Betelgeuse

We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

Item: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Rating: 8.4
Author: Betelgeuse

Modest Mouse (2007)

8.4/ 10

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metacritic

7.8

pitchfork

Modest Mouse follow the unlikely success of "Float On" by recruiting former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr and gently nudging toward new directions. The Shins' James Mercer guests.

7.8

rollingstone

Wrapping a wordy, darkly whimsical title around a bunch of songs many will find catchy and none will find pretty, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank takes after Modest Mouse's other four albums, even with guitarist Johnny Marr added to the equation. Like everything the band has released since signing with Epic in […]

7.0