Modest Mouse discography

The discography of Modest Mouse, an American indie rock band, consists of six studio albums, six extended plays, two compilation albums, four low fidelity cassette releases, one live album, twenty-five singles, and nine reissues. Three of their releases have been certified at least Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments in excess of 500,000 copies; one of these releases has further been certified Platinum, for shipments in excess of 1,000,000 copies.

Modest Mouse discography
Modest Mouse performing in 2007
Studio albums	6
Live albums	1
Compilation albums	2
Music videos	11
EPs	6
Singles	25
B-sides	21
Reissues	9
Cassettes	4

Modest Mouse formed in 1992 in Issaquah, Washington. This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About was released as the band's debut album in April 1996. Sad Sappy Sucker was originally intended to be released instead, but was shelved. Sophomore album The Lonesome Crowded West followed in November 1997, and helped to earn the band a cult following; it has been cited by several publications as one of the best albums of the 1990s. After the album's release, Modest Mouse signed to major label Epic Records; The Moon & Antarctica, the band's major-label debut, was released in June 2000 to widespread acclaim from critics. The album was a harbinger of increased mainstream exposure to come; it was the band's first to chart in the United States, peaking at No. 120 on the Billboard 200. Following the success of The Moon & Antarctica, Sad Sappy Sucker was finally released in April 2001, several years after it had initially been shelved.

Mainstream recognition of Modest Mouse accelerated in 2004, with the release of Good News for People Who Love Bad News in April. The album charted at No. 18 in the United States and was their first to chart outside of their home country, peaking at No. 37 in Scotland and No. 40 in the United Kingdom. Lead single "Float On" was the band's first hit, peaking at No. 68 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at No. 1 on the same publication's Alternative Songs chart. Follow-up single "Ocean Breathes Salty" was a modest success, reaching No. 6 on Alternative Songs; both singles have since been certified Gold by the RIAA. March 2007's We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank was the only Modest Mouse album to feature former The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr as a member of the band. The album peaked at No. 1 in the United States and Canada, and also charted in several other countries. Lead single "Dashboard" currently stands as the band's highest-charting song to date on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at No. 61; it also peaked at No. 5 on Alternative Songs.

In 2014, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About and The Lonesome Crowded West were re-released by frontman Isaac Brock's record label, Glacial Pace. The following March, Strangers to Ourselves was released as Modest Mouse's first studio album in eight years. "Lampshades on Fire", which had been released as the album's lead single in December 2014, was a No. 1 hit on Alternative Songs, with the album itself peaking at No. 3 in the United States and appearing on several other album charts elsewhere.

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions									Sales	Certifications (sales thresholds)
		US [1]	AUS [2]	BEL [3]	CAN [4]	IRL [5]	NO [6]	NZ [7]	SCO [8]	UK [9]
1996	This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About Released: April 16, 1996 Label: Up (UP027) Format: CD, 2×LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	The Lonesome Crowded West Released: November 18, 1997 Label: Up (UP044) Format: CD, 2×LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	US: 60,000[10]
2000	The Moon & Antarctica Released: June 13, 2000 Label: Epic (EK 63871) Format: CD, 2×LP	120	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	US: 492,000[11]	RIAA: Gold[12]
2004	Good News for People Who Love Bad News Released: April 6, 2004 Label: Epic (EK 87125) Format: CD, 2×LP	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	37	40	US: 1,500,000[11]	RIAA: Platinum[12] BPI: Silver[13] MC: Gold[14]
2007	We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank Released: March 20, 2007 Label: Epic (82876 86139 2) Format: CD, 2×LP	1	12	—	1	22	22	26	35	47	US: 649,000[15]	RIAA: Gold[12] MC: Gold[14]
2015	Strangers to Ourselves Released: March 17, 2015 Label: Epic (88875049122) Format: CD, 2×LP	3	15	125	3	26	—	39	31	28	US: 73,000[16]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Cassettes

Year	Title
Un­known	Tube-Fruit, All Smiles and Chocolate[17]
	Uncle Bunny Faces' Useless Analogy Involving Distance, Freight Trains, and Half Ripe Limes (It Doesn't Matter, Limes Are Sour Either Way)[17]
	Sad Sappy Sucker Chokin' on a Mouthful of Lost Thoughts[17]
	A Mouthful of Lost Thoughts[17]

Compilation albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Ind. [18]
2000	Building Nothing Out of Something Released: January 18, 2000 Label: Up (UP073) Format: CD, LP	—
2001	Sad Sappy Sucker Released: April 24, 2001 Label: K (KLP131) Format: CD, LP	21
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Year	Album details
2004	Baron von Bullshit Rides Again Released: April 13, 2004 Label: Epic (EL 92089) Format: CD

EPs

Year	EP details	Peak chart positions
		US [1]	AUS [2]	CAN [4]
1994	Blue Cadet-3, Do You Connect? Released: 1994 Label: K (IPU58) Format: 7" LP	—	—	—
1996	Interstate 8 Released: August 6, 1996 Label: Up (UP035) Format: CD	—	—	—
1997	The Fruit That Ate Itself Released: May 13, 1997 Label: K (KLP 63) Format: CD	—	—	—
1999	Night on the Sun Released: 1999 Label: Rebel Beat Factory (RBFM-1240), Up (UP090)	—	—	—
2001	Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks Released: September 25, 2001 Label: Epic (EK 62104) Format: CD, LP	147	—	—
2009	No One's First, and You're Next Released: August 4, 2009 Label: Epic (88697 46289) Format: CD, LP	15	91	14
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Reissues

