Tell). I was completely unfamiliar with any rock that my parents didn't listen to. I just stuck to Missy Elliott and Nelly, looool. Then this. Good memories. NOSTALGIA

last month
Claudie7470

My favorite album of all time. [2]

December 2011
naotas_forehead

I think I've been too harsh on this album. When I don't compare it to old MM, and judge it on its own terms, it's very very good. It doesn't annoy me as much anymore.

November 2011
Kari420

Definitely a favorite album

October 2011
SpoonyTheSpoon

Best album ever. But my opinion sucks.

October 2011
weebestie

Please listen and tag.... http://www.last.fm/music/All+the+Kings+Men+%28Taft%29/_/Biddy+Come+Biddy+Go

September 2011
naotas_forehead

I can totally respect the people who like this album, but I can't for the life of me get into it. This was my first MM album, yet it only has a few plays. Every time Ocean Breathes Salty or Bury Me With It or The View comes up on shuffle I think, "Hey this is actually a great song! I should give Good News another try." Then I force myself through it and I can't stand it. I even like We Were Dead better. A lot better. I don't even know what it is about this that I don't like... Maybe it's just because Jeremiah is absent? Or maybe it's because it's the only album that doesn't have an overarching theme/atmosphere?

August 2011
diehappyx33

This album is good, it's not on the level with their other stuff but it's still a damn good album. Bands change their sound, it happens, even though Modest Mouse has been getting more and more poppy doesn't mean that they're bad, it just means they're getting more poppy. It hasn't taken away from the music at all, they're still original and on a level that most bands that have had the success that Modest Mouse has can't even touch because they're trying to appeal. Hell, even if this was a commercial attempt it's still a pretty damn good one. [3]

August 2011
sviitrainais

this is the first album that I heard from them not knowing almost anything about Modest Mouse and albums like The Moon&Antarctica or The Lonseme Crowded West.....and I fkn fell in love with that album from the first listen! And then I listened to M&A and yeah..it is perfect, but that doesn't mean that everything after it sucks...the last two albums are just different, but it's still Modest Mouse. Get rid of these ''the band went mainstream'' stereotypes. I fkn hate it.

August 2011
Rikardur

I find this album gets annoying and rather difficult to sit through almost halfway or so.

August 2011
SpoonyTheSpoon

My favorite album of all time.

August 2011
PHANATICZ

My favorite from MM

July 2011
Modestmilk

lol

July 2011
ckunke002

Bored stiff's little story about this album and their recent sound is pretty spot in my opinion. I admire MM's earliest stuff the most, just because it's their talent in the rawest form, but I think that these recent albums are really worthwhile if you have an open mind. There's loads of good songs on here, and these days I probably listen to this/The Fruit that Ate Itself/half of We Were Dead more frequently then the earlier stuff.

July 2011
Duque-Sama

I think this is a good starting point to start Modest Mouse's discography. I loved "Oceans...", then Bukowski and then One Chance, etc... When i realized i was listening without problems their just awesome The Lonesome Crowded West.

June 2011
There_We_Were

@shanespear - you're not musically retarded, music taste is subjective, if you think this is better than m&a, then it is better. taste is a superficial and showy thing, like what you want, no need to insult yourself b/c other people think otherwise.

June 2011
Red_Baron45

This isn't my favorite by them, but it's the one I probably most consitently listen to. It can be their best if you give it an objective chance.

June 2011
Red_Baron45

This album is good, it's not on the level with their other stuff but it's still a damn good album. Bands change their sound, it happens, even though Modest Mouse has been getting more and more poppy doesn't mean that they're bad, it just means they're getting more poppy. It hasn't taken away from the music at all, they're still original and on a level that most bands that have had the success that Modest Mouse has can't even touch because they're trying to appeal. Hell, even if this was a commercial attempt it's still a pretty damn good one. [2]

June 2011