The Lonesome Crowded West

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Annotation

Copyright: ℗ 1997 Glacial Pace Recordings

Excluded Regions (as of 2026-08-19)

🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory, 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico

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Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Teeth Like God's Shoeshine engineer: Scott Swayze co-producer: Isaac Brock and Scott Swayze producer: Calvin Johnson (US guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer & DJ) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Up Records (independent; Seattle, WA) (in 1997) recorded at: Avast! in Seattle, Washington, United States and John and Stu’s Place in Seattle, Washington, United States recording of: Teeth Like God’s Shoeshine writer: Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green and Eric Judy publisher: Ugly Casanova (in 1997)	3.5	6:53
2	Heart Cooks Brain engineer: Scott Swayze co-producer: Isaac Brock and Scott Swayze producer: Calvin Johnson (US guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer & DJ) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Up Records (independent; Seattle, WA) (in 1997) recorded at: Moon Studio in Olympia, Washington, United States recording of: Heart Cooks Brain writer: Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green and Eric Judy publisher: Ugly Casanova (in 1997)	3	4:03
3	Convenient Parking engineer: Scott Swayze co-producer: Isaac Brock and Scott Swayze producer: Calvin Johnson (US guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer & DJ) guitar: Scott Swayze phonographic copyright (℗) by: Up Records (independent; Seattle, WA) (in 1997) recorded at: Moon Studio in Olympia, Washington, United States recording of: Convenient Parking writer: Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green and Eric Judy publisher: Ugly Casanova (in 1997)	3.35	4:08
4	Lounge (Closing Time) engineer: Scott Swayze co-producer: Isaac Brock and Scott Swayze producer: Calvin Johnson (US guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer & DJ) guitar: Scott Swayze phonographic copyright (℗) by: Up Records (independent; Seattle, WA) (in 1997) recorded at: Moon Studio in Olympia, Washington, United States recording of: Lounge (Closing Time) writer: Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green and Eric Judy publisher: Ugly Casanova (in 1997)	3.4	7:04
5	Jesus Christ Was an Only Child engineer: Scott Swayze co-producer: Isaac Brock and Scott Swayze producer: Calvin Johnson (US guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer & DJ) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Up Records (independent; Seattle, WA) (in 1997) recorded at: Moon Studio in Olympia, Washington, United States recording of: Jesus Christ Was an Only Child writer: Isaac Brock publisher: Ugly Casanova (in 1997)	3	2:36
6	Doin' the Cockroach engineer: Scott Swayze co-producer: Isaac Brock and Scott Swayze producer: Calvin Johnson (US guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer & DJ) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Up Records (independent; Seattle, WA) (in 1997) recorded at: Avast! in Seattle, Washington, United States and John and Stu’s Place in Seattle, Washington, United States recording of: Doin’ the Cockroach writer: Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green and Eric Judy publisher: Ugly Casanova (in 1997)	3.85	4:19
7	Cowboy Dan engineer: Scott Swayze co-producer: Isaac Brock and Scott Swayze producer: Calvin Johnson (US guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer & DJ) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Up Records (independent; Seattle, WA) (in 1997) recorded at: Avast! in Seattle, Washington, United States and John and Stu’s Place in Seattle, Washington, United States recording of: Cowboy Dan writer: Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green and Eric Judy publisher: Ugly Casanova (in 1997)	3.5	6:15
8	Trailer Trash engineer: Scott Swayze co-producer: Isaac Brock and Scott Swayze producer: Calvin Johnson (US guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer & DJ) guitar: Dann Gallucci phonographic copyright (℗) by: Up Records (independent; Seattle, WA) (in 1997) recorded at: Moon Studio in Olympia, Washington, United States recording of: Trailer Trash writer: Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green and Eric Judy publisher: Ugly Casanova (in 1997)	3.85	5:50
9	Out of Gas engineer: Scott Swayze co-producer: Isaac Brock and Scott Swayze producer: Calvin Johnson (US guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer & DJ) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Up Records (independent; Seattle, WA) (in 1997) recorded at: Moon Studio in Olympia, Washington, United States recording of: Out of Gas writer: Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green and Eric Judy publisher: Ugly Casanova (in 1997)	3	2:31
10	Long Distance Drunk engineer: Scott Swayze co-producer: Isaac Brock and Scott Swayze producer: Calvin Johnson (US guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer & DJ) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Up Records (independent; Seattle, WA) (in 1997) recorded at: Moon Studio in Olympia, Washington, United States recording of: Long Distance Drunk writer: Isaac Brock publisher: Ugly Casanova (in 1997)	2.65	3:43
11	Shit Luck	2	2:23
12	Truckers Atlas engineer: Scott Swayze co-producer: Isaac Brock and Scott Swayze producer: Calvin Johnson (US guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer & DJ) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Up Records (independent; Seattle, WA) (in 1997) recorded at: Moon Studio in Olympia, Washington, United States recording of: Truckers Atlas writer: Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green and Eric Judy publisher: Ugly Casanova (in 1997)	2.8	10:58
13	Polar Opposites engineer: Scott Swayze co-producer: Isaac Brock and Scott Swayze producer: Calvin Johnson (US guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer & DJ) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Up Records (independent; Seattle, WA) (in 1997) recorded at: Moon Studio in Olympia, Washington, United States recording of: Polar Opposites writer: Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green and Eric Judy publisher: Ugly Casanova (in 1997)	2.9	3:30
14	Bankrupt on Selling engineer: Scott Swayze co-producer: Isaac Brock and Scott Swayze producer: Calvin Johnson (US guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer & DJ) guitar: Dann Gallucci phonographic copyright (℗) by: Up Records (independent; Seattle, WA) (in 1997) recorded at: Moon Studio in Olympia, Washington, United States recording of: Bankrupt on Selling writer: Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green and Eric Judy publisher: Ugly Casanova (in 1997)	3.3	2:54
15	Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice on Ice, Alright engineer: Scott Swayze co-producer: Isaac Brock and Scott Swayze producer: Calvin Johnson (US guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer & DJ) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Up Records (independent; Seattle, WA) (in 1997) recorded at: Moon Studio in Olympia, Washington, United States recording of: It’s All Nice on Ice, Alright writer: Modest Mouse recording of: Styrofoam Boots writer: Modest Mouse	3.6	6:53

