No One's First and You're Next

No One's First, and You're Next
Studio album by Modest Mouse
Released	August 4, 2009
Recorded	2003–2008
Genre	Indie rock
Length	33:33
Label	Sony
Modest Mouse chronology
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (2007) No One's First, and You're Next (2009) Singles from No One's First, and You're Next "Satellite Skin" Released: May 26, 2009 "Autumn Beds" Released: June 23, 2009 "Perpetual Motion Machine" Released: July 21, 2009

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(7.2/10)[2]
Robert Christgau	(A-)[3]
Planet Sound	(8/10)[4]
The A.V. Club	(B+)[5]
Toro	(3.5/5)[6]

No One's First, and You're Next is an album by American indie rock band Modest Mouse, released on August 4, 2009. It features unreleased tracks and B-sides from the band's previous two studio albums, Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004) and We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (2007). The collection of repolished outtakes was first mentioned in February 2008 when Rolling Stone conducted a short interview with frontman Isaac Brock in their "Smoking Section" column;^[7] however, no other news regarding its release surfaced until an entire year later.

The vinyl version was released on August 14, 2009.

Promotion

Singles

Three sets of 7" vinyl singles preceded the album's release. The first single, "Satellite Skin / Guilty Cocker Spaniels", was planned to be released on April 18 in celebration of Record Store Day,^[8] but was pushed back to May 26 because Isaac Brock didn't like the color of the vinyl, as it wasn't the right shade of orange. The record seemed to have difficulty playing on many people's record players and the seller would not take them back, causing annoyance among Modest Mouse fans.^[9]

Music videos

Kevin Willis, who previously contributed artwork to drummer Jeremiah Green's side project Vells, directed the video for "Satellite Skin".^[10] Before his death in January 2008, Heath Ledger had started working on a music video for "King Rat". Unfinished when he died, the video was completed by co-director Daniel Auber and others. It was released on August 4, 2009, the same day that the EP was released. Later that year, Bent Image Lab director Nando Costa created a video for "The Whale Song", utilizing stop-motion animation.^[11]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Isaac Brock, all music composed by Modest Mouse.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Satellite Skin"	3:58
2.	"Guilty Cocker Spaniels"	3:59
3.	"Autumn Beds"	3:42
4.	"The Whale Song"	6:07
5.	"Perpetual Motion Machine"	3:11
6.	"History Sticks to Your Feet"	3:55
7.	"King Rat"	5:30
8.	"I've Got It All (Most)"	3:10

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Pitchfork Media review
3. ^ Robert Christgau review
4. ^ Earls, John. "Review: Modest Mouse/No-One's First And You're Next". Teletext. http://www.teletext.co.uk/planetsound/album-live-reviews/6258b024ec34a75f795554e2422a3828/Modest+MouseNo-One's+First+And+You're+Next.aspx. Retrieved August 16, 2009. 
5. ^ The A.V. Club review
6. ^ Toro review
7. ^ Dave Maher (2008-02-05). "Modest Mouse Working on New EP". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/news/28582-modest-mouse-working-on-new-ep/. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 
8. ^ Ryan Dombal (2009-03-12). "Heath Ledger Directed a Modest Mouse Video". Pitchfork. http://pitchfork.com/news/34824-heath-ledger-directed-a-modest-mouse-video/. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 
9. ^ "Maybe he wanted it to be a shade of "Portland Orange"". interstate-8.com. 2009-04-21. http://www.interstate-8.com/. Retrieved 2009-05-23. 
10. ^ William Goodman (2009-03-13). "Modest Mouse to Release Heath Ledger Video". Spin. http://www.spin.com/articles/modest-mouse-release-heath-ledger-video. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 
11. ^ http://www.prefixmag.com/media/modest-mouse/the-whale-song-video/33303/