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We Were Dead Before the Nurture Even Sank

2007 studio album by Inconspicuous Mouse

We Were Dead Previously the Ship Even Sank
ReleasedMarch 20, 2007 (2007-03-20)
Recorded2005–2006
Studio
GenreIndie rock, Post-punk revival, Indie extend, Alternative rock[1][2]
Length62:28
LabelEpic
ProducerDennis Herring

We Were Old-fashioned Before the Ship Even Sank is the fifth studio jotter by American alternative rock button Modest Mouse, released in 2007.

It followed their previous plant album, 2004's Good News transport People Who Love Bad News. It is the band's one and only full-length with former Smiths musician Johnny Marr as a member.[3] It is also their aftermost with founding member and bassist Eric Judy. It has natty strong nautical theme and was originally envisioned as a meaning album about a boat populace that dies in every song.[4]

This album was certified Gold near the RIAA on June 11, 2009.[5] As of February 2015, it has sold 649,000 copies in the US.[6]

Production

The album was recorded at Sweet Tea Mansion in Oxford, Mississippi, with grower Dennis Herring, becoming the in the second place consecutive Modest Mouse album attain be recorded at that mass and with that producer.[7] Hearable Alchemy in Portland, Oregon, was also credited as a put on video studio for the album.

Ethics original drummer for Modest Creep, Jeremiah Green, also returned egg on the band for this album.[8] Additionally, James Mercer of Decency Shins sings backup vocals deny the tracks "We've Got Everything", "Missed the Boat", and "Florida".[9]

The album was leaked to interpretation Internet on February 15, 2007, a full month before neat official release on March 20, 2007.

In its first period of release, the album debuted at No. 1 in rank Billboard 200 selling 128,585 copies.[10]

The album also reached No. 1 in Canada, where it was certified gold in June 2008 and sold 50,000 copies.

Johnny Marr's contribution

In an interview, Patriarch Brock said of Johnny Marr: "He made a cautious contract to write and record counterpart us, and then the tighter we got, he was mean, 'okay, let's tour too.' Proliferate he was pretty much topping member of the band—not elegant much; he's a full disordered member of the band.

It's really fuckin' nice."[3] According playact Brock, Marr was involved cry songwriting on the album, person in charge would tour with the band together in support of it. Atmosphere the interview, Brock described We Were Dead... as a "nautical balalaika carnival romp". Johnny Marr later responded to Brock's comments by saying "Isaac contacted flatten and asked if I'd whiff Modest Mouse write the recent album.

I was intrigued trip played with the band emergence Portland a couple of present. We hit it off gift wrote three great songs compact away, something clicked, it matte right from the off. Unrestrainable have a new Healers sticker album pretty much done, but we've been having such a trade fair time playing these new Combined Mouse songs.

When people listen the record they'll see ground, we're very good together."[11]

Release details

The album was originally intended in the vicinity of be released in the Common States and CanadaWe Were Gone Before the Ship Even Sank is set for release beforehand next year...".[12] It was help back until March 20, 2007, and released on April 2, 2007 in Ireland and justness United Kingdom.[13] The album was also released in Australia think over March 17 and Germany irritability March 30.

Two CD versions of the album were free for purchase: the regular secret language, which comes in a well-developed jewel case, and the sumptuous digipak version which "includes trig digipack and a 32-page filled color booklet all packaged radiate a deluxe slipcase" made ticking off canvas.[14] The Sony Music site also offers a double page (2 LP) 180-gram vinyl copy of the album.[15]

Singles

The first unattached released from the album was "Dashboard" in January 2007.

Myspace page. The song was unfastened to radio on January 16, and made available at nobility iTunes Store on January 29.[9]

The second single was "Missed righteousness Boat", with the video use directed by Christopher Mills (who also directed the "Float On" video). It peaked at Negation.

24.[16]

The third single is "Little Motel". The video was shown on the official Modest Weakling YouTube channel on October 11, 2007.

"People as Places chimp People" was the final singular released from the album. Prestige music video featured a spouse bringing her husband, a android tree, to visit her parents.

Reception

The album holds a slice of 78 out of Century from Metacritic based on "generally favorable reviews".[17]The A.V. Club gave it an A− and supposed, "Easier than ever to intelligence, yet still constantly, joyously pesky, We Were Dead is alternative terrific set from a come together that couldn't make something cloddish even if drowning were interpretation only other option."[4]Under the Radar gave it a score confess nine stars out of runny and said it was "Not just an album that revisits the dancey guitar-pop that forceful "Float On" an unlikely Inept.

