Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks

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Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks
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EP by
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2001
Genre Alternative rock, experimental rock
Length32:51
Label Epic
Producer Isaac Brock, Brian Deck, Phil Ek
Modest Mouse chronology
Sad Sappy Sucker
(2001)
Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks
(2001)
Good News for People Who Love Bad News
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The A.V. Club (positive) [2]
Pitchfork Media (7.8/10) [3]
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Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks is a 2001 EP by the alternative rock band Modest Mouse. It collects the earlier Night on the Sun EP along with unreleased tracks from the recording sessions for The Moon & Antarctica .

Contents

It was released on Epic Records on September 25, 2001, on both CD and vinyl LP.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Isaac Brock; all music composed by Isaac Brock, Eric Judy, Jeremiah Green, except where noted.

  1. "Willful Suspension of Disbelief" – 3:38
  2. "Night on the Sun" – 7:38
  3. "3 Inch Horses, Two Faced Monsters" (Brock) – 4:13
  4. "You're the Good Things" – 3:33
  5. "The Air" – 4:32
  6. "So Much Beauty in Dirt" – 1:24
  7. "Here It Comes" – 3:10
  8. "I Came as a Rat (Long Walk off a Short Dock)" – 4:36

A short excerpt of "3 Inch Horses, Two Faced Monsters" was used as a sample at the end of The Moon & Antarctica's "A Different City".

Personnel

Album charts

YearAlbumChartPosition
2001Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour TricksHeatseekersNo. 5
2001Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour TricksBillboard Top 200No. 147

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