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We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band Modest Mouse, released in 2007. It followed their previous studio album, 2004's Good News for People Who Love Bad News. It is the band's only full-length with former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr as a member.[3] It is also their last with founding member and bassist Eric Judy. It has a strong nautical theme and was originally envisioned as a concept album about a boat crew that dies in every song.[4]

We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

March 20, 2007 (2007-03-20)

2005–2006

Indie rock, post-punk revival[1][2]

62:28

Epic

Dennis Herring

This album was certified Gold by the RIAA on June 11, 2009.[5] As of February 2015, it has sold 649,000 copies in the US.[6]

A behind the scenes look into the making of the "Dashboard" video entitled "A Fisherman's Tale" was included with pre-orders of the album and the Japanese limited edition two-disc set.

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A featuring the unreleased track "King Rat" with album track "Fire It Up" as the B-side was included with the pre-order of the album at certain retailers.

7-inch vinyl single

US stores offered a pre-sell CD single with three tracks from the album. It was made available on March 7, two weeks prior to the release of the album and contained the tracks "Dashboard", "Education", and "Little Motel". The single carried no title other than that of the 3 tracks. Unlike typical promotions of pre-sell material that contain coupons for some value off the final price of the album (this one was $1.99 - a reimbursement for the cost of the single, making it a free promotional tool), this CD featured only album quality tracks and no live or other unreleased tracks.

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Isaac Brock

Jeremiah Green

Eric Judy

Johnny Marr

Tom Peloso

Joe Plummer

at Metacritic

We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank