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This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About 
Studio album by Modest Mouse Released April 16, 1996 Recorded Late 1995/Early 1996, Moon Studios, Olympia, Washington Genre Indie rock Length 74:03 (CD) Label Up UP027 Producer Steve Wold 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)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Robert Christgau (A-) [2] Sputnikmusic [3]This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About is the first full-length album by indie rock band Modest Mouse. The album was released on Up Records on April 16, 1996, on both compact disc and vinyl formats. The vinyl release contains two extra tracks, "Edit the Sad Parts" and "A Manic Depressive Named Laughing Boy". "Edit the Sad Parts" was later included on Interstate 8 and the Up Records compilation, US, while "A Manic Depressive Named Laughing Boy" remains available only on the vinyl edition. Many of the tracks focus on traveling by automobile, and the loneliness and isolation associated with rural life. There was originally an album supposed to be released before This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About , Sad Sappy Sucker, but was delayed and shelved.
Contents
Track listing
No. Title Length 1. "Dramamine" 5:42 2. "Breakthrough" 4:06 3. "Custom Concern" 4:28 4. "Might" 1:31 5. "Lounge" 6:33 6. "Beach Side Property" 6:59 7. "She Ionizes & Atomizes" 4:21 8. "Head South" 4:22 9. "Dog Paddle" 2:02 10. "Novocain Stain" 3:42 11. "Tundra/Desert" 5:24 12. "Ohio" 6:01 13. "Exit Does Not Exist" 4:57 14. "Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset" 5:50 15. "Make Everyone Happy/Mechanical Birds" 6:04 16. "Space Travel is Boring" 1:53 Vinyl edition bonus tracks
No. Title Length 17. "Edit the Sad Parts" 7:04 18. "A Manic Depressive Named Laughing Boy" 5:03 Band Members
Modest Mouse
- Isaac Brock - guitar and vocals (drums on "Dog Paddle")
- Jeremiah Green - drums (bass on "Dog Paddle")
- Eric Judy - bass (guitar on "Dog Paddle")
Additional Musicians
- Steve Wold - slide guitar, mandolin, guitar, backup vocals
- Brent Arnold - cello
- Nicole Johnson - vocals on "Custom Concern", "She Ionizes & Atomizes", and "Head South"
- Calvin Johnson - extra vocals on "Head South"
Other
- Produced by Steve Wold
- Engineered by Scott Swayze & Steve Wold
- Photography by Isaac Brock
External links
References
Categories:- Modest Mouse albums
- 1996 albums
- Debut albums
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