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Modest MouseThe Lonesome Crowded West

Label:

Up Records (5) – UP44, Up Records (5) – UP 044

Format:

2 x Vinyl, LP, Album

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Alternative Rock, Indie Rock

Tracklist

A1Teeth Like God's Shoeshine6:51
A2Heart Cooks Brain
Scratches [Phonogram Player]K.O. (6)
4:02
A3Convenient Parking
GuitarScott Swayze
4:08
A4Baby Blue Sedan4:03
B1Jesus Christ Was An Only Child2:36
B2Doin' The Cockroach4:18
B3Cowboy Dan6:14
B4Trailer Trash
GuitarDann Gallucci
5:48
C1Out Of Gas2:29
C2Long Distance Drunk3:41
C3Shit Luck2:22
C4Truckers Atlas10:56
D1Polar Opposites3:28
D2Bankrupt On Selling
GuitarDann Gallucci
2:51
D3Lounge (Closing Time)
GuitarScott Swayze
VocalsChris Setton
7:03
D4Styrofoam Boots / It's All Nice On Ice, Alright6:52
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Companies, etc.

  • Copyright ©Ugly Casanova
  • Copyright ©Up Records (5)
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Up Records (5)
  • Recorded AtMoon Studio, Olympia
  • Recorded AtAvast! Recording Co.
  • Recorded AtJohn & Stu's
  • Mastered AtSAE Mastering
  • Mastered AtRecord Technology Incorporated – 1800

Credits

  • BassEric Judy
  • Design [Cover]Pat Castaldo
  • DrumsJeremiah Green
  • EngineerScott Swayze
  • Guitar [Guitars], VocalsIsaac Brock
  • Photography By [Other Photos]I. Brock*
  • Photography By [Snow Photos]Pat Graham
  • ProducerCalvin Johnson
  • Producer [With]Isaac Brock, Scott Swayze
  • Recorded By, ProducerPhil Ek (tracks: A1, B2, B3)
  • Songwriter [All Songs By]Modest Mouse
  • Violin [Fiddle]Tyler Reilly
  • VocalsChris Setton (tracks: D2), Nicole Johnson (2)

Notes

Issued in two separate LP sleeves. Discs come in full-color printed inner sleeves with photos, lyrics, & credits. Features a vinyl bonus track and slightly reordered tracklist.

The catalog number is written as "UP44" on both jackets' spines.
A2 features samples from Glo-worm - Travelogue.
A3 title given as "Convenient Parking Lot" on side A label.
A4 doesn't appear on the CD version of the release.
C4 title given on Side C label as "Trucker's Atlas."

Recorded at Moon Music, except A1, B2, and B3 recorded at Avast and John & Stu's.

© 1997 Ugly Casanova (ASCAP)
©℗ 1997 Up Records

The following incorrect tracklist appears on both the outer jackets and inner sleeves:
A1 - Teeth Like God's Shoeshine
A2 - Heart Cooks Brain
A3 - Convenient Parking
A4 - Baby Blue Sedan
B1 - Doin' The Cockroach
B2 - Cowboy Dan
B3 - Trailer Trash
B4 - Jesus Christ Was An Only Child
C1 - Out Of Gas
C2 - Long Distance Drunk
C3 - Shit Luck
C4 - Truckers Atlas
D1 - Polar Opposites
D2 - Lounge (Closing Time)
D3 - Bankrupt On Selling
D4 - Styrofoam Boots / It's All Nice On Ice, Alright

Runouts are etched, except SAE MASTERING (which is stamped.)

Mastering, plating companies derived from runouts.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Barcode (Rear covers, text): 7 96818-0044-1 4
  • Barcode (Rear covers, scanned): 796818004414
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): UP-044-A 1̶8̶0̶0̶ 1800.1(2) SAE MASTERING
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): UP-044-B 1800.2(2)
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C runout): UP-044-C 1800.3(2)
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D runout): UP-044-D 1800.4(2)

Other Versions (5 of 22)

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Title (Format)LabelCat#CountryYear
The Lonesome Crowded West (CD, HDCD, Album)Up Records (5)up44US1997
New Submission
The Lonesome Crowded West (2×LP, Test Pressing)Up Records (5)UP 044US1997
New Submission
The Lonesome Crowded West (CD, Album, Promo)Up Records (5)UPCDPRO 044US1997
New Submission
The Lonesome Crowded West (CD, Album, Nimbus Pressing)Up Records (5), Up Records (5)UP44, UP 044US1997
Recently Edited
The Lonesome Crowded West (CD, Album)Matadorole 330-2Europe1998

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Reviews

  • bwhitemank's avatar
    bwhitemank
    I'm looking for disc 2, hit me up! Words, words.
    • erikreinert's avatar
      erikreinert
      I have a copy that for all intents and purposes looks like the original pressing, however I remember UP did a re-press that looked identical around 1999 or so. That's what I think I have. Anyone else remember this?
      • sinkisbusted's avatar
        sinkisbusted
        I love how this is a double record minus a gatefold. This is the only record I own with two separate outer sleeves.
        • NorthLittleRawk's avatar
          The outstanding quality of this press is immediately apparent on the first note.
          • tristant19's avatar
            tristant19
            Edited 2 years ago
            TLDR: Up pressing > VMP > Glacial Pace

            I had the reissue from 2014, and ordered the VMP version as soon as it was announced. However, I found the VMP similar in mastering to the Glacial Pace version but with more refined bass, which makes sense since it was mastered at the same place and from (I would assume) the same copy of tape. Decided to order the original Up pressing to make sure I could pick the best version, and I'm glad I did. Definitely superior to reissues, there's better vocal clarity and detail, as well as punch. The VMP has more bass, but it's a bit boomy and not quite as punchy. VMP definitely has the better packaging though, and of course is a much better value.
            • DeadwaxDude's avatar
              DeadwaxDude
              Edited 7 years ago
              I'd be very interested to hear an original... considering its a DMM from RTI
              • classicmyth's avatar
                classicmyth
                Edited 8 years ago
                I will also agree that the original version sounds much better than the repress, this applies to all of the MM records that I have heard. Owned the original version of the Fruit That Ate Itself and Sad Sappy Sucker and have never heard a repressed version so I can't comment there. The repressing sounds distorted as well, original does not (applies to all of the records that I have heard.)
                • carscars's avatar
                  carscars
                  I spent a big chunk of my tax refund on a sealed copy of this (original pressing) and I wanted to say it sounds infinitely better than the reissue. It's still the same lofi album, but the pressing is soft and spacious. I find the reissue gives me a headache in headphones. Worth the $.
                  • zapbrannigan200's avatar
                    anyone else have a 'Buffalo' MM print come with their UP44? it's on a newspaper print paper ..
                    • instatone's avatar
                      instatone
                      Anyone interested in parting with LP2? I have first record not second.

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