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Good News For People Who Love Bad News by Modest Mouse

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    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Horn Intro 0:09 18,181
2 The World at Large 4:32 446,893
3 Float On 3:28 772,113
4 Ocean Breathes Salty 3:44 392,499
5 Dig Your Grave 0:12 32,000
6 Bury Me With It 3:49 353,832
7 Dance Hall 2:57 291,931
8 Bukowski 4:14 368,279
9 This Devil's Workday 2:19 244,833
10 The View 4:10 390,771
11 Satin in a Coffin 2:35 310,569
12 Interlude (Milo) 0:58 233,537
13 Blame It On The Tetons 5:25 287,287
14 Black Cadillacs 2:43 293,246
15 One Chance 3:01 299,707
16 The Good Times Are Killing Me 4:16 322,213
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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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  • conditionals

    Easily the weakest of the last 3 albums.

    last month

  • haribo_lector

    Such a fantastic album

    February 2012

  • 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.

    February 2012

  • 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

    January 2012

  • 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
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