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Sad Sappy Sucker

Modest Mouse (Artist) | Format: Audio CD
3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
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After stepping up to the major-label plate with The Moon and Antarctica, Modest Mouse reach back to their roots with Sad Sappy Sucker. Sucker is actually the band's first recording, released in 2001 but created back in 1994. It was shelved in favor of Lonesome Crowded West as their debut, but Sucker is still a fine piece of the Modest Mouse lineage.

Although parts of Sucker are experimental compared to the band's current polish, this isn't some rarity to be enjoyed only by collectors. Breezy melodies build into jagged choruses as singer Isaac Brock shows he can be both tender and playfully aggressive. Most of the songs clock in between two and three minutes, leaving room for numerous gems in the course of the 24-track album. While 12 of the songs come from a recording session with K Records' Calvin Johnson, a chunk of Sucker material comes from Brock's "Dial-a-Song" phase, during which callers heard new songs by dialing into his answering machine. These experiments range from lo-fi combos of distorted instruments and whiny vocals to complete songs, like the bluesy rock jam on "Secret Agent X-9." The Dial-a-Songs--and a message left by Murder City Devils front man Spencer Moody ("Call to Dial-a-Song")--are both comic relief and proof that Modest Mouse didn't gain their indie-rock cult status by accident. The talent's been there from the beginning. --Jennifer Maerz

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K Records proudly unveils an important document detailing the early days of Modest Mouse. Recorded in 1994, 'Sad Sappy Sucker' is the lost Modest Mouse album, originally intended oto be the band's debut full length. 'Sad Sappy Sucker' has 24 tracks and are the earliset recordings from Modern Mouse. 2001 release. 23 tracks!

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1.0 out of 5 stars True fan, still a bad album May 7 2004
By wheate
Format:Audio CD
Its great to see that an album can in fact be recorded using nothing but crappy equiptment, but for christ sake, keep it in a vault, far far far far away from a cd store shelf near me. Lo-fi is one thing, this falls under the category crap-fi.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Sad it is May 6 2004
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
The title of this album fits it very well. Modest Mouse should have just kept it mysteriously floating around the net. Get the Moon and Antarctica instead.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Primordial Feb 14 2003
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
"Sad Sappy Sucker" is not Modest Mouse's best work ("Lonesome Crowded West" is), but neither is it trash. In fact, it serves as a fantastic left book-end to the group's career thus far. Granted, the production even on the best tunes is awful, the answering-machine ditties are largely annoying, but still, this record gives the listener a chance to hear one of rock's greatest bands in its infancy, and the experience is a most rewarding one. Themes both musical and lyrical that Modest Mouse will later give definitive treatment to are first explored on "Sad Sappy Sucker", and this is reason enough to buy and enjoy it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Fi lays low
A tremendous Modest Mouse fan was I, forever, until the legacy was ended by the putrid Moon and Antarctica. Read more
Published on Jan 14 2003 by Rice Pudding
5.0 out of 5 stars Representing Cleveland Ohio
It is sad to see this album get such bad reviews. I can only say one thing, if your a true modest mouse fan then you will like sad sappy like any other mouse albums. Read more
Published on Dec 24 2002
1.0 out of 5 stars I'd pass on this one...
Modest Mouse is a great band, but I'm not too awfully fond of this album. (just my opinion! some *may* like this record!)
Published on July 17 2002 by Christopher Meredith
3.0 out of 5 stars Leftovers
The band kicks ...- don't get me wrong. This album sounds like clips and scratch-notes from the basement though.
Published on Jun 20 2002 by "alchemist43"
5.0 out of 5 stars contrary to popular belief
i can say nothing but good things about the Washington band modest mouse. this album is hard to get into, as are almost all of modest mouse's albums, but with patience, you won't... Read more
Published on April 9 2002 by chase
2.0 out of 5 stars I am Obviously Lost
Where to begin....well for starters this cd is REALLY bad. I love Modest Mouse (Lonesome Crowded West still being the most played cd of my collection), but this is bad. Read more
Published on Nov 27 2001 by "player31"
5.0 out of 5 stars sad sappy sucker
Much is said already but here's my 2 cents; in general I like debut-albums very much, you'll find many musical ideas and much energy bundled in just one record. Very exciting! Read more
Published on Aug 20 2001 by Boer Poel
5.0 out of 5 stars Did any of you grow up in Issaquah or even know where it is?
Did any of the previous reviewers start a band at what 15 or sixteen? did any of you grow up going to olympia to see k records or candyass bands? Read more
Published on Aug 1 2001
3.0 out of 5 stars New "old" songs
Read the 11 reviews before mine and you see people have mixed feelings about Sad Sappy Sucker by Modest Mouse. Read more
Published on May 7 2001 by gtigrl
2.0 out of 5 stars A sad day for the Mouse...
I can't say that I am surprised about this release given the utter lack of publicity that it received. Read more
Published on May 4 2001 by Halldor Laxness
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