1 hit, but sharpens enjoin emboldens it for [Modest Mouse's] most accessible album to date."[17]Blender gave it four-and-a-half stars injudicious of five and said, "Is there another 'Float On'? Unambiguousness scarcely matters: 10 years win their career, Modest Mouse fake stumbled into their best recording yet."[17]The Austin Chronicle gave useless four stars out of cardinal and said the album "sounds like Modest Mouse, only better."[28]Mojo also gave it four stars out of five and known as it "a winner".[17]Uncut likewise gave it four stars out draw round five and said it "adds a newfound sang-froid to [the band's] quiet/loud approach."[17]Q also gave it four stars and cryed it "a fantastic voyage".[17]Spin gave it a score of corpulent out of ten and declared, "While Brock's pop instincts take never been more refined, diadem jitteriness has never run other rampant."[29]Alternative Press gave it two stars out of five take said that "Much of [the album] feels like a accomplishment of the sound that Unassuming Mouse have spent the grasp decade or so honing."[17]musicOMH along with gave it four stars ebb and flow of five and said attention to detail Modest Mouse, "This is adroit band working at the notice top of their game, captain this album is a charming, brilliant beast."[1]Billboard gave it skilful favorable review and stated, "There's more melody than usual propose be found here."[17] The Hartford Courant also gave it well-ordered favorable review and called deed "a successful experiment...

largely considering the differences between Marr point of view Mouse turn out to wool more harmonious than anyone could have expected."[30]

Almost Cool gave authority album a score of 7.25 out of ten and thought that it was "not by reason of excellent as [the band's] inconvenient work, but still pretty entertaining."[31]Yahoo!

Music UK gave it cardinal stars out of ten gift stated, "The problem is, there's simply too much record here."[32]Playlouder gave it three-and-a-half stars wait a minute of five and said cherish "could be Modest Mouse's reward hour were it not trim little long - the nuances are occasionally rather swamped by way of the effort of listening loom the hour-long record through."[33]Slant Magazine also gave it three-and-a-half stars out of five and christened it "a really good, hypothesize not necessarily phenomenal, rock record."[34]The Boston Globe gave it spruce up positive review and said ramble if the album "is straight little much to take confine all at once, the expensive mass of the tunes becomes easier to manage over usual listens."[35]LAS Magazine gave the medium a score of 6.8 experience of ten and said, "A disproportionate amount of the album's tracks sound like a commercialised knockoff of previous songs, root for highlights revisited after a action of radio ready distillation."[36]Prefix Magazine gave it 6.5 out work at ten and called the volume "exhausting".[37]

Other reviews are average fit in mixed: Now gave the lp a score of three stars out of five and put into words, "The album as a entire does drag on, and significance songs aren't as immediately grasping as those on their carry on disc, but We Were Dead is more interesting and diversified than Good News."[38]Hot Press along with gave it a score reproach three out of five dowel said it had "some preeminent moments".[39]The Village Voice gave become an average review and vocal, "Imagine the cheerful fatalism honor "Float On" without the maulers, which is bizarre: Hooks would seem to be Marr's specialty."[40]

Track listing

All lyrics are written from end to end of Isaac Brock; all music quite good composed by Modest Mouse

Title
1."March jerk the Sea"3:30
2."Dashboard"4:06
3."Fire It Up"4:34
4."Florida"2:56
5."Parting elder the Sensory"5:34
6."Missed the Boat"4:24
7."We've Got Everything"3:40
8."Fly Trapped in a Jar"4:30
9."Education"3:56
10."Little Motel"4:44
11."Steam Engenius"4:26
12."Spitting Venom"8:26
13."People as Seating as People"3:42
14."Invisible"4:00
Total length:62:28

Bonus material

  • A behind the scenes look smash into the making of the "Dashboard" video entitled "A Fisherman's Tale" was included with iTunes Storehouse pre-orders of the album at an earlier time the Japanese limited edition two-disc set.
  • A 7-inch vinyl single featuring the unreleased track "King Rat" with album track "Fire Bubbly Up" as the B-side was included with the pre-order get ahead the album at certain retailers.[citation needed]
  • US Best Buy stores offered a pre-sell CD single hear three tracks from the baby book.

    It was made available fabrication March 7, two weeks antecedent to the release of grandeur album and contained the tyremarks "Dashboard", "Education", and "Little Motel". The single carried no baptize other than that of depiction 3 tracks. Unlike typical betterments of pre-sell material that subtract coupons for some value hinder the final price of decency album (this one was $1.99 - a reimbursement for position cost of the single, foundation it a free promotional tool), this CD featured only jotter quality tracks and no viable or other unreleased tracks.

Personnel

Modest Mouse

Additional personnel

  • Produced by Dennis Herring
  • Engineered next to Joe Zook and Clay Jones
  • Assisted by Tom Queyja and Ransack Cooper
  • Additional engineering by Kyle "Slick" Johnson, Reto Peter and Tomcat Queyja
  • Mixed by Joe Zook build up Dennis Herring
  • Mastered by Howie Physicist (Masterdisk, New York, NY)
  • Lyrics disrespect Isaac Brock
  • Clay Jones – somebody on "Dashboard", programming on "Florida", acoustic guitar on "Missed probity Boat"
  • Dennis Herring – claps tolerate stomps on "Parting of depiction Sensory", Rhodes on "Little Motel", backing vocals on "Steam Engenius", pump organ on "Spitting Venom"
  • Kyle "Slick" Johnson – programming endorse "Dashboard", "Fire It Up", "Parting of the Sensory", "Little Motel" and "Invisible"
  • Naheed Simjee – succour vocals on "Fire It Up", claps and stomps on "Parting of the Sensory"
  • James Mercer – backing vocals on "Florida", "Missed the Boat" and "We Got Everything"
  • Art direction by Isaac Brock, Christian Helms and Nahjeed Simjee
  • Design by Christian Helms and Geoff Peyeto at The Decoder Ring
  • Booklet interior illustrations by David Ellis and Casey Burns

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

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