Sad Sappy Sucker

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Sad Sappy Sucker
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Studio album by
Modest Mouse
ReleasedApril 24, 2001
RecordedNovember 12, 1994 – 1995
GenreIndie rock
Length34:34
LabelK Glacial Pace (2010 reissue)
ProducerCalvin Johnson
Modest Mouse chronology
The Moon & Antarctica
(2000) 		Sad Sappy Sucker
(2001) 		Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks
(2001)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(55/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[2]
Pitchfork7/10[3]
PopMatters6/10 stars[4]
7/10 stars (Reissue)[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 stars[6]

Sad Sappy Sucker is a 2001 album released by alternative rock band Modest Mouse. Originally slated to be Modest Mouse's debut album, Sad Sappy Sucker was shelved for several years until its eventual release in 2001, on the heels of the popularity of The Moon & Antarctica. Several songs were recorded at Olympia, Washington's Dub Narcotic Studios. The record was officially released by K Records on April 24, 2001, available in both Compact Disc and vinyl LP, and containing nine additional tracks added to the original track listing of 15 songs.

Critical reception[]

Sad Sappy Sucker was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 55 based on 8 reviews.[1]

In a review for Pitchfork, Spencer Owen gave the album a 7 out of 10 on release,[3] but after a reissue gave it a 7.2.[7] PopMatters was slightly less praising, stating that "taken on its own merits, Sad Sappy Sucker is pretty good, but the out-and-out strangeness of it all and the fact that it doesn’t hold together as a real album may throw off the uninitiated (and who can blame them?)."[4] Stereogum named it the worst Modest Mouse album, stating "the album is as grating and undercooked as indie rock debuts come, full of indulgent studio experiments, half-assed sketches, and tunes that sound like a generic sadcore band's demo cassette in high-speed dub mode....Sad Sappy Sucker asks the question: 'How many Built To Spills do we need?'"

Track listing[]

The first 15 tracks make up the original album Sad Sappy Sucker. Tracks 16-24 come from Isaac Brock's answering machine — he originally had a "Call to Dial a Song" service, similar to They Might Be Giants' Dial-A-Song.

  1. "Worms vs. Birds" – 2:13
  2. "Four Fingered Fisherman" – 2:27
  3. "Wagon Ride Return" – 0:48
  4. "Classy Plastic Lumber" (unlisted on back cover) – 2:03
  5. "From Point A to Point B (∞)" – 2:56
  6. "Path of Least Resistance" – 0:28
  7. "It Always Rains on a Picnic" – 3:01
  8. "Dukes Up" – 2:24
  9. "Think Long" – 1:09
  10. "Every Penny Fed Car" – 3:07
  11. "Mice Eat Cheese" – 2:26
  12. "Race Car Grin You Ain't No Landmark" – 1:13
  13. "Red Hand Case" – 2:37
  14. "Secret Agent X-9" – 1:12
  15. "Blue Cadet-3, Do You Connect?" – 1:09

Bonus Tracks

  1. "Call to Dial a Song" – 0:31
  2. "5-4-3-2-1 Lisp Off" – 0:30
  3. "Woodgrain" – 0:30
  4. "BMX Crash" – 0:28
  5. "Sucker Bet" – 1:19
  6. "Black Blood & Old Newagers" – 0:29
  7. "SWY" – 0:29
  8. "Australopithecus" – 0:29
  9. "Sin Gun Chaser" – 0:27

Charts[]

Chart (2001) Peak
position
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[8] 21
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[9] 26

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  2. ^ Spano, Charles. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Owen, Spencer (January 4, 2001). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "PopMatters Review". PopMatters. April 24, 2001. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  5. ^ Beasley, Corey (November 18, 2020). "PopMatters ReIssue Review". PopMatters. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  6. ^ "Rolling Stone Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  7. ^ Greene, Jayson (November 12, 2010). "Pitchfork Reissue Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  8. ^ "Modest Mouse Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  9. ^ "Modest Mouse Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 28, 2021.

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