Modest Mouse – The Lonesome Crowded West

Wow! The 2014 version sounds great

Very quiet , dynamic pressing.

Highly recommended.

Sounds much better than the VMP remaster.

The malls are the soon-to-be ghost towns. Well, so long, farewell, goodbye… [dead quiet wax]. Great pressing.

Just got this at a local shop, and for $25! I really hate that they screwed with the running order. Bankrupt going into styrofoam boots is the perfect ending, lounge (closing time) being shoved between them really kills that vibe. Oh well.

Vinyl Me, Please has officially announced a repress of this for their March Essential ROTM. So all y’all scalping resellers can take your copies and stick em up your a**

First let me say, I agree with many of the "complaints" discussed on this page. I have gotten a bit more modest of my expectations on vinyl record packaging. Let me get to that later. This is a landmark album, imho, that illustrated MM would have longevity. Born in 1997, it was conceived in the age of CD's and I believe nearly all such releases meant to maximize that medium and in so doing, made it challenging for vinyl LP repurposing come the age of 33 1/3 resurgence. My evolved view is did the manufacturer get it into my hands in clean playable form, with decent analog sonics. Yes, these inner sleeves seem designed to destroy the surface of this product, and since vinyl relies on physical of stylus to groove, it can ruin this pressing. I regularly invest in static-free inner sleeves and preserve the vinyl and original inner sleeves for downstream market value. I place the outer sleeves in resilient poly-bags. In my mind, vinyl is an investment worth protecting. Given the steep drop in value from NM- to VG+, it is worth the pennies to protect with well-designed aftermarket sleeves. Lastly, my satisfaction with the sound of this pressing is dependent on my playback equipment which starts with a Dynavector 10x5 cartridge which seems to relish this "echo-full" recording. 4 thumbs up on the pressing of a 4.5 star release. Thank you Mr. Brock.

Can’t believe these are reselling now? Mine came with a bunch of paper and cut up wax all over the disc. Even after cleaning it, there’s some surface noise issues. Spindle hole clearly wasn’t cut all the way through, it’s difficult to get on and off the spindle. Perhaps just bad luck on my part

Sounds great! However I picked this up used at local record store, not knowing it was 2xLP and I only have the first half. My fault for not researching more. Annoyed the LPs came in separate sleeves. Whoever turned it in probably didn't have the second sleeve haha

so have they actually swapped the order of those two tracks or is it just a misprint on the record?

Pleasantly surprised. I also own Interstate 8 EP so I wasn't expecting a great deal more but just had to have this as its one of my favourites. Great sound in my opinion. Sleeves weren't too tight, nice and dynamic and very minimal static.

This record sounds great and I also did not have any issues with the inner sleeves being too tight. I'd reccomend picking up this release, grabbed this new myself for $21.99, well worth the money.