This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	A−^[2]
Pitchfork	6.8/10 (1996)^[3] 8.5/10 (2014)^[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[5]

This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band Modest Mouse. The album was released on Up Records on April 16, 1996, on both compact disc and vinyl formats. The vinyl release contains two extra tracks, "Edit the Sad Parts" and "A Manic Depressive Named Laughing Boy". "Edit the Sad Parts" was later included on Interstate 8 and the Up Records compilation, US, while "A Manic Depressive Named Laughing Boy" remains available only on the vinyl editions released by Up in 1996 and Glacial Pace in 2014. Many of the tracks focus on traveling by automobile and the loneliness and isolation associated with rural life.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Isaac Brock; all music composed by Modest Mouse.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dramamine"	5:42
2.	"Breakthrough"	4:06
3.	"Custom Concern"	4:28
4.	"Might"	1:31
5.	"Lounge"	6:33
6.	"Beach Side Property"	6:59
7.	"Ionizes & Atomizes"	4:21
8.	"Head South"	4:22
9.	"Dog Paddle"	2:02
10.	"Novocain Stain"	3:42
11.	"Tundra/Desert"	5:24
12.	"Ohio"	6:01
13.	"Exit Does Not Exist"	4:57
14.	"Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset"	5:50
15.	"Make Everyone Happy/Mechanical Birds"	6:04
16.	"Space Travel Is Boring"	1:53

Vinyl edition

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dramamine"	5:42
2.	"Breakthrough"	4:06
3.	"Custom Concern"	4:28
4.	"Might"	1:31
5.	"Lounge"	6:33

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Beach Side Property"	6:59
2.	"She Ionizes & Atomizes"	4:21
3.	"Head South"	4:22
4.	"Dog Paddle"	2:02
5.	"Novocain Stain"	3:42

Side three
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tundra/Desert"	5:24
2.	"Ohio"	6:01
3.	"Exit Does Not Exist"	4:57
4.	"Talking Shit About A Pretty Sunset"	5:50

Side four
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Make Everyone Happy/Mechanical Birds"	6:04
2.	"Space Travel Is Boring"	1:53
3.	"Edit the Sad Parts"	7:04
4.	"A Manic Depressive Named Laughing Boy"	5:03

Band members

Modest Mouse

Isaac Brock – guitar and vocals (drums on "Dog Paddle")
Jeremiah Green – drums (bass on "Dog Paddle")
Eric Judy – bass (guitar on "Dog Paddle")

Additional musicians

Steve Wold – slide guitar, mandolin, guitar, backup vocals
Brent Arnold – cello
Nicole Johnson – vocals on "Custom Concern", "She Ionizes & Atomizes", and "Head South"
Calvin Johnson – extra vocals on "Head South"

Other

Produced by Steve Wold
Engineered by Scott Swayze & Steve Wold
Photography by Isaac Brock

External links

This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About lyrics at Interstate-8

References

↑ Gentry, Brandon. "This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About – Modest Mouse". AllMusic. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
↑ Christgau, Robert (2000). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Press. p. 208. ISBN 0-312-24560-2.
↑ Schreiber, Ryan. "Modest Mouse: This is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on April 22, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
↑ Howe, Brian (November 5, 2014). "Modest Mouse: This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About/The Lonesome Crowded West". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 198. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.

Modest Mouse

Isaac Brock Jeremiah Green Tom Peloso Jim Fairchild Russell Higbee Lisa Molinaro Dann Gallucci Eric Judy Joe Plummer Johnny Marr Benjamin Weikel John Wickhart

Studio albums	This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About The Lonesome Crowded West The Moon & Antarctica Good News for People Who Love Bad News We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank Strangers to Ourselves

EPs	Blue Cadet-3, Do You Connect? Interstate 8 The Fruit That Ate Itself Night on the Sun Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks No One's First and You're Next

Other albums	Building Nothing Out of Something Sad Sappy Sucker Baron von Bullshit Rides Again

Singles	"A Life of Arctic Sounds" "Other People's Lives" "Never Ending Math Equation" "Heart Cooks Brain" "Float On" "Ocean Breathes Salty" "The World at Large" "Dashboard" "King Rat" "Missed the Boat" "We've Got Everything" "Satellite Skin" "Lampshades on Fire" "The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box"

Labels	Epic Records K Records Sub Pop Suicide Squeeze Records Up Records

Related	Discography Dirty Dozen Brass Band Seasick Steve Ugly Casanova

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