Night on the Sun

EP by Modest Mouse

Released

1999, 2000

Genre

Indie rock, punk rock

Length

23:40 (CD Release)

19:17 (Vinyl Release)

Label

Rebel Beat Factory Up Records (US) Matador Records (UK)

Producer

Brian Deck

Modest Mouse chronology

The Lonesome Crowded West
(1997)

Night on the Sun
(1999)

Building Nothing Out of Something
(2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork	(8.7/10) ^[1]

Night on the Sun is an EP by alternative rock band Modest Mouse, released in 1999 as a Japan-only album, again in 2000 as a 12" vinyl in the US and UK , and was re-issued in 2016. The tracks on the Japan's Rebel Beat Factory label were taken from The Moon & Antarctica demos that were sent to Epic Records. The four tracks on 12" ended up on 2001s Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks. Extra percussion on I Came As A Rat (Long Walk Off A Short Dock) was provided by Ben Massarella and bass on You're the Good Things was played by Ben Blankenship .

Reception

Pitchfork Media compared the EP favorably to the works of The Velvet Underground, noting that the recording contained both characteristics of their earlier work as well as the musical direction taken after their major-label debut album, The Moon & Antarctica^[1]

Track listing

CD Release

"Night on the Sun" – 9:21
"You're the Good Things (It's Alright to Die)" – 4:23
"Wild Packs of Family Dogs" – 1:47
"Dark Center of the Universe" – 4:19
"Your Life" – 3:21
"No Title" (Jeremiah Green speaking Japanese) – 0:18

Vinyl Release

"Willful Suspension of Disbelief" – 3:33
"Night on the Sun" – 7:36
"I Came as a Rat (Long Walk Off a Short Dock)" – 4:36
"You're the Good Things" – 3:32

References

1 2 Kempke, D. Erik (24 August 1999). "Modest Mouse: Night on the Sun EP". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 15 November 2012.

Modest Mouse

Isaac Brock Jeremiah Green Tom Peloso Jim Fairchild Russell Higbee Lisa Molinaro Dann Gallucci Eric Judy Joe Plummer Johnny Marr Benjamin Weikel John Wickhart

Studio albums	This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About The Lonesome Crowded West The Moon & Antarctica Good News for People Who Love Bad News We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank Strangers to Ourselves

EPs	Blue Cadet-3, Do You Connect? Interstate 8 The Fruit That Ate Itself Night on the Sun Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks No One's First and You're Next

Other albums	Building Nothing Out of Something Sad Sappy Sucker Baron von Bullshit Rides Again

Singles	"A Life of Arctic Sounds" "Other People's Lives" "Never Ending Math Equation" "Heart Cooks Brain" "Float On" "Ocean Breathes Salty" "The World at Large" "Dashboard" "King Rat" "Missed the Boat" "We've Got Everything" "Satellite Skin" "Lampshades on Fire" "The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box"

Labels	Epic Records K Records Sub Pop Suicide Squeeze Records Up Records

Related	Discography Dirty Dozen Brass Band Seasick Steve Ugly Casanova

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