Good News for People Who Love Bad News

Good News For People Who Love Bad News is the 4th studio record released by Modest Mouse. It was released on April 6th, 2004. This album deals with various topics, including Isaac Brock's criticism of religion (see Bukowski), reference to the afterlife, and other deeper ideas as Modest Mouse records usually do. This album is perhaps best known for the track "Float On" which was released as a single on March 8th, 2004. The song topped the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 2005. The album cover depicts pure white arrows penetrating a green wall, with the holes dripping what appears to be pink paint. If you look closer, you can see the shadow of a hummingbird feeding on a drop of pink paint. The album starts off with a 9-second track called "Horn Intro", which is an interpolation of the 9th track "This Devil's Workday". "The World At Large" features Isaac Brocks lonesome vocals against a sad and reverbed guitar. The lyrics to this track seem as if Isaac is talking about his experiences in his current lifestyle and just wanting to run away from it all. Track 12 is an interlude titled "Interlude (Milo)". This track features samples of a cooing of a baby, who is Eric Judy's son Milo. He is credited as "Milo Chaska Judy" for the vocals of this song.
Tracklist:
1. "Horn Intro"
2. "The World at Large"
3. "Float On"
4. "Ocean Breathes Salty"
5. "Dig Your Grave"
6. "Bury Me with It"
7. "Dance Hall"
8. "Bukowski"
9. "This Devil's Workday"
10. "The View"
11. "Satin in a Coffin"
12. "Interlude (Milo)"
13. "Blame It on the Tetons"
14. "Black Cadillacs"
15. "One Chance"
16. "The Good Times Are Killing Me"
Note: "I've Got It All (Most)" is on some versions of the album. On the vinyl release it is the last song, and on dualdisc versions it appears between "Bury Me With It" and "Dance Hall".