Year	Album details
2004	The Moon & Antarctica Released: March 9, 2004 Label: Epic (EK 92034) Format: CD
2005	Good News for People Who Love Bad News Released: October 11, 2005 Label: Epic (EN 97711) Format: DualDisc
2010	The Moon & Antarctica[19] Released: April 17, 2010 Label: Epic/Legacy Format: LP
	The Fruit That Ate Itself[20] Released: November 9, 2010 Label: Glacial Pace Format: CD, LP
	Sad Sappy Sucker[20] Released: November 9, 2010 Label: Glacial Pace Format: CD, LP
2014	This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About[21] Released: October 28, 2014 Label: Glacial Pace Format: CD, 2×LP
	The Lonesome Crowded West[21] Released: November 4, 2014 Label: Glacial Pace Format: CD, 2×LP
2015	Interstate 8 Released: 2015[22][23][24] Label: Glacial Pace Format: CD, LP
	Building Nothing Out of Something[22][23][24] Released: 2015 Label: Glacial Pace Format: CD, LP
2016	Night on the Sun[25] Released: July 29, 2016 Label: Glacial Pace Format: CD, LP

Singles

Year	Title	Mediums	Label (Catalog)	Ref.
1996	"Broke"	7"	Sub Pop (SP0338)	[26][27]
1997	"A Life of Arctic Sounds"	7"	Suicide Squeeze (SSR001003)	[26][28]
1997	"Birds vs. Worms"	7"	Hit Or Miss	[17][28]
1998	"Other People's Lives"	7"	Up Records	[29]
1998	"Never Ending Math Equation"	7"	Sub Pop (SP0436)	[26][28]
1998	"Whenever You See Fit" (collaboration with 764-HERO)	12", CD	Up Records/Suicide Squeeze	[30]
1999	"Heart Cooks Brain"	7"	Matador	[28][31]
2004	"Float On"	7", CD	Epic (076685)	[28][32]
2005	"Ocean Breathes Salty"	CD	Epic	[33]
2007	"Dashboard"	7", CD	Epic	[34][35]
2007	"Missed the Boat"	Digital	Epic	[36]
2009	"Satellite Skin"	7"	Epic	[37]
2009	"Autumn Beds"	7"	Epic	[38]
2009	"Perpetual Motion Machine"	7"	Epic	[39]
2014	"White Lies, Yellow Teeth"	7"	Glacial Pace	[21]
2014	"Too Many Fiestas for Rueben"	7"	Glacial Pace	[21]
2014	"Lampshades on Fire"	7"	Glacial Pace	[40][41]
2015	"The Best Room"	Digital	Glacial Pace	[42]
2015	"The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box"	Digital	Glacial Pace	[43]
2015	"Of Course We Know"	Digital	Glacial Pace	[44]
2019	"Poison the Well"	7"	Epic	[45]
2019	"Ice Cream Party"	Digital	Epic	[46]

Promotional singles

Year	Title	Mediums	Label (Catalog)	Ref.
1998	"Polar Opposites"	CD	Up (UPRO001)	[47]
2005	"The World at Large"	CD	Epic (ESK 51206)
2007	"King Rat"	7"	Epic (08166-7)	[48]

Charted singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions									Certifications	Album
		US [49]	US Alt. [50]	US Rock [51]	AUS [2]	CAN [52]	CAN Rock [53]	MEX Air. [54]	SCO [55]	UK [56]
1998	"Whenever You See Fit" (with 764-HERO)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—[upper-alpha 1]		Non-album single
2004	"Float On"	68	1	—[upper-alpha 2]	94	—	—	—	48	46	US: Gold[12]	Good News for People Who Love Bad News
2005	"Ocean Breathes Salty"	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	96	US: Gold[12]
	"The World at Large"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	"Dashboard"	61	5	—	—	38	12	—	36	111		We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
	"Missed the Boat"	—	24	—	—	—	40	—	—	—
	"We've Got Everything"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	"White Lies, Yellow Teeth"	—[upper-alpha 3]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—[upper-alpha 4]		Non-album singles
	"Too Many Fiestas for Reuben"	—[upper-alpha 5]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—[upper-alpha 6]
	"Lampshades on Fire"	—[upper-alpha 7]	1	12	—	—	3	42	—	—		Strangers to Ourselves
2015	"Coyotes"	—	—	48	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"The Best Room"	—	—	44	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box"	—	19	—[upper-alpha 8]	—	—	40	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

Year	Title	Director(s)
2004	"Float On"	Christopher Mills[63]
	"Ocean Breathes Salty"	Chris Milk[64]
2007	"Dashboard"	Mathew Cullen[65] Grady Hall[65]
	"Missed the Boat"	Walter Robot[66]
	"We've Got Everything"	Joe Stakun[67]
	"Little Motel"	Justin Francis[68]
2009	"King Rat"	Heath Ledger[69] Daniel Auber[69]
	"Satellite Skin"	Kevin Willis[70]
	"The Whale Song"	Nando Costa[71]
2015	"Coyotes"	Un­known
	"Lampshades on Fire"	Jorge Torres–Torres[72][73]
	"The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box"

Notes

1. "Whenever You See Fit" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 91 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[57]
2. "Float On" did not enter the Rock Songs chart, but peaked at number 24 on the Rock Digital Songs chart.[58]
3. "White Lies, Yellow Teeth" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 15 on the Hot Singles Sales chart.[59]
4. "White Lies, Yellow Teeth" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 57 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[60]
5. "Too Many Fiestas for Reuben" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 12 on the Hot Singles Sales chart.[59]
6. "Too Many Fiestas for Reuben" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 62 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[61]
7. "Lampshades on Fire" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 15 on the Hot Singles Sales chart.[59]
8. "The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box" did not enter the Rock Songs chart, but peaked at number 31 on the Rock Airplay chart.[62]

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