We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (studio album) by Modest Mouse

We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank by Modest Mouse
Year: 2007
Release date: 2007-03-20
Overall rank: 1,176th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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77/100 (from 476 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 2007 (19th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (185th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,176th)
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Modest Mouse bestography

We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank is ranked 5th best out of 16 albums by Modest Mouse on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Modest Mouse is The Moon & Antarctica which is ranked number 149 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 10,387.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 476 votes)
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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 77.2/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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45/100
From 02/11/2022 21:06
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.
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80/100
From 04/01/2021 13:57
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"
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85/100
From 08/25/2019 15:29
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
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85/100
From 05/29/2019 22:16
Sooo underrated. It's a 9/10 and still probably my fourth favorite album of theirs
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80/100
From 01/24/2019 22:59
our ideas held no water, but we used them like a dam.
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90/100
From 07/12/2016 09:24
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!
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60/100
From 01/21/2016 00:52
Compared to their other albums, this is like a power pop album. Good good
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80/100
From 09/30/2015 01:51
Don't get why everyone hated it, most all songs I could listen to 3 times in a row.
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90/100
From 08/14/2015 19:48
Me too Rucker. I think its still my favorite.
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From 07/22/2015 20:52
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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