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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Building Nothing Out of Something
| name = Building Nothing Out of Something
| Type = compilation
| type = compilation
| Artist = [[Modest Mouse]]
| artist = [[Modest Mouse]]
| Cover = MMBuildingNothingOutOfSomething.jpg
| cover = MMBuildingNothingOutOfSomething.jpg
| Released = [[January 18]], [[2000]]
| alt =
| released = January 18, 2000
| Recorded = Various studios/times
| Genre = [[Indie rock]]
| recorded = 1995–1998
| Length = 55:24
| venue =
| Label = [[Up Records|Up]]
| studio =
| Producer = [[Calvin Johnson (musician)|Calvin Johnson]]
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| Reviews =
| length = 55:24
| label = [[Up Records|Up]]
*[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dtkvikz0bb19 link]
| producer = [[Calvin Johnson (musician)|Calvin Johnson]]
*[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] (8.9/10) [http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19966/Modest_Mouse_Building_Nothing_Out_of_Something link]
| prev_title = [[Night on the Sun]]
*[[Robert Christgau]] (A-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=953&name=Modest+Mouse link]
| prev_year = 1999
| Last album = ''[[Night on the Sun]]''<br/>(1999)
| next_title = [[The Moon & Antarctica]]
| This album = '''''Building Nothing Out of Something'''''<br/>(2000)
| next_year = 2000
| Next album = ''[[The Moon & Antarctica]]''<br/>(2000)
}}
{{album reviews
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/building-nothing-out-of-something-mw0000248302 |title=Building Nothing Out of Something – Modest Mouse |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=July 27, 2015 |last=Phares |first=Heather}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2000-01-21/75581/ |title=Modest Mouse: Building Nothing out of Something (Up) |work=[[The Austin Chronicle]] |date=January 21, 2000 |accessdate=July 27, 2015 |last=Hess |first=Christopher}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev3Score = 8.9/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5361-building-nothing-out-of-something/ |title=Modest Mouse: Building Nothing Out of Something |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=January 18, 2000 |accessdate=July 27, 2015 |last=DiCrescenzo |first=Brent}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Modest Mouse |last=Harris |first=Keith |title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]] |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/551 551] |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 }}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev5Score = A−<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv100-00.php |title=Happy You Near |work=[[The Village Voice]] |date=February 1, 2000 |accessdate=July 27, 2015 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref>
}}
}}


'''''Building Nothing Out of Something''''' is a [[compilation album]] released in early 2000 (the copyright reads 1999) by [[indie rock]] [[Rock band|band]] [[Modest Mouse]], comprising non-album tracks from various points in the band's career. Most of the tracks are A- and B-sides from 7" singles, but it also includes three tracks from the [[Interstate 8 (album)|Interstate 8 EP]], and "Baby Blue Sedan" from the vinyl version of [[The Lonesome Crowded West]]. All songs were originally released from 1996 to 1998.
'''''Building Nothing Out of Something''''' is a [[compilation album]] released in January 2000 by American [[indie rock]] band [[Modest Mouse]], comprising non-album tracks from various points in the band's career. All songs were originally released from 1996 to 1998. In 2015, Brock's Glacial Pace re-released the album for CD and Vinyl (with some unmarked random copies containing red vinyl rather than black).


==Production==
While a very thorough compilation, the album does miss some non-album tracks that were released in this time frame, including "A Manic Depressive Named Laughing Boy", "Edit the Sad Parts", "Buttons to Push Buttons", and "Whenever You See Fit".

The songs on this album were recorded between 1995 and 1998, composing of A and B sides from singles, three tracks from [[Interstate 8 (EP) | Interstate 8]], and one song from the vinyl version of [[The Lonesome Crowded West]].

The track "Sleepwalking (Couples Only Dance Prom Night) contains a melody from [[Sleep Walk]], a 1959 instrumental song by American [[Rock & Roll]] duo [[Santo and Johnny]]. The song contains lyrics, written by [[Isaac Brock]].

