- Audio CD (25 Sep 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: EP, Import
- Label: Sony
- ASIN: B00005OAIX
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 165,928 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A more laid back Modest Mouse EP.,
This review is from: Everywhere & His Nasty Parlor (Audio CD)
This Ep (or is it an album, 32mins or close to, in length) features a more laid back, spacier Modest Mouse. Where "Lonesome Crowded West" is a desperate, sad and intense album the songs on "Everywhere and his nasty parlor tricks" are more laid back and disconnected from that desperation. "Willful suspension of disbelief" and "The Air" sound quite lazy and ortistic. "Night on the Sun" is probably my favourite song on here, having a brilliant guitar melody/solo about half way through. The version of "I came as a rat" is little different from that on "The Moon and Antarctica". I find "here it comes" actually quite uplifiting, especially for a Modest Mouse track.All in all this CD is well worth having but dont expect the intensity of "Lonesome Crowded West", this CD is essentially a collection of Modest Mouse misfits put together. I like it, its more relaxing than most of their other releases. Well worth a look if your quite a big fan.
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3.9 out of 5 stars (37 customer reviews) 13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Music for a Rainy Winter,
By R. Liddell - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Everywhere & His Nasty Parlor (Audio CD)
It cracks me up that "purist" Modest Mouse fans give this album a lower rating because it isn't like Building Something Out of Nothing or A Long Drive or Lonesome Crowded West or Moon Over Antartica. To me, that's like complaining that Radiohead's The Bends isn't anything like Pablo Honey or that Kid A isn't anything like OK Computer. What makes Modest Mouse and Radiohead awesome bands is that they experiment with sounds while still staying true to their own creative direction. Their sounds change. If you want Modest Mouse to keep re-releasing versions of Lonesome then I say you don't really appreciate the full scope of their music.On Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks, Modest Mouse sounds like they're playing a small club on a mellow Thursday night in the middle of a Northwest rainy winter, not tearing up The Showbox on a sweaty Saturday night in the heat of summer. The two gems are Night on the Sun and Here It Comes, although every song is fantastic with one notable exception: #5. This is a bit of a stinker. I skip it every time because it sounds like filler. That said, the stripped down sound and slower tempo of this album is a striking contrast to other MM albums, and equally satisfying. 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Everywhere and his Nasty Parlour Tricks,
By Brian - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Everywhere & His Nasty Parlor (Audio CD)
The great thing about Modest Mouse is that they change their style so constantly, yet unequivocally maintain the music that makes them modest mouse. They range from the consistently brooding Moon and Antarctica, the psychadelic Lonesome Crowded West, the lyrically genius Building Nothing out of Something, and a mix of all three
This CD i would consider a "sampler" since it draws from different Modest Mouse cd's...A more varied CD, and good for a fan to test out to see if they will like modest mouse. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful Music...,
By Adam Rosenberg - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Everywhere & His Nasty Parlor (Audio CD)
I am quite surprised that several of these tracks didn't make it on to MandA, namely Night on the Sun, So much Beauty in Dirt, and Here it Comes. The purchase price is at least worth these three songs, all of which compare to some of the best from any of their earlier works. However, I must admit that this album tends to go the same route as MandA, which to me is unfortunate. The polish and sparkle on MandA is beautiful and haunting, but doesn't have the raw energy present on Long Drive or Lonesome Crowded West. All in all, as a huge fan of the band over the years, I am quite satisfied with their latest work (though perhaps not as much as when I first heard LCW or Long Drive). |
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