This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About
by Modest Mouse
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Modest Mouse bestography
This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About is ranked 4th best out of 17 albums by Modest Mouse on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Modest Mouse is The Moon & Antarctica which is ranked number 168 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,442.
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This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 95 Music Albums of 1996 | 17/95 | 4 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 58 Music Albums of 1996 | 46/58 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 94 Music Albums of 1996 | 2/94 | 5 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 44/100 | 57 |
| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 38 Music Albums of 1996 | 28/38 | 1 |
| 2026 | tyleraepps | Top 24 Music Albums of the 1990s | 4/24 | 18 |
| 2026 | tyleraepps | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 31/100 | 69 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 26 Music Albums of 1996 | 25/26 | 0 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 70/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 59 Music Albums of 1996 | 45/59 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 268 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,616 | |||
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This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | 16,059 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/29/2026 00:01 | Mafedere | 828 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/25/2026 17:54 | covecove | 6,718 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026 BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - August 2026 BestEverAlbums 08/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - July 2026This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About comments
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Although I really like Modest Mouse, I do not really get this album. It starts however really great, but after that, I believe apart from a few songs there is nothing really standing out. Also, I think this album has way too many songs that are too long. That makes me losing interest in the album. (Edited)
Despising this Album at first, it quickly grew on me. Now its one of my absolute favorites, from the trippy feel of Dramamine to Space Travel is Boring. It established Modest Mouse as a unique alternative band.
Dramamine and Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset are two incredible songs, two of the best in the great Modest Mouse catalog. The rest are pretty bad. I'd hoped it would grow on me—their next three albums are three of my favorites—but after two years, I still don't enjoy most of it. There are bits of brilliance sprinkled throughout, like the first 90 seconds of Beach Side Property, but overall I guess it's just not for me. (Edited)
maybe it doesn't have the instant classics that other MM albums have but it's a consistent and gorgeous listen.
Nice debut album of Modest Mouse, they really brought some weird, twangy, sounds in this album. Although it think that sounds was taken to another level with Lonesome Crowded West, this is still a good debut album from one of the most beloved indie rock bands of all time.
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