==Reception==

In a review for [[Pitchfork Magazine | Pitchfork]], Brent Dicrescenzo gives the album an 8.9 out of 10. In the review, he says "Though Building Nothing Out of Something merely compiles old singles and rarities, it might be the best Modest Mouse release for newcomers' initiation, as well as instant gratification for long time fans. This batch of songs is easily their most varied. "Never Ending Math Equation" tick-tocks to a screeching turntable crescendo. "Medication" floats a slow, crystalline guitar line over muted field recordings of traffic, foghorns, and railroad bells before trotting into an acoustic coda with blithe organs. The most beautiful near-seven minutes of Modest Mouse's career rumbles throughout "Workin' on Leavin' the Livin'"-- a psychedelic testimonial to the afterlife. "Sleepwalkin'" mines the 1950s ballad of the same name, but sets the affair in an underwater chamber of whale-call guitars and aching melodies. And a suitable meltdown climaxes in the closer, "Other People's Lives," when Brock treats his guitar like solder. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5361-building-nothing-out-of-something/ |title=Building Nothing Out of Something |publisher=Pitchfork Magazine |accessdate=December 3, 2024}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{track listing
#"Never Ending Math Equation" – 3:23
|all_writing = [[Modest Mouse]], except where noted
#* A-side of the 1998 single "[[Never Ending Math Equation]]"
| total_length = 55:23
#"Interstate 8" – 4:39
| title1 = Never Ending Math Equation
#* Taken from the "[[Interstate 8 (album)|Interstate 8 EP]]"
| length1 = 3:23
#"Broke" – 3:19
| title2 = Interstate 8
#* A-side of the 1996 single "[[Broke (Modest Mouse song)|Broke]]"
| length2 = 4:39
#"Medication" – 5:01
| title3 = Broke
#* B-side of the 1997 single "[[A Life of Arctic Sounds]]"
| length3 = 3:19
#"Workin' on Leavin' the Livin'" – 6:40
| title4 = Medication
#* B-side of the 1998 single "Never Ending Math Equation"
| length4 = 5:01
#"All Night Diner" (also entitled "All Nite Diner") – 4:44
| title5 = Workin' on Leavin' the Livin'
#* Taken from the "[[Interstate 8 (album)|Interstate 8 EP]]"
| length5 = 6:40
#"Baby Blue Sedan" – 4:04
| title6 = All Night Diner
#* Bonus track on the LP version of "[[The Lonesome Crowded West]]"
| length6 = 4:44
#"A Life of Arctic Sounds" [''sic''] – 2:29
| title7 = Baby Blue Sedan
#* A-side of the 1997 single "[[A Life of Arctic Sounds]]"
| length7 = 4:04
#"Sleepwalking" (also entitled "Sleepwalkin'," and "Sleepwalking (Couples Only Dance Prom Night)") – 3:23
| title8 = A Life of Arctic Sounds
#* Melody taken from "Sleep Walk" by [[Santo and Johnny]]
| length8 = 2:29
#* Taken from the "[[Interstate 8 (album)|Interstate 8 EP]]"
| title9 = Sleepwalking (Couples Only Dance Prom Night)
#"Grey Ice Water" – 5:05
| writer9 = Santo and Johnny
#* B-side of the 1998 single "[[Other People's Lives (Modest Mouse song)|Other People's Lives]]"
| length9 = 3:23
#"Whenever You Breathe Out, I Breathe In (Positive Negative)" (also simply called "Positive Negative") – 5:18
| title10 = Grey Ice Water
#* B-side of the 1996 single "[[Broke (Modest Mouse song)|Broke]]"
| length10 = 5:05
#"Other People's Lives" – 7:10
| title11 = Whenever You Breathe Out, I Breathe In (Positive Negative)
#* A-side of the 1998 single "[[Other People's Lives (Modest Mouse song)|Other People's Lives]]"
| length11 = 5:18
| title12 = Other People's Lives
| length12 = 7:10
}}

== Personnel==
===Modest Mouse===
* [[Isaac Brock (musician)|Isaac Brock]] – Guitar, Vocals
* [[Eric Judy]] – Bass
* [[Jeremiah Green]] – Drums

