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Mar 25, 2016 If you like anything from Modest Mouse at all, even their modern s., I would recommend multiple listens of Building Nothing out of Something. This is the sound I hear when I think of MM, period. The further they drift away from this sound, the more I yearn for them or anyone else to recapture this magical and fine document in music.
Building Nothing Out of Something | ||||
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Compilation album by | ||||
Released | January 18, 2000 | |||
Recorded | 1995–1998 | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 55:24 | |||
Label | Up | |||
Producer | Calvin Johnson | |||
Modest Mouse chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Austin Chronicle | [2] |
Pitchfork | 8.9/10[3] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
The Village Voice | A−[5] |
Building Nothing Out of Something is a compilation album released in early 2000 (the copyright reads 1999) by American indie rock band Modest Mouse, comprising non-album tracks from various points in the band's career. Most of the tracks are A- and B-sides from 7' singles, but it also includes three tracks from the Interstate 8 EP, and 'Baby Blue Sedan' from the vinyl version of The Lonesome Crowded West. All songs were originally released from 1996 to 1998. In 2015, Brock's Glacial Pace re-released the album for CD and Vinyl (with some unmarked random copies containing red vinyl rather than black).
Track listing[edit]
All songs written by Modest Mouse.
- 'Never Ending Math Equation' – 3:23
- A-side of the 1998 single 'Never Ending Math Equation'
- 'Interstate 8' – 4:39
- Taken from the 'Interstate 8 EP'
- 'Broke' – 3:19
- A-side of the 1996 single 'Broke'
- 'Medication' – 5:01
- B-side of the 1996 single 'A Life of Arctic Sounds'
- 'Workin' on Leavin' the Livin' – 6:40
- B-side of the 1998 single 'Never Ending Math Equation'
- 'All Night Diner' (also entitled 'All Nite Diner') – 4:44
- Taken from the 'Interstate 8 EP'
- 'Baby Blue Sedan' – 4:04
- Bonus track on the LP version of 'The Lonesome Crowded West'
- 'A Life of Arctic Sounds' – 2:29
- A-side of the 1996 single 'A Life of Arctic Sounds'
- 'Sleepwalking' (also entitled 'Sleepwalkin',' and 'Sleepwalking (Couples Only Dance Prom Night)') – 3:23
- Melody taken from 'Sleep Walk' by Santo and Johnny
- Taken from the 'Interstate 8 EP'
- 'Grey Ice Water' – 5:05
- B-side of the 1998 single 'Other People's Lives'
- 'Whenever You Breathe Out, I Breathe In (Positive Negative)' (also simply called 'Positive Negative') – 5:18
- B-side of the 1996 single 'Broke'
- 'Other People's Lives' – 7:10
- A-side of the 1998 single 'Other People's Lives'
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Vinyl edition[edit]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | 'Never Ending Math Equation' | 3:23 |
2. | 'Interstate 8' | 4:39 |
3. | 'Broke' | 3:19 |
4. | 'Medication' | 5:01 |
5. | 'Workin' on Leavin' the Livin' | 6:04 |
6. | 'All Nite Diner' | 4:44 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | 'Baby Blue Sedan' | 4:04 |
2. | 'A Life of Arctic Sounds' | 2:29 |
3. | 'Sleepwalkin' | 3:23 |
4. | 'Grey Ice Water' | 5:05 |
5. | 'Positive Negative' | 5:08 |
6. | 'Other People's Lives' | 7:10 |
Personnel[edit]
- Isaac Brock – Guitar, Vocals
- Eric Judy – Bass
- Jeremiah Green – Drums
With:
- Nicole Johnson – Vocals on Tracks 2, 9, & 10
- Steve Wold – Organ, Engineer, Slide Guitar on Track 4
- Dann Gallucci – Guitar on Track 8
- Joey Bullock – Drawing
- Barry Corliss – Mastering
- Brian Deck – Drawing
- Phil Ek – Engineer
- Calvin Johnson – Producer, Engineer
References[edit]
- ^Phares, Heather. 'Building Nothing Out of Something – Modest Mouse'. AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ^Hess, Christopher (January 21, 2000). 'Modest Mouse: Building Nothing out of Something (Up)'. The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ^DiCrescenzo, Brent (January 18, 2000). 'Modest Mouse: Building Nothing Out of Something'. Pitchfork. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ^Harris, Keith (2004). 'Modest Mouse'. In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 551. ISBN0-7432-0169-8.
- ^Christgau, Robert (February 1, 2000). 'Happy You Near'. The Village Voice. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
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