Good News for People Who Love Bad News by Modest Mouse (Record, 2004)

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Good News for People Who Love Bad News is the fourth studio album by American rock band Modest Mouse, released on April 6, 2004, by Epic Records. Founding member Jeremiah Green did not perform on this album due to his temporary absence from the band, and it would be the only release during his time with Modest Mouse that he would not appear on.

Good News for People Who Love Bad News was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 2005.[3] It was certified 2× platinum by the RIAA in March 2024,[4] and had sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States by 2006.[5] Three singles were released from the album: "Float On", "Ocean Breathes Salty", and "The World at Large".

Reception

Good News for People Who Love Bad News was released to widespread acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 83, indicating "universal acclaim".[6] Tiny Mix Tapes gave the album all five stars and said that "Ultimately, what makes Good News so successful is that it retains the melancholy mood of past works, while at the same time adding depth and maturity."[17] Spin gave it an A and said it was "Half expansive, burnished radio-rock, half swampy Delta hoodoo-hollerin' that reeks of Brock's Southern sojourn."[6] Filter gave it a score of 92% and said that it would soon be "one of the best albums of 2004".[6] NME gave it a score of nine out of ten and called it "A real-life pop record. Well, not pop in the Girls Aloud sense of the word obviously, more in the drop-dead, fuzz-box brilliant 'Here Comes Your Man' sense."[6] Billboard gave it a favorable review and called it "a daring yet accessible disc".[6] Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times also gave it a favorable review and called it "the best Modest Mouse album yet."[18]

Mojo gave the album four stars out of five and said that "Moments of simple, exultant joy are plentiful."[6] Q also gave it four stars out of five and said that the album consisted of "45 bonkers minutes".[6] Alternative Press likewise gave it four stars out of five and stated, "If Good News... isn't the pillar-like masterpiece Modest Mouse fans have waited years for, it's proof that things haven't completely fallen apart."[6] Dusted gave it a favorable review and called it "a more varied album than The Moon and Antarctica (which did seem to have only one speed), and with the return of original member Dan Gallucci, Brock appears to have revived the heavy lead guitar playing of their early work."[19] The A.V. Club also gave it a favorable review and stated, "The songs still rely on Brock's echoing guitar patterns and Mobius-strip lyrics, delivered in the voice of a harried, hip-hop-inflected square-dance caller, but though the vehicle stays the same, the scenery outside the window changes considerably."[20]