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“Tiny Cities Made of Ashes” by Modest Mouse

From the album The Moon & Antarctica (2000)

“Tiny Cities Made of Ashes” by Modest Mouse appears on 18 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2000 and 2022. It was first released in 2000 on the album The Moon & Antarctica. Its best result is #232 on the WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,821 alternative song of all time.

18countdowns

5stations

#232best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

2000–2022years charted

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Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes

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"Tiny Cities Made of Ashes" crawls out of Modest Mouse's 2000 album The Moon & Antarctica, and it's the band at its most sinister and funky, a lurching, elastic groove with Isaac Brock's voice darting between a sneer and a yelp.

Brock wrote the words and built the music with drummer Jeremiah Green and bassist Eric Judy, whose bassline does most of the heavy lifting. Ben Blankenship's keyboards, Ben Massarella's percussion and Tyler Riley's violin add unsettling colour around the edges, and Brian Deck produced and mixed it, keeping the whole thing dry and close enough to feel claustrophobic.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

#1,821 of all time

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2000	1965	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	1905	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2002	1890	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2003	1854	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2004	1856	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	233	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005)	500
2005	1839	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2006	232	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006)	499
2007	966	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	959	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	969	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2010	1003	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2010	783	WXPN	WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010)	885
2011	961	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	943	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	974	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013
2019	616	KEXP	KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time	627
2022	756	90.9 The Bridge	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s	907

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