- indie rock, rock, alternative punk
- 62 min
- 14 tracks
- Epic
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band Modest Mouse, released in 2007. It followed their previous studio album, 2004's Good News for People Who Love Bad News.
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Character
Spare, contemporary, character-led and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
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Metacritic 78/100
- AllMusic3/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA−
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times3/4 ★
- NME7/10
- Pitchfork7.8/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin4/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1March Into the Sea3:30
- A2Dashboard4:06
- A3Fire It Up4:34
- A4Florida2:57
- B1Parting of the Sensory5:34
- B2Missed the Boat4:24
- B3We’ve Got Everything3:40
- C1Fly Trapped in a Jar4:29
- C2Education3:56
- C3Little Motel4:44
- C4Steam Engenius4:26
- D1Spitting Venom8:27
- D2People as Places as People3:42
- D3Invisible3:59
14 tracks, 62 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Modest Mouse
- Label
- Epic
- Released
- 2007
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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