Cowboy Dan (track)
by Modest Mouse
Year: 1997
From the album The Lonesome Crowded West (track #7)
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Cowboy Dan appears on the following album(s) by Modest Mouse:
- The Lonesome Crowded West (track #7) (this album) (1997)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 01/24/2026 23:22 | siripii | 5,480 | 80/100 | |
| 11/26/2025 20:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 79,832 | 70/100 | |
| 09/27/2025 09:52 |  Igtonumama | 31,389 | 81/100 | |
| 08/08/2025 16:23 | sunnydhamm | 18,449 | 57/100 | |
| 08/07/2025 00:08 |  BroknsocialShawn | 1,693 | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 90.5/100, a mean average of 89.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.4.
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Mattdup279 09/30/2016 18:00 | #176087
One of my favorite songs of all time. With his batshit crazy voice and beautifully abrasive backing, Isaac tells his story of self-imposed isolation, substance abuse, and existential fear. Cowboy Dan can leave you with pity and disgust, but to me its so powerful and painfully relatable that it usually just leaves me quiet.
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