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The Moon & Antarctica by Modest Mouse
The Moon & Antarctica is an album by Modest Mouse, released in 2000. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 24 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Tiny Cities Made of Ashes”, on 18 lists with a best position of #232.
The Moon & Antarctica, Modest Mouse's third studio album, came out on Epic on June 13, 2000, and it's the sound of the Issaquah, Washington, band spending its first major-label money wisely. Brian Deck produced, and the extra budget opened the band's scrappy indie rock up into something vast, echoing and strange.
Isaac Brock, on vocals and guitar, turns inward, delivering his lyrics in a voice that yelps, mutters and cracks, while Eric Judy's bass and Jeremiah Green's drums pull the songs from jittery to cosmic and back. "3rd Planet" unfurls slowly, and "Tiny Cities Made of Ashes" jerks and bounces like a broken machine. Critics praised the new sound and Brock's introspective writing, and years later NME ranked it among the greatest records ever made.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Moon & Antarctica on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiny Cities Made of Ashes | 18 | #232 | – | 2000–2022 | |
| 2 | 3rd Planet | 4 | #78 | – | 2009–2024 | |
| 3 | Gravity Rides Everything | 2 | #436 | – | 2019–2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.