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

This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About
Type:	studio
Artist:	Modest Mouse
Cover:	MMLongDrive5075.jpg
Released:	April 16, 1996
Recorded:	October–November 1995
Studio:	Moon Studios (Olympia, Washington)
Length:	74:03 (Standard) 86:10 (LP)
Label:	Up
Producer:	Steve Wold
Prev Title:	Blue Cadet-3, Do You Connect?
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	Interstate 8
Next Year:	1996

This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About is the debut studio album by American rock band Modest Mouse, released on April 16, 1996, by Up Records. Many of the album's tracks focus on traveling by automobile and the loneliness associated with rural life.

Critical reception

The Albuquerque Tribune called the album "intricate, brainy pop sneaking back into old-time ballads, honky-tonk slide and folk pluck."^[1]

Track listing

Vinyl edition

Personnel

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", "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

Notes and References

1. News: Modest Mouse, 'This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About' . The Albuquerque Tribune . May 30, 1996 . D9.