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Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band who were formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. Since their 1996 debut album, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About, their lineup has centered around Brock, Green and Judy. Guitarist Johnny Marr (formerly of The Smiths) joined the band in May 2006, along with percussionist Joe Plummer (formerly of the Black Heart Procession) and multi-instrumentalist Tom Peloso, to work on the album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. Guitarist Jim Fairchild joined the band in February 2009. Their name is derived from a passage from the Virginia Woolf story "The Mark on the Wall" which reads, "I wish I could hit upon a pleasant track of thought, a track indirectly reflecting credit upon myself, for those are the pleasantest thoughts, and very frequent even in the minds of modest, mouse-coloured people, who believe genuinely that they dislike to hear their own praises."
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Lampshades on Fire [Only @ Best Buy] [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Lampshades on Fire | |
The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box |
Strangers to Ourselves [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Strangers To Ourselves | 3:24 |
Lampshades On Fire | 3:07 |
Shit In Your Cut | 4:43 |
Pistol (A. Cunanan, Miami, FL. 1996) | 3:41 |
Ansel | 2:56 |
The Ground Walks, With Time in a Box | 6:11 |
Coyotes | 3:30 |
Pups To Dust | 3:30 |
Sugar Boats | 4:03 |
Wicked Campaign | 3:33 |
Be Brave | 3:30 |
God is an Indian and You're an Asshole | 1:17 |
The Tortoise and the Tourist | 3:40 |
The Best Room | 4:24 |
Of Course We Know | 5:22 |
Strangers to Ourselves [LP] [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Strangers to Ourselves | 3:24 |
Lampshades on Fire | 3:08 |
Shit In Your Cut | 4:44 |
Pistol (A. Cunanan, Miami, FL. 1996) | 3:42 |
Ansel | 2:56 |
The Ground Walks, With Time in a Box | 6:12 |
Coyotes | 3:31 |
God Is an Indian and You're an Asshole | 1:17 |
Sugar Boats | 4:03 |
Wicked Campaign | 3:34 |
Be Brave | 3:31 |
Pups to Dust | 3:41 |
The Tortoise and the Tourist | 3:41 |
The Best Room | 4:25 |
Of Course We Know | 5:21 |
No One's First, and You're Next [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Satellite Skin | 3:59 |
Guilty Cocker Spaniels | 4:02 |
Autumn Beds | 3:41 |
The Whale Song | 6:05 |
Perpetual Motion Machine | 3:11 |
History Sticks to Your Feet | 3:55 |
King Rat | 5:30 |
I've Got It All (Most) | 3:10 |
Baron Von Bullshit Rides Again [2007]
Song | Duration |
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3rd Planet | 5:25 |
Never Ending Math Equation | 3:38 |
Wild Packs of Family Dogs | 1:59 |
Broke | 3:36 |
Paper Thin Walls | 4:51 |
I Came As a Rat | 6:24 |
Doin' the Cockroach | 7:30 |
Bankrupt On Selling | 3:04 |
Interstate 8 | 4:01 |
The Good Times Are Killing Me | 5:00 |
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank [2007]
Song | Duration |
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March Into the Sea | 3:30 |
Dashboard | 4:06 |
Fire It Up | 4:34 |
Florida | 2:57 |
Parting of the Sensory | 5:34 |
Missed the Boat | 4:24 |
We've Got Everything | 3:40 |
Fly Trapped in a Jar | 4:29 |
Education | 3:56 |
Little Motel | 4:44 |
Steam Engenius | 4:26 |
Spitting Venom | 8:27 |
People as Places as People | 3:42 |
Invisible | 3:59 |
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank [Deluxe Edition] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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March into the Sea | 3:30 |
Dashboard | 4:06 |
Fire It Up | 4:34 |
Florida | 2:57 |
Parting of the Sensory | 5:34 |
Missed the Boat | 4:24 |
We've Got Everything | 3:40 |
Fly Trapped in a Jar | 4:29 |
Education | 3:56 |
Little Motel | 4:44 |
Steam Engenius | 4:26 |
Spitting Venom | 8:27 |
People as Places as People | 3:42 |
Invisible | 3:59 |
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank [Japan Bonus Track] [2007]
Baron Von Bullshit Rides Again [EP] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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3rd Planet | |
