The Moon & Antarctica

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The Moon & Antarctica was Modest Mouse's sixth album, released in 2000. It contained a total of 15 tracks and was released by 1999 Ugly Cassanova Music/Crazy Gnome/Tschudi Music (ASCAP).
==Track List==
No.	Title 	Length	
1. 	"3rd Planet"   	3:59 	
2. 	"Gravity Rides Everything"   	4:19 	
3. 	"Dark Center of the Universe"  	5:04 	
4. 	"Perfect Disguise"   	2:43 	
5. 	"Tiny Cities Made of Ashes"   	3:44 	
6. 	"A Different City"   	3:10 	
7. 	"The Cold Part"   	5:03 	
8. 	"Alone Down There"   	2:24 	
9. 	"The Stars Are Projectors"   	8:46 	
10.	"Wild Packs of Family Dogs" 	1:45 	
11.	"Paper Thin Walls"   	3:01 	
12.	"I Came as a Rat"   	3:48 	
13.	"Lives" 	3:19 	
14.	"Life Like Weeds"   	6:30 	
15.	"What People Are Made Of"   	2:14 	
==Themes==
Most of this album seems to be a collaboration of Isaac Brock's views and philosophies on everything from how to handle life, to life after death, to misconceptions and falsehoods of religion. This album highlights Brock's misanthropic and depressive views, as well as atheistic beliefs.
==Production==
For the first time, Modest Mouse lands a record deal with a major label- Epic Records. This decision received backlash from many fans in the fear that they'd start sounding mainstream or too polished, but Brock took note of this and prevented such an event. The album was produced by Brian Deck as a first ever project recorded at Clava Studios in Chicago. Although Deck was the producer, he worked strictly alongside Brock's decisions and didn't do anything the band wasn't comfortable with. The recording studio they operated in was not completely finished at the beginning of recording, but the band and crew seemed to have gotten around it. Brock also suffered an attack on the street during the recording period of this album that broke his jaw, forcing a week of hospitalization and his jaw to be wired shut for nearly three months. In the end, the album took a total of 5 months to record.
==Album Credits==
Credits are listed in the accompanying album booklet as follows:
Produced and mixed by Brian Deck
Assisted by Greg Ratajczak
Recorded at Clava Studio, Chicago, IL
Except for "Wild Packs Of Family Dogs", Recorded by Phil Ek @ Jupiter Studio, Seattle, WA
Remastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk, NYC
Remastering Supervised by Dennis Herring
All songs:
Lyrics by Isaac Brock
Music by Modest Mouse
Except for Wild Packs Of Family Dogs and Lives, words and music by Isaac Brock
Isaac Brock- guitars, vocals
Jeremiah Green- drums
Eric Judy- bass
Art Direction: Mary Maurer
Cover Photography: Simon Labalestier
Photography: Simon Labalestier, Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green, Eric Judy
Design: Monster X
Management: Ravenhouse, Ltd.
A&R: Matt Marshall
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