Modest Mouse Good News for People Who Love Bad News
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TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
June 15th 2021


20969 Comments

Album Rating: 4.4

That’s pretty much all the essentials on Good News. Honestly I quite like all of Strangers besides Pistol (has great drumming tho) and tracks 9-12.

I think We Were Dead might be my least favorite, like tracks 5-11 are kinda whatever.

MyNameIsPencil
June 15th 2021


6637 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

we were dead wishes it was as memorable as good news

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 15th 2021


60401 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Bad bad take, WWD is the closest thing they've made to a consistent album

MyNameIsPencil
June 15th 2021


6637 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

tbh it's just the one i've listened to the least



JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 15th 2021


60401 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

make some memories !!

MyNameIsPencil
June 15th 2021


6637 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

okay daddy

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
June 15th 2021


20969 Comments

Album Rating: 4.4

That is an… interesting take Johnny, but I can respect it.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 15th 2021


60401 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I mean, it's defs not their best lol, but every other MM (especially this one) is full of holes and misfire; WWD has a few duds, but there's a way more even level of songwriting from start to finish and the conceptual unity holds up surprisingly well imo

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
June 15th 2021


20969 Comments

Album Rating: 4.4

I get thinking it’s more consistent than this or Strangers, but the first 3 is all consistent indie rock greatness, especially TM&A their masterpiece.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 15th 2021


60401 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I mean, their first two are great for sure but in ye olde spirit of 90s indiejank, neither has an even tracklist - and Moon is probs the choppiest of the lot, although the overall standard is obvs above this

MyNameIsPencil
June 15th 2021


6637 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

i will say the divide between this and we were dead is a lot slimmer than i remembered

and the divide between this one and their first 3 is even thinner than that



onionbubs
June 15th 2021


20869 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

first 3 have one dip each (dog paddle, long distance drunk, i came as a rat), but m&a is the only one where all the songs at least clear the bar of being good as rat is still decent

fogza
Contributing Reviewer
June 15th 2021


9807 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Wait TLCW isn't consistent?

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 15th 2021


60401 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Much as I love that album, idk if I'd ever call it consistent; it's got a ton of ridiculous highlights, a few mild lows, and a lot of solid tracks that sound great in sequence but that I'd rarely choose to jam individually. It's the best kind of inconsistent

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
June 15th 2021


47617 Comments

Album Rating: 3.3

long distance drunk is buns ye

WatchItExplode
June 15th 2021


10456 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Long-distance drunk and I came as a rat or two of my favorite modest mouth songs

SmashIsTheWay94
June 15th 2021


2251 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

long distance drunk isn't great but I can at least appreciate it within the context of the album

AngryLittleAlchemist
June 15th 2021


2167 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

"I think We Were Dead might be my least favorite, like tracks 5-11 are kinda whatever."



What the heck, track 5 is Parting of the Sensory .....



Unless you mean not including 5

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
June 15th 2021


20969 Comments

Album Rating: 4.4

I suppose there are worthwhile tracks in there, just some annoying ones too.

And their most consistent albums by a wide margin are TLCW and TM&A imo

fogza
Contributing Reviewer
June 16th 2021


9807 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah, I also think TLCW is really consistent. Just about every song is awesome and the whole album makes sense sonically / thematically / any other way you could think of. I think one can pretty much extend that to M&A as well, although it feels like it has more variety.



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