1996 studio album by Modest Mouse
This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About is the debut studio album by American rock band Modest Mouse , released on April 16, 1996, by Up Records . Many of the album's tracks focus on traveling by automobile and the loneliness associated with rural life.
The Albuquerque Tribune called the album "intricate, brainy pop sneaking back into old-time ballads, honky-tonk slide and folk pluck."[ 6]
All lyrics are written by Isaac Brock ; all music is composed by Modest Mouse
Title 1. "Dramamine" 5:42 2. "Breakthrough" 4:06 3. "Custom Concern" 4:28 4. "Might" 1:30 5. "Lounge" 6:34 6. "Beach Side Property" 7:00 7. "Ionizes & Atomizes" 4:21 8. "Head South" 4:22 9. "Dog Paddle" 2:02 10. "Novocain Stain" 3:42 11. "Tundra/Desert" 5:24 12. "Ohio" 6:00 13. "Exit Does Not Exist" 4:57 14. "Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset" 5:50 15. "Make Everyone Happy/Mechanical Birds" 6:04 16. "Space Travel Is Boring" 1:53
Side one Title 1. "Dramamine" 5:42 2. "Breakthrough" 4:06 3. "Custom Concern" 4:28 4. "Might" 1:30 5. "Lounge" 6:34
Side two Title 1. "Beach Side Property" 7:00 2. "Ionizes & Atomizes" 4:21 3. "Head South" 4:22 4. "Dog Paddle" 2:02 5. "Novocain Stain" 3:42
Side three Title 1. "Tundra/Desert" 5:24 2. "Ohio" 6:00 3. "Exit Does Not Exist" 4:57 4. "Talking Shit About A Pretty Sunset" 5:50
Side four Title 1. "Make Everyone Happy/Mechanical Birds" 6:04 2. "Space Travel Is Boring" 1:53 3. "Edit the Sad Parts" 7:04 4. "A Manic Depressive Named Laughing Boy" 5:03
Additional musicians [ edit ] Steve Wold – slide guitar, mandolin, guitar, backup vocals Brent Arnold – cello Nicole Johnson – vocals on "Custom Concern", "Ionizes & Atomizes", and "Head South" Calvin Johnson – extra vocals on "Head South" Produced by Steve Wold Engineered by Scott Swayze & Steve Wold Photography by Isaac Brock ^ Gentry, Brandon. "This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About – Modest Mouse" . AllMusic . Retrieved July 24, 2015 . ^ Christgau, Robert (2000). "Modest Mouse: This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About" . Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s . St. Martin's Press . p. 208. ISBN 0-312-24560-2 . Retrieved July 24, 2015 . ^ "Modest Mouse: This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About: Pitchfork Review" . Archived from the original on March 9, 2000. Retrieved 2023-07-27 . ^ Howe, Brian (November 5, 2014). "Modest Mouse: This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About / The Lonesome Crowded West" . Pitchfork . Retrieved July 24, 2015 . ^ Harris, Keith (2004). "Modest Mouse" . In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster . p. 551 . ISBN 0-7432-0169-8 . Retrieved August 18, 2017 . ^ "Modest Mouse, 'This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About' ". The Albuquerque Tribune . May 30, 1996. p. D9.
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