The Moon & Antarctica (studio album)
by Modest Mouse
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The Moon & Antarctica is ranked as the best album by Modest Mouse.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/26/2025 20:30 | Exist-en-ciel | 1,723 | 69/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 09:03 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 10/17/2025 17:51 |  AAL2014 | 3,483 | 75/100 |
| ! | 10/09/2025 15:39 | 95rosem | 161 | 76/100 |
| ! | 10/07/2025 02:36 | JacobMullis | 723 | 88/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 83.5/100, a mean average of 82.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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HoldenM 09/25/2025 16:22 | #311090
Somehow never commented on this album even though I've been listening to it for years and years at this point.
For all intents and purposes, a near-perfect album. Every track is great. It's greater than the sum of its parts. Maybe it slightly sags in the middle, but it starts strong, it ends strong. It has an incredible centerpiece with "The Stars Are Projectors." If I have one complaint it's that "3rd Planet" was an instant all-timer and still looms as one of m 25 favorite songs ever. As much as I like and love other tracks on the album, it's tough to start that strong and not reach those astronomical highs again--though, again, there's more than enough here to carry the whole thing.
A fantastic record from Modest Mouse that is consistently great in everything it does. They maintain their atmosphere and style really well on here with every song fitting together well. This makes this a cohesive and fulfilling listen by the time you get to the conclusion. Instrumentally, it is extremely strong with the guitar and drum work being standouts across the whole release. The performances given on these two instruments are simply brilliant and they compliment each other nicely. I also love how well they utilise the violin on here with it adding such a unique edge to the music that you don't get with other albums. The best example of this for me is near the end of The Stars Are Projectors where the violin really shines for me and it makes that track one of my favourites on the whole release. However, by the end of the record I do think it does get quite repetitive musically and this can make this album feel like a bit of a drag when you revisit it. Overall, I do believe the Lonesome Crowded West is slightly superior to this album but this record is still elite and it has so many stand out moments that will make you want to keep coming back to it time and time again.
Solid album
Fun and creative music. Guitar and drum interplay is outstanding.
Brock’s lyrics are occasionally interesting but typically drift into bitterly tearing down a strawman of his own creation.
I should stop neglecting this album, its so fun and creative.
Se deja escuchar. Suena bien
VictorVale 06/17/2021 22:13 | #270753
Muita força e muita arte nesse álbum. Incrível!
Quite a difficult choice between this one or The Lonesome Crowded West as their crown achievement. It's like Pixies trying to do a Pink Floyd album. Already picked it up at first listen.
Timestarter 08/27/2020 18:36 | #257494
Fav. Tracks: 3rd Planet, Dark Center Of The Universe, The Cold Part, Alone Down There, The Stars Are Projectors, Life Like Weeds.
llibnanoon 08/20/2020 19:21 | #257252
Meh! Different. I Kinda Liked it. Rating (76.33)
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