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Release

purchase for download:	https://music.apple.com/us/album/1566174024 [info] https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/the-lonesome-crowded-west-modest-mouse/axvg4yg9qjcha [info]
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streaming page:	https://music.apple.com/us/album/1566174024 [info] https://tidal.com/album/183082698 [info] https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/the-lonesome-crowded-west-modest-mouse/axvg4yg9qjcha [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	Heart Cooks Brain / Shit Luck

part of:	Pitchfork: The 50 Best Indie Rock Albums of the Pacific Northwest: pub_2016-09-06 (number: 4) (order: 4) Treble: The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s (number: 53) (order: 53) Pitchfork: The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s (2022-09-28) (number: 125) (order: 125)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/51539 [info]
reviews:	http://web.archive.org/web/20060213210831/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/modest-mouse/lonesome-crowded-west.shtml [info] http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1610631 [info] http://www.almostcool.org/mr/779/ [info] http://www.nme.com/reviews/494 [info] http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-lonesome-crowded-west-19980205 [info] http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/modest-mouse-lonesome-crowded-west [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/modest_mouse/the_lonesome_crowded_west/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000596977 [info]
Wikidata:	Q7748155 [info]
discography entry:	https://www.last.fm/music/Modest+Mouse/The+Lonesome+Crowded+West [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 00842812148750
Format:: Digital Media
Length:: 1:13:59

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: None
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Glacial Pace

Release events

[Worldwide]
1997-11-18

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4.2 (see all ratings)

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