===Additional Personel===
* [[Nicole Johnson (songwriter) | Nicole Johnson]] – Vocals on Tracks 2, 9, & 10
* [[Seasick Steve|Steve Wold]] – Organ, Engineer, Slide Guitar on Track 4
* [[Dann Gallucci]] – Guitar on Track 8
* Joey Bullock – Drawing
* Barry Corliss – Mastering
* [[Brian Deck]] – Drawing
* [[Phil Ek]] – Engineer
* [[Calvin Johnson (musician) | Calvin Johnson]] – Producer, Engineer

==References==
{{Reflist}}


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Latest revision as of 05:33, 4 December 2024

Building Nothing Out of Something
Compilation album by
Modest Mouse
ReleasedJanuary 18, 2000
Recorded1995–1998
GenreIndie rock
Length55:24
LabelUp
ProducerCalvin Johnson
Modest Mouse chronology
Night on the Sun
(1999) 		Building Nothing Out of Something
(2000) 		The Moon & Antarctica
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Austin Chronicle[2]
Pitchfork8.9/10[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
The Village VoiceA−[5]

Building Nothing Out of Something is a compilation album released in January 2000 by American indie rock band Modest Mouse, comprising non-album tracks from various points in the band's career. All songs were originally released from 1996 to 1998. In 2015, Brock's Glacial Pace re-released the album for CD and Vinyl (with some unmarked random copies containing red vinyl rather than black).

Production

[edit]

The songs on this album were recorded between 1995 and 1998, composing of A and B sides from singles, three tracks from Interstate 8, and one song from the vinyl version of The Lonesome Crowded West.

The track "Sleepwalking (Couples Only Dance Prom Night) contains a melody from Sleep Walk, a 1959 instrumental song by American Rock & Roll duo Santo and Johnny. The song contains lyrics, written by Isaac Brock.

Reception

[edit]

In a review for Pitchfork, Brent Dicrescenzo gives the album an 8.9 out of 10. In the review, he says "Though Building Nothing Out of Something merely compiles old singles and rarities, it might be the best Modest Mouse release for newcomers' initiation, as well as instant gratification for long time fans. This batch of songs is easily their most varied. "Never Ending Math Equation" tick-tocks to a screeching turntable crescendo. "Medication" floats a slow, crystalline guitar line over muted field recordings of traffic, foghorns, and railroad bells before trotting into an acoustic coda with blithe organs. The most beautiful near-seven minutes of Modest Mouse's career rumbles throughout "Workin' on Leavin' the Livin'"-- a psychedelic testimonial to the afterlife. "Sleepwalkin'" mines the 1950s ballad of the same name, but sets the affair in an underwater chamber of whale-call guitars and aching melodies. And a suitable meltdown climaxes in the closer, "Other People's Lives," when Brock treats his guitar like solder. [6]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Modest Mouse, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Never Ending Math Equation" 3:23
2."Interstate 8" 4:39
3."Broke" 3:19
4."Medication" 5:01
5."Workin' on Leavin' the Livin'" 6:40
6."All Night Diner" 4:44
7."Baby Blue Sedan" 4:04
8."A Life of Arctic Sounds" 2:29
9."Sleepwalking (Couples Only Dance Prom Night)"Santo and Johnny3:23
10."Grey Ice Water" 5:05
11."Whenever You Breathe Out, I Breathe In (Positive Negative)" 5:18
12."Other People's Lives" 7:10
Total length:55:23

Personnel

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Modest Mouse

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Additional Personel

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References

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  1. ^ Phares, Heather. "Building Nothing Out of Something – Modest Mouse". AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
  2. ^ Hess, Christopher (January 21, 2000). "Modest Mouse: Building Nothing out of Something (Up)". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
  3. ^ DiCrescenzo, Brent (January 18, 2000). "Modest Mouse: Building Nothing Out of Something". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
  4. ^ Harris, Keith (2004). "Modest Mouse". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 551. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (February 1, 2000). "Happy You Near". The Village Voice. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
  6. ^ "Building Nothing Out of Something". Pitchfork Magazine. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
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