Good News for People Who Love Bad News
Good News for People Who Love Bad News | ||||
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Easley Recording (Memphis, Tennessee) | ||||
Genre | ||||
Length | 48:50 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Dennis Herring | |||
Modest Mouse chronology | ||||
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Singles from Good News for People Who Love Bad News | ||||
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Good News for People Who Love Bad News is the fourth
Good News for People Who Love Bad News was nominated for the
Reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 83/100[6] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [7] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+[8] |
The Guardian | [9] |
Mojo | [10] |
NME | 9/10[11] |
Pitchfork | 7.9/10[12] |
Q | [13] |
Rolling Stone | [14] |
Spin | A[15] |
The Village Voice | A−[16] |
Good News for People Who Love Bad News was released to widespread acclaim from music critics. At
Neumu.net gave it a score of seven out of ten and said, "While the album is not as cohesive a vision, many of its songs are more focused."[22] The Austin Chronicle gave it three-and-a-half stars out of five and said, "No bad news here, just more headline-making from an innovative, ever-maturing group of musicians."[23] Yahoo! Music UK gave it a score of seven out of ten and said that "At these transcending moments, 'Good News...' is elevated into excellence. But overall, there is too much Mouse that bores and not enough Mouse that roars."[24] Almost Cool gave it a score of 6.75 out of ten and said that "Probably the biggest complaint could be that the group has tightened up their sound even more on this release, leaving behind even more of the roughshod qualities that made their earlier discs blister with such energy."[25]
Other reviews are very average or mixed: The Guardian gave the album three stars out of five and called it "A useful addition to a genre that prizes brain over brawn."[26] Blender also gave it three stars out of five and said that "[Brock is] adept at wringing out emotion while straddling sentimentality, but too often here, gauche studio affectations make his sap sound plain cheap."[6] Nude as the News gave it a score of six out of ten and stated, "A lot of major label-imposed ideas, like rhythm guitar and a heartbreakingly conventional new bass sound, combine to utterly ruin the record's first half. If you can make it through to News' innards, however, an EP's worth of something like better-recorded, more thought-out Lonesome Crowded West material awaits."[6] Stylus Magazine gave the album a C and said of Modest Mouse, "Gone is pretty much everything they’ve learned in the last eight years or so, ditching all the progress they’ve made in favor of just making another Modest Mouse record. The results, needless to say, are disappointing."[27] Uncut gave it two stars out of five and said that "There are some pleasantly elaborate, wayward songs here... Forays into funk and Tom Waits' scrapyard are cringe-inducing, though."[28]
Track listing
All tracks are written by
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Horn Intro" | 0:09 |
2. | "The World at Large" | 4:32 |
3. | "Float On" | 3:28 |
4. | "Ocean Breathes Salty" | 3:49 |
5. | "Dig Your Grave" | 0:13 |
6. | "Bury Me with It" | 3:49 |
7. | "Dance Hall" | 2:57 |
8. | "Bukowski" | 4:14 |
9. | "This Devil's Workday" | 2:19 |
10. | "The View" | 4:13 |
11. | "Satin in a Coffin" | 2:35 |
12. | "Interlude (Milo)" | 0:58 |
13. | "Blame It on the Tetons" | 5:25 |
14. | "Black Cadillacs" | 2:43 |
15. | "One Chance" | 3:04 |
16. | "The Good Times Are Killing Me" | 4:16 |
Total length: | 48:50 |
Note
The B-side "I've Got It All (Most)" of "Float On" is included between "Bury Me with It" and "Dance Hall" (Track 7) on the dualdisc edition of the album, and as the last track (Track 17) on the vinyl release.
Personnel
Modest Mouse
- Isaac Brock – vocals (2-11, 13–16), guitar (3, 4, 6, 7, 10–15), banjo (8, 9, 11), baritone guitar (16), ukulele (5), piano (2), Rhodes (2), Hendx 3000 (10), whistle (2), freak beak (14)
- Eric Judy – bass guitar (3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 13–15), acoustic guitar (2, 8, 16), backup vocals (3, 16), pump organ (11, 12), tin whistle (16), percussion (2), mellotron (3)
- Dann Gallucci – guitar (2-4, 6–8, 10–12, 14, 15), keyboards (4, 6, 7, 10), piano (7, 13, 14), backup vocals (3, 16), mellotron (2, 10), drum loops (3, 6), pump organ (16), timpani (2), percussion (2), glockenspiel (7)
- Benjamin Weikel– drums (2-4, 6–8, 10, 11, 13–15)
- Tom Peloso – standup bass (8, 11, 12), fiddle (13)
Additional Personnel
- Dennis Herring – accordion on "Bukowski"
- The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band – drums on "The Good Times Are Killing Me", additional drums on "Bury Me With It"
- The Dirty Dozen Brass Band – horns on "Horn Intro" and "This Devil's Workday"
- Milo Chaska Judy – vocals on "Interlude (Milo)"
- The Flaming Lips – additional instrumentation on "The Good Times Are Killing Me"
Art and Design
- Art and design - Houston
Chart positions
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Singles
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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2004 | "Float On" | Modern Rock Tracks | 1 |
2004 | "Float On" | Billboard Hot 100 | 68 |
2004 | "Float On" | UK Singles Chart | 46 |
2004 | "Ocean Breathes Salty" | Modern Rock Tracks | 6 |
2004 | "Ocean Breathes Salty" | UK Singles Chart | 96 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada)[35] | Gold | 50,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[36] | Silver | 60,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[4] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000‡ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Reviews for Good News For People Who Love Bad News by Modest Mouse". Metacritic. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "Good News for People Who Love Bad News – Modest Mouse". AllMusic. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
- ^ Aswad, Jem (April 9, 2004). "Good News for People Who Love Bad News". Entertainment Weekly. No. 759. p. 84. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
- ^ Sullivan, Caroline (July 23, 2004). "Modest Mouse, Good News for People Who Love Bad News". The Guardian. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
- ^ "Modest Mouse: Good News for People Who Love Bad News". Mojo (127): 102. June 2004.
- ^ "Modest Mouse: Good News for People Who Love Bad News". NME: 48. July 10, 2004.
- ^ LeMay, Matt (April 5, 2004). "Modest Mouse: Good News for People Who Love Bad News". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
- ^ "Modest Mouse: Good News for People Who Love Bad News". Q (215): 103. June 2004.
- ^ Walters, Barry (April 7, 2004). "Good News For People Who Love Bad News". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
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- ^ The Austin Chronicle Review
- ^ "Yahoo! Music UK Review". Archived from the original on November 2, 2004. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
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- ^ Stylus Magazine Review Archived June 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
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