We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
by Modest Mouse
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We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank is ranked 5th 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 163 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,578.
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We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 07/19/2026 04:44 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,366 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2026 20:26 | BurndenAce | 1,262 | 76/100 |
| ! | 05/17/2026 05:55 | shanelovesyou111 | 718 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2026 15:05 | Map | 522 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/10/2026 21:34 |  Rhyner | 1,730 | 59/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.5/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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Very consistent album, almost every track is good. My highlights are Dashboard, Little Motel and We've Got Everything. I do find the singer's voice a little bit grating though I must say.
Some great songs on here, all sung / shouted / yelped in Isaac Brock's unique style.
"Someday you will die somehow and something's gonna steal your carbon"
Only "found" them this year and this is my fourth album. I'm loving everything they are delivering and this is no exception. Continuing my new found love for Modest Mouse in 2019, I was blown away with the opening 6 songs. It does dip a bit after that but returns strong towards the end with Spitting Venom and People As Places As People
LebowskiRams 05/29/2019 22:16 | #236894
Sooo underrated. It's a 9/10 and still probably my fourth favorite album of theirs
craola 01/24/2019 22:59 | #230455
our ideas held no water, but we used them like a dam.
I think Parting Of The Sensory is my favourite Modest Mouse track and possibly the best track Johnny Marr has been involved with since the Strangeways Here We Come sessions!
Compared to their other albums, this is like a power pop album. Good good
Don't get why everyone hated it, most all songs I could listen to 3 times in a row.
samistake2ice 08/14/2015 19:48 | #147702
Me too Rucker. I think its still my favorite.
I got into Modest Mouse after Good News, but this was my first anticipated release from them. This was exactly what college-age me wanted.
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