Good News For People Who Love Bad News Baby Pink & Spring Green Double Vinyl

Released by Epic Records on April 6, 2004, Good News For People Who Love Bad News offered a unique blend of existential lyricism and innovative soundscapes which helped Modest Mouse break out of the rock underground after more than a decade of existence. The album, which has been certified double platinum for U.S. shipments of 2 million copies, is hailed as an alternative classic on the strength of songs such as the Modern Rock charttopping, 5times platinum single Float On, the goldcertified The World At Large and Ocean Breathes Salty.Good News For People Who Love Bad News was written by Isaac Brock, Dann Gallucci, Eric Judy and Benjamin Weikel, with additional contributions from Tom Peloso, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and The Flaming Lips. Its success propelled Modest Mouse to new levels of visibility without compromising its hardwon artistic freedom, which was no small feat at a time when many onceindependent acts were creatively waylaid after signing to major labels.