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Sad Sappy Sucker is a 2001 album released by alternative rock band Modest Mouse. Originally slated to be Modest Mouse's debut album in 1994, Sad Sappy Sucker was shelved for several years until its eventual release in 2001, following the popularity of its The Moon & Antarctica. Several songs were recorded at Olympia, Washington's Dub Narcotic Studios. The record was officially released by K Records on April 24, 2001, available in both Compact Disc and vinyl LP, and containing nine additional tracks added to the original track listing of 15 songs.

Sad Sappy Sucker
Studio album by Modest Mouse
Released	April 24, 2001
Recorded	November 12, 1994 – 1995
Genre	Indie rock
Length	34:34
Label	K, Glacial Pace (2010 reissue)
Producer	Calvin Johnson
Modest Mouse chronology
The Moon & Antarctica (2000) Sad Sappy Sucker (2001) Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks (2001)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(55/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork	7/10[3]
PopMatters	[4] (Reissue)[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]

Critical reception

Sad Sappy Sucker was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. Metacritic, gave this release a score of 55 out of 100, based on 8 reviews.[1]

In a review for Pitchfork, Spencer Owen gave the album a 7 out of 10 on release,[3] but after a reissue gave it a 7.2.[7] PopMatters said that "taken on its own merits, Sad Sappy Sucker is pretty good, but the out-and-out strangeness of it all and the fact that it doesn’t hold together as a real album may throw off the uninitiated (and who can blame them?)."[4] Stereogum declared it the worst Modest Mouse album, stating "the album is as grating and undercooked as indie rock debuts come, full of indulgent studio experiments, half-assed sketches, and tunes that sound like a generic sadcore band's demo cassette in high-speed dub mode....Sad Sappy Sucker asks the question: 'How many Built To Spills do we need?'"

Track listing

The first 15 tracks make up the original album Sad Sappy Sucker. Tracks 16-24 come from Isaac Brock's answering machine — he originally had a "Call to Dial a Song" service, similar to They Might Be Giants' Dial-A-Song.

1. "Worms vs. Birds" – 2:13
2. "Four Fingered Fisherman" – 2:27
3. "Wagon Ride Return" – 0:48
4. "Classy Plastic Lumber" (unlisted on back cover) – 2:03
5. "From Point A to Point B (∞)" – 2:56
6. "Path of Least Resistance" – 0:28
7. "It Always Rains on a Picnic" – 3:01
8. "Dukes Up" – 2:24
9. "Think Long" – 1:09
10. "Every Penny Fed Car" – 3:07
11. "Mice Eat Cheese" – 2:26
12. "Race Car Grin You Ain't No Landmark" – 1:13
13. "Red Hand Case" – 2:37
14. "Secret Agent X-9" – 1:12
15. "Blue Cadet-3, Do You Connect?" – 1:09

Bonus Tracks

1. "Call to Dial a Song" – 0:31
2. "5-4-3-2-1 Lisp Off" – 0:30
3. "Woodgrain" – 0:30
4. "BMX Crash" – 0:28
5. "Sucker Bet" – 1:19
6. "Black Blood & Old Newagers" – 0:29
7. "SWY" – 0:29
8. "Australopithecus" – 0:29
9. "Sin Gun Chaser" – 0:27

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[8]	21
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[9]	26

References

External links

• Sad Sappy Sucker at Metacritic

На других языках

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Sad Sappy Sucker es la segunda compilación de la banda Modest Mouse. Ésta compilación contiene las canciones más viejas de la banda, algunas de las cuales quedaron sin ver la luz hasta la salida de ésta recopilación. Varias canciones fueron grabadas en Dub Narcotic Studios, ubicado en Washington, en 1994. El récord fue realizado el 24 de abril del 2001 bajo K Records, en ambas versiones CD y Vinyl LP

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