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Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank / Featuring: Dashboard, Fire It Up, We've Got Everything & Missed The Boat / Epic Audio CD 2007 / 88697083992

Name: Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank / Featuring: Dashboard, Fire It Up, We've Got Everything & Missed The Boat / Epic Audio CD 2007 / 88697083992
Brand: EPIC Music
SKU: 886970839921
Price: 10.9 USD
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UPC 886970839921

We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band Modest Mouse, released in 2007. It followed their previous studio album, 2004's Good News for People Who Love Bad News. It is the band's only full-length with former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr as a member. It is also their last with founding member and bassist Eric Judy. It has a strong nautical theme and was originally envisioned as a concept album about a boat crew that dies in every song.

This album was certified Gold by the RIAA on June 11, 2009. As of February 2015, it has sold 649,000 copies in the US.

Label:	Epic – 88697083992
Format:	CD, Album
Country:	Europe
Released:	Apr 2, 2007
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Indie Rock

Tracklist:

1		March Into The Sea	3:30
2		Dashboard Programmed By – Kyle "Slick" Johnson Shaker – Clay Jones

4:06
3		Fire It Up Backing Vocals – Naheed Simjee Programmed By – Kyle "Slick" Johnson

4:34
4		Florida Backing Vocals – James Mercer Programmed By – Clay Jones

2:57
5		Parting Of The Sensory Handclaps, Percussion [Stomps] – Dennis Herring, Naheed Simjee Programmed By – Kyle "Slick" Johnson

5:34
6		Missed The Boat Acoustic Guitar – Clay Jones Backing Vocals – James Mercer

4:24
7		We've Got Everything Backing Vocals – James Mercer

3:40
8	Fly Trapped In A Jar	4:29
9	Education	3:56
10	Little Motel Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Dennis Herring Programmed By – Kyle "Slick" Johnson

4:44
11		Steam Engenius Backing Vocals – Dennis Herring

4:26
12		Spitting Venom Organ [Pump Organ] – Dennis Herring

8:27
13	People As Places As People	3:42
14	Invisible Programmed By – Kyle "Slick" Johnson

3:59

A&R – Kaz Utsunomiya
Art Direction – Christian Helms, Isaac Brock, Naheed Simjee
Band [Modest Mouse Is] – Eric Judy, Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green, Joe Plummer, Johnny Marr, Tom Peloso
Design – Christian Helms, Geoff Peveto
Engineer – Clay Jones, Joe Zook
Engineer [Additional Engineering] – Kyle "Slick" Johnson, Reto Peter, Tom Queyja
Engineer [Assisted By] – Rob Cooper, Tom Queyja
Illustration [Booklet Interior Illustrations] – Casey Burns, David Ellis (5)
Lyrics By – Isaac Brock
Management – Ravenhouse, Ltd.
Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
Mixed By – Dennis Herring, Joe Zook
Producer – Dennis Herring