This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About

This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About
Studio album by Modest Mouse
Released April 16, 1996
Recorded October–November 1995
Studio Moon Studios, Olympia, Washington
Genre Indie rock
Length 74:03 (CD)
Label Up UP027
Producer Steve Wold
Modest Mouse chronology
Blue Cadet-3, Do You Connect?
(1994)Blue Cadet-3, Do You Connect?1994		 This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About
(1996)		 Interstate 8
(1996)Interstate 81996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Consumer GuideA−[2]
Pitchfork8.5/10[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band Modest Mouse. The album was released on Up Records on April 16, 1996, on both compact disc and vinyl formats. The vinyl release contains two extra tracks, "Edit the Sad Parts" and "A Manic Depressive Named Laughing Boy". "Edit the Sad Parts" was later included on Interstate 8 and the Up Records compilation, US, while "A Manic Depressive Named Laughing Boy" remains available only on the vinyl editions released by Up in 1996 and Glacial Pace in 2014. Many of the tracks focus on traveling by automobile and the loneliness associated with rural life.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Isaac Brock; all music composed by Modest Mouse.

No.TitleLength
1."Dramamine"5:42
2."Breakthrough"4:06
3."Custom Concern"4:28
4."Might"1:31
5."Lounge"6:33
6."Beach Side Property"6:59
7."She 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"6:01
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

Vinyl edition

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Dramamine"5:42
2."Breakthrough"4:06
3."Custom Concern"4:28
4."Might"1:31
5."Lounge"6:33
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Beach Side Property"6:59
2."She Ionizes & Atomizes"4:21
3."Head South"4:22
4."Dog Paddle"2:02
5."Novocain Stain"3:42
Side three
No.TitleLength
1."Tundra/Desert"5:24
2."Ohio"6:01
3."Exit Does Not Exist"4:57
4."Talking Shit About A Pretty Sunset"5:50
Side four
No.TitleLength
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

Personnel

Modest Mouse

Additional musicians

  • Steve Wold – slide guitar, mandolin, guitar, backup vocals
  • Brent Arnold – cello
  • Nicole Johnson – vocals on "Custom Concern", "She Ionizes & Atomizes", and "Head South"
  • Calvin Johnson – extra vocals on "Head South"

Other

  • Produced by Steve Wold
  • Engineered by Scott Swayze & Steve Wold
  • Photography by Isaac Brock

References

  1. ↑ Gentry, Brandon. "This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About – Modest Mouse". AllMusic. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Harris, Keith (2004). "Modest Mouse". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 551. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
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