Never Ending Math Equation | |
Wild Packs of Family Dogs | |
Broke | |
Paper Thin Walls | |
I Came as a Rat | |
Doin' the Cockroach | |
Bankrupt on Selling | |
Interstate 8 | |
The Good Times Are Killing Me |
Good News for People Who Love Bad News [2004]
Good News for People Who Love Bad News [DualDisc] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Horn Intro | 0:10 |
The World at Large | 4:32 |
Float On | 3:28 |
Ocean Breathes Salty | 3:48 |
Dig Your Grave | 0:13 |
Bury Me with It | 3:49 |
I've Got It All (Most) [*] | 3:07 |
Dance Hall | 2:57 |
Bukowski | 4:14 |
The Devil's Workday | 2:19 |
The View | 4:13 |
Satin in a Coffin | 2:35 |
Interlude (Milo) | 0:58 |
Blame It on the Tetons | 5:24 |
Black Cadillacs | 2:43 |
One Chance | 3:03 |
The Good Times Are Killing Me | 4:16 |
Horn Intro [DVD] | 0:10 |
The Good Times Are Killing Me [DVD] | 4:16 |
Good News for People Who Love Bad News [Japan Bonus Tracks] [2004]
Everywhere and His Nasty Parlor Tricks [2001]
Sad Sappy Sucker [2001]
Building Nothing Out of Something [2000]
Building Nothing Out of Something [LP] [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Never Ending Math Equation | |
Interstate 8 | |
Broke | |
Grey Ice Water |
Night on the Sun [2000]
The Moon & Antarctica [2000]
Song | Duration |
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3rd Planet | 3:59 |
Gravity Rides Everything | 4:19 |
Dark Center of the Universe | 5:03 |
Perfect Disguise | 2:41 |
Tiny Cities Made of Ashes | 3:41 |
A Different City | 3:08 |
The Cold Part | 5:00 |
Alone Down There | 2:22 |
The Stars Are Projectors | 8:46 |
Wild Packs of Family Dogs | 1:45 |
Paper Thin Walls | 3:02 |
I Came as a Rat | 3:48 |
Lives | 3:18 |
Life Like Weeds | 6:30 |
What People Are Made Of | 2:15 |
The Moon & Antarctica [Bonus Tracks] [2000]
The Moon & Antarctica [LP] [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
3rd Planet | 3:59 |
Gravity Rides Everything | 4:20 |
Dark Center of the Universe | 5:03 |
Perfect Disguise | 2:32 |
Tiny Cities Made of Ashes | 3:41 |
A Different City | 3:07 |
The Cold Part | 5:01 |
Alone Down There | 2:22 |
The Stars Are Projectors | 8:46 |
Wild Packs of Family Dogs | 1:45 |
Paper Thin Walls | 3:01 |
I Came As a Rat | 3:47 |
Lives | 3:18 |
Life Like Weeds | 6:31 |
What People Are Made of | 2:14 |
Lonesome Crowded West [Bonus Track] [1997]
Lonesome Crowded West [LP] [1997]
The Fruit That Ate Itself [1997]
Song | Duration |
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The Waydown | 2:30 |
Dirty Fingernails | 3:20 |
Sunspots In the House of the Late Scapegoat | 2:42 |
The Fruit That Ate Itself | 3:17 |
Summer | 3:12 |
Karma's Payment | 3:28 |
Blue Cadet-3, Do You Connect? |
The Lonesome Crowded West [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Teeth Like God's Shoeshine | 6:53 |
Heart Cooks Brain | 4:02 |
Convenient Parking | 4:08 |
Lounge (Closing Time) | 7:03 |
Jesus Christ Was an Only Child | 2:36 |
Doin' the Cockroach | 4:18 |
Cowboy Dan | 6:14 |
Trailer Trash | 5:49 |
Out of Gas | 2:31 |
Long Distance Drunk | 3:42 |
Shit Luck | 2:22 |
Truckers Atlas | 10:57 |
Polar Opposites | 3:29 |
Bankrupt on Selling | 2:53 |
Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice on Ice, Alright | 6:53 |
Interstate 8 [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Interstate 8 | 4:38 |
All Night Diner | 4:44 |
Tundra/Desert | 5:22 |
Edit the Sad Parts | |
Beach Side Property | 8:25 |
Novocain Stain | 3:29 |
Broke | 2:56 |
Whenever You Breathe Out, I Breathe In (Positive/Negative) | 4:22 |
This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Dramamine | 5:42 |
Breakthrough | 4:06 |
Custom Concern | 4:28 |
Might | 1:31 |
Lounge | 6:33 |
Beach Side Property | 6:59 |
Head South | 4:22 |
Dog Paddle | 2:02 |
Novocain Stain | 3:42 |
Tundra/Desert | 5:24 |
Tundra / Desert | |
Ohio | 6:01 |
Exit Does Not Exist | 4:57 |
Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset | 5:50 |
Make Everyone Happy/Mechanical Birds | 6:04 |
Make Everyone Happy / Mechanical Birds | |
Space Travel is Boring | 1:53 |
This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About [LP] [1996]
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