#14: Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
12.12.2007
If you haven’t fell in love with any of Modest Mouse’s countless number of previous releases, there may be something wrong with you. Speaking merely for the last three, The Moon and Antarctica, Good News for People Who Love Bad News, and now We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, the band has seen many awards and praise at a less-than-commercial level. If the “25 Days of Music” countdown existed in 2004, Good News for People Who Love Bad News would have been given the number one throne. Now that's saying something.
This time around, Modest Mouse has undoubtedly done it again. Although it’s not their best record, it is arguably just as good as their prior efforts, but just a little different. It’s still the same interesting dose of the band that everyone has grown to love; it’s just packaged within different kind of material. From the opening poundings of “March into the Sea” to the funky deliverance of “We’ve Got Everything,” the Mouse seems far from modest.
As we approach the top 13 albums of the year, it must be realized that the competition was extremely brutal this year. While an album like this may be ranked #14 on this listing, it would be justified and understood in someone else’s #1 position. The following installments are all amazing pieces of work that had to be arranged in a tedious lineup – strictly for entertainment’s sake. Hopefully, Modest Mouse will be able to forgive me.
Posted byLogan Lenz at 10:55
Labels: album, best of 2007, Modest Mouse, music, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
