- indie rock, alternative and punk, rock, alternative rock
- 49 min
- 16 tracks
- Epic
Good News for People Who Love Bad News is the fourth studio album by American rock band Modest Mouse, released on April 6, 2004, by Epic Records. Founding member and drummer Jeremiah Green did not perform on this album due to his temporary absence from the band, making it the only Modest Mouse release during his lifetime that he did not appear on.
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Spare, character-led, contemporary and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
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Metacritic 83/100
- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- NME9/10
- Pitchfork7.9/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- SpinA
- The Village VoiceA−
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Tracks
- 1Horn Intro0:10
- 2The World at Large4:33
- 3Float On3:28
- 4Ocean Breathes Salty3:49
- 5Dig Your Grave0:13
- 6Bury Me With It3:50
- 7Dance Hall2:57
- 8Bukowski4:15
- 9This Devil’s Workday2:19
- 10The View4:13
- 11Satin in a Coffin2:35
- 12Interlude (Milo)0:59
- 13Blame It on the Tetons5:25
- 14Black Cadillacs2:43
- 15One Chance3:04
- 16The Good Times Are Killing Me4:16
16 tracks, 49 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Modest Mouse
- Label
- Epic
- Released
- 2004
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- BR
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