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  • Audio CD (17 Jul 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Matador
  • ASIN: B00004U8EP
  • Other Editions: Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 64,965 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. 3rd Planet
2. Gravity Rides Everything
3. Dark Centre Of The Universe
4. Perfect Disguise
5. Tiny Cities Made of Ashes
6. A Different City
7. The Cold Part
8. Alone Down There
9. The Stars Are Projectors
10. Wild Packs Of Family
11. Paper Thin Walls
12. I Came As A Rat
13. Lives
14. Life Like Weeds
15. What People Are Made Of

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Modest Mouse is the new cult. The new sound. The new redefinition of rock. Front man Isaac Brock--a scrawny, drug-ravaged figure from the Northwest of America--has been singing his tales of social and mental isolation, his stories of life from the Edge Cities of America, for years now. Rolling his words round in circular motions, always flurried, always concerned above a background that draws on elements of Joy Division, Radiohead, DJ Shadow--anyone intense with a guitar and a mixing desk; anyone who believes in the cleansing, scouring power of music. On The Moon & Antarctica, guitars bend and warp into the oddest of shapes, while words swim intoxicatingly round the mind. Look at the song titles: "Wild Packs Of Family Dogs", "Paper Thin Walls", "I Came as a Rat"--each one is a minor novella. The proof is here; this American trio is bigger than life itself. --Everett True


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After wowing the college and indie rock world with two lauded independent CDs, THIS IS A LONG RIDE FOR SOMEONE WITH NOTHING TO THINK ABOUT and THE LONESOME CROWDED WEST as well asmany EPs, Modest Mouse signed to a major. This is often a cause for apprehension with indie favourites, but THE MOON & ANTARCTICA weathers these concerns.
While the band's lo-fi sound is a little higher-fi in this major label debut, thebasic pop structures that have always tied Modest Mouse's music together are pushed more to the forefront, and the production works well. All sonic changes are slight, and the band's sardonic, slightly skewed lyrics, with their evasive take on modern life, maintain their bite. Even the poppiest tune, the breezy "Gravity Rides Everything", is fraught with tape-effects and arrhythmic percussion. The band also retains a punked-out, dissonant, discordant approach on some tracks,such as the infectious "A Different City" and the creepy "Alone Out There". THE MOON & ANTARCTICA finds Modest Mouse with its musical integrity still intact.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Moon and Antartica forces us to look at our world, 11 Dec 2000
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Modest Mouse are undoubtedly one of the most important bands to come out of the U.S recently, providing hope after the saturation of the industry with the meaningless sell-out pulp of Limp Bizkit and Slipknot. Modest Mouse have constructed sheer beauty in 'The Moon and Antartica', describing not only their angst and disillusion with western plastic culture, but the undeniable beauty and magic that is still present in life, if we could all but catch it and hold on to it all for a while. This album is a universal work of cool importance that should be enjoyed everywhere.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars epic emptyness, 6 Aug 2001
Modest Mouse have produced what should be classed a modern masterpeice with The Moon and Antarctica. The themes of emptyness and bleakness from previous albums has moved into the greater scale with this effort as their more expansive sound allows the band, mainly Issac's guitar sounds being twisted, which sucks you into there music even more than before. Most songs start with thin sounding guitar picking with delay and reverb, haunting melodies leading into Issac's biting vocals as the the drums rummble in with unorthadox rythms along with the bass. Some songs include violin which adds to epicness of Dark Center Of The Universe, The Cold Part and The Stars Are Projectors. Taking the first song the lyrics, "The universe is shaped exactly like the earth, if you go straight along enough you'll end up where you were" and "Everything that keeps them together is fallng apart, I got this thing i consider my only art of fucking people over" shows Issac's self bitterness and the themes of the album. The beck style Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes with its thumping bass line and electronic influences is a suprise first time round but is excellent. It merges into the biting and vicous intro to A Different City, a favorite off the album and similar to their earlier work. This is a true indie rock song and continues the speed of the first section of the CD until The Cold Part ebbs in and pulls you back down into your chair. The slower melodic section of the CD starts from this song until the epic Stars....soars in. The beauty of that songs seems to last forever until the little acoustic dittie Wild Pack Of Family Dogs makes you both laugh a little and think alot about its meaningful lyrics. The final songs on the album are excellent with mellow songs up until the final track which shakes you awake just as you are falling asleep. I havent found an album as good as this in a long while and is highly recommended. Genious lyrics and a fantasic mix of distored, folky and delayed guitar with excellent drumming make this one of my favourite albums.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The whole world stinks, this album does not!, 27 May 2005
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Having only recently discovered Modest Mouse, I can honestly say that already I cannot imagine my C.D. collection without them. This album in particular is simply stunning. There is an incredible range of cutting, catchy, edgy and down-right bizarre guitar riffs, accompanied by foot-stomping drums and all held together beautifully by the always emotive, occasionally deranged vocals of Brock. It is difficult to pick out individual highlights, quite simply it starts great, ends great and has a great bit in between! What's more it sits together perfectly not just as a collection of songs, but as a complete musical experience. It takes you on a magical ride from the head banging "tiny cities made of ashes" to the eerie "the cold part" the catchy acoustic "paper thin walls" and the raw breakdown emotion of "lives". There is something to love and admire in every track, and also plenty of thought provoking images courtesy of some purposeful lyrics. This is experimental, alternative, guitar driven rock at it's best!
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4.0 out of 5 stars heavily hyped but worthwhile
Having read several reviews of this album, all proclaiming it the 'Next Big Thing', I bought it expecting something hugely innovative and knee-weakeningly beautiful. Read more
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