The Lonesome Crowded West

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The Lonesome Crowded West
The Lonesome Crowded West cover
Studio album by Modest Mouse
Released November 18, 1997
Recorded Moon Music, Olympia, Washington, except tracks 1,6,7 at Avast Studios, Seattle, Washington
Genre Indie rock
Length 73:58
Label Up UP027
Producer Calvin Johnson, Isaac Brock, Scott Swayze
Professional reviews
Modest Mouse chronology
The Fruit That Ate Itself
(1997)		 The Lonesome Crowded West
(1997)		 Night on the Sun
(1999)

The Lonesome Crowded West is the second full-length album recorded by indie rock band Modest Mouse. Many critics and fans hail it as the band's "breakthrough" album.

The album was released on Up Records on November 18, 1997, on both compact disc and vinyl LP.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Teeth Like God's Shoeshine" – 6:53
  2. "Heart Cooks Brain" – 4:02
  3. "Convenient Parking" – 4:08
  4. "Lounge (Closing Time)" – 7:03
  5. "Jesus Christ Was an Only Child" – 2:36
  6. "Doin' the Cockroach" – 4:18
  7. "Cowboy Dan" – 6:14
  8. "Trailer Trash" – 5:49
  9. "Out of Gas" – 2:31
  10. "Long Distance Drunk" – 3:42
  11. "Shit Luck" – 2:22
  12. "Truckers Atlas" – 10:57
  13. "Polar Opposites" – 3:29
  14. "Bankrupt on Selling" – 2:53
  15. "Styrofoam Boots / It's All Nice on Ice, Alright" – 6:53

[edit] Vinyl edition

The double-vinyl edition released on Up Records includes an extra track, "Baby Blue Sedan", and a slightly re-ordered track listing. Rather than having a gatefold cover to house both records, or putting both records in a single cover, the double-vinyl release was shipped in two different covers. "Baby Blue Sedan" was later included on Building Nothing Out of Something, a 1999 compilation of non-album tracks originally released from 1996-1998.

[edit] Side one

  1. "Teeth Like God's Shoeshine"
  2. "Heart Cooks Brain"
  3. "Convenient Parking"
  4. "Baby Blue Sedan"

[edit] Side two

  1. "Jesus Christ Was an Only Child"
  2. "Doin' the Cockroach"
  3. "Cowboy Dan"
  4. "Trailer Trash"

[edit] Side three

  1. "Out of Gas"
  2. "Long Distance Drunk"
  3. "Shit Luck"
  4. "Truckers Atlas"

[edit] Side four

  1. "Polar Opposites"
  2. "Bankrupt on Selling"
  3. "Lounge (Closing Time)"
  4. "Styrofoam Boots / It's All Nice on Ice, Alright"

[edit] Samples

[edit] Personnel

  • Isaac Brock – guitar, vocals
  • Jeremiah Green – drums
  • Eric Judy – bass
  • K.O. – turntable scratching on "Heart Cooks Brain"
  • Dann Gallucci – guitar on "Trailer Trash" and "Bankrupt on Selling"
  • Scott Swayze – guitar on "Convenient Parking" and "Lounge (Closing Time)"
  • Tyler Reilly – violin on "Jesus Christ was an Only Child"
  • Nicole Johnson – vocals
  • Chris Setton – vocals
  • Brian Weber – bartender
  • Produced by Calvin Johnson with Isaac Brock and Scott Swayze
  • Engineered by Scott Swayze
  • Photography by Pat Graham and Isaac Brock
  • Design by Pat Castaldo
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