This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About
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| This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About | ||
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| Studio album by Modest Mouse | ||
| Released | April 16, 1996 | |
| Recorded | 1996, Moon Studios, Olympia, Washington | |
| Genre | Indie rock | |
| Length | 74:03 (CD) | |
| Label | Up Records UP027 | |
| Producer(s) | Steve Wold | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Modest Mouse chronology | ||
| Blue Cadet-3, Do You Connect? (1994) | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About (1996) | Interstate 8 (1996)
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This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About (1996) is the first proper, full-length album released by the indie rock band Modest Mouse.
The album was released on Up Records on April 16 1996, on both Compact Disc and vinyl LP. The vinyl LP release contains two extra tracks.
[edit] Track listing
- "Dramamine" – 5:42
- "Breakthrough" – 4:06
- "Custom Concern" – 4:28
- "Might" – 1:31
- "Lounge" – 6:33
- "Beach Side Property" – 6:59
- "She Ionizes and Atomizes" – 4:21
- "Head South" – 4:22
- "Dog Paddle" – 2:02
- "Novocain Stain" – 3:42
- "Tundra/Desert" – 5:24
- "Ohio" – 6:01
- "Exit Does Not Exist" – 4:57
- "Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset" – 5:50
- "Make Everyone Happy/Mechanical Birds" – 6:04
- "Space Travel Is Boring" – 1:53
- Vinyl bonus tracks: "Edit The Sad Parts" (from the "Interstate 8 EP") and "A Manic Depressive Named Laughing Boy".
- "Novocain Stain", "Beach Side Property" and "Tundra/Desert" later appeared on Interstate 8 EP, the first two tracks being in their demo form, while Tundra/Desert remained as the studio version
- "Dramamine" from This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About
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- "Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset" from This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About
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| Modest Mouse |
| Isaac Brock | Eric Judy | Jeremiah Green | Johnny Marr |
| Dann Gallucci | Benjamin Weikel | Chris Majeras |
| Discography |
| Albums: This Is a Long Drive... | The Lonesome Crowded West | The Moon and Antarctica | Good News for People Who Love Bad News | We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank |
| Extended plays and compilations: Interstate 8 | The Fruit That Ate Itself | Building Nothing Out of Something | Sad Sappy Sucker | Everywhere & His Nasty Parlour Tricks |


