We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
by Modest Mouse
- Type: Album
- Released: 20 March 2007
- Label: Epic
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:02:28
- Community rating: 3.57/5 from 18 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Featuring Johnny Marr of The Smiths on guitar, this album adds a nautical theme to Modest Mouse's quirky indie rock. While more polished than their early work, it retains Isaac Brock's manic vocals and sea-shanty rhythms. It debuted at number one, cementing their mainstream success.
Genres
Descriptors: aquatic, melodic, rhythmic, crescendo, guitar-driven
Tracklist
- March Into the Sea (03:30)
- Dashboard (04:06)
- Fire It Up (04:34)
- Florida (02:57)
- Parting of the Sensory (05:34)
- Missed the Boat (04:24)
- We've Got Everything (03:40)
- Fly Trapped In a Jar (04:29)
- Education (03:56)
- Little Motel (04:44)
- Steam Engenius (04:26)
- Spitting Venom (08:27)
- People As Places As People (03:42)
- Invisible (03:59)
Credits
- Isaac Brock - lyrics by
- Jeremiah Green - performer
- Eric Judy - performer
- Dann Gallucci - Member
- Johnny Marr - performer
- Joe Plummer - performer
- Jim Fairchild - Member
- Isaac Brock - Member
- Jeremiah Green - Member
- Eric Judy - Member
- Tom Peloso - performer
- Jim Fairchild - Member
- Russell Higbee - Member
- Lisa Molinaro - Member
- Ben Massarella - Member
- Clay Jones - engineer
- Joe Zook - engineer
- Kyle Johnson - engineer [additional]
- Reto Peter - engineer [additional]
- Tom Queyja - engineer [additional]
- Rob Cooper - engineer [assistant]
- Howie Weinberg - mastered by
- Dennis Herring - mixed by