Building Nothing Out of Something

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Building Nothing Out of Something
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Compilation album by
Modest Mouse
ReleasedJanuary 18, 2000
Recorded1995–1998
Genre Indie rock
Length55:24
Label Up
Producer Calvin Johnson
Modest Mouse chronology
Night on the Sun
(1999)		Building Nothing Out of Something
(2000)		 The Moon & Antarctica
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
The Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork 8.9/10 [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Village Voice A− [5]

Building Nothing Out of Something is a compilation album released in January 2000 by American indie rock band Modest Mouse, comprising non-album tracks from various points in the band's career. Most of the tracks are A- and B-sides from 7" singles, but it also includes three tracks from the Interstate 8 EP, and "Baby Blue Sedan" from the vinyl version of The Lonesome Crowded West . All songs were originally released from 1996 to 1998. In 2015, Brock's Glacial Pace re-released the album for CD and Vinyl (with some unmarked random copies containing red vinyl rather than black).

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Modest Mouse.

  1. "Never Ending Math Equation" – 3:23
  2. "Interstate 8" – 4:39
  3. "Broke" – 3:19
    • A-side of the 1996 single "Broke"
  4. "Medication" – 5:01
  5. "Workin' on Leavin' the Livin'" – 6:40
  6. "All Night Diner" (also entitled "All Nite Diner") – 4:44
  7. "Baby Blue Sedan" – 4:04
  8. "A Life of Artic Sounds" – 2:29
  9. "Sleepwalking" (also entitled "Sleepwalkin'," and "Sleepwalking (Couples Only Dance Prom Night)") – 3:23
  10. "Grey Ice Water" – 5:05
  11. "Whenever You Breathe Out, I Breathe In (Positive Negative)" (also simply called "Positive Negative") – 5:18
    • B-side of the 1996 single "Broke"
  12. "Other People's Lives" – 7:10

Vinyl edition

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Never Ending Math Equation"3:23
2."Interstate 8"4:39
3."Broke"3:19
4."Medication"5:01
5."Workin' on Leavin' the Livin'"6:04
6."All Night Diner"4:44
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Baby Blue Sedan"4:04
2."A Life of Artic Sounds"2:29
3."Sleepwalkin'"3:23
4."Grey Ice Water"5:05
5."Positive Negative"5:08
6."Other People's Lives"7:10

Personnel

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