This Is a Long Drive For Someone With Nothing to Think About by Modest Mouse

Pros: A handful of fine enough songs...
Cons: Lots of screaming, obtuse lyrics, and out-of-tune moments...

Every band has to get its start someplace. For Modest Mouse, that place was with 1996’s This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Talk About. From here on out known simply as Long Drive, the album wasn’t remarkable nor did it foretell of the ...

Pros: Generally solid song-writing and musical skills
Cons: Somewhat tepid in the middle parts

What can be said about Modest Mouse that hasn't been said already? Well, probably quite a bit. Admittedly, the band has certainly enjoyed a sea change in their Q-rating, what with a hit single and a top-20 album on the old Billboard charts. However, ...

Pros: Some Outstanding Tracks
Cons: 'tis A Little Too Long, I Guess

*Disclaimer - I actually had and still have other things to write about, however, I was trying to be clever with the album title and that's the only way it would work out. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.... The first ...

Pros: I could listen to this all the time.
Cons: When I do, my roommate makes death threats.

Ok. I admit it. I owe my fascination, my passion and my loyalty to Modest Mouse to...Napster. I initially heard about this band from a fellow indie rocker a couple years ago, but never got around to dishing out 20 bucks for a CD of a band I had never...

Pros: lengthy
Cons: none

I'm listening to this album now and I kind of forgot how good this is.
By now almost everyone knows about this band and while some may criticize them for signing to a big label like Epic, I say they're so good let them if they want to—as long as...

Pros: lyrics, many trakcs to choose from
Cons: nothing

This album by Modest Mouse has got to be one of my favorites of all time. It really covers the spectrum of your feelings when are listening to it. The subtle way that Modest Mouse plays with the guitar really makes you feel like you could be listening...

Pros: It will make you smarter.
Cons: You'll hate all the other CD's you've ever wasted money on.

They say that by reading the collected works of Shakespeare one can learn everything they ever wanted to know about anything. For those of you unwilling to devote yourself to these rather antiquated texts there is still a way to know everything you ever wanted to know about anything: listen to Modest Mouse. And if you're going to listen to Modest Mouse, you might as well own the greatest album they ever produced, 'This is a Long Drive...' Who needs King Henry when you've got the genius of Isaac Brock???