The Moon & Antarctica
2000 studio album by Modest Mouse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Moon & Antarctica is the third studio album by American rock band Modest Mouse, released on June 13, 2000, by Epic Records. The album's title is taken from the opening scene of the 1982 film Blade Runner, where the main character (Rick Deckard) reads a newspaper headlined "Farming the Oceans, the Moon and Antarctica".[2]
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Released | June 13, 2000 | |||
Recorded | July–November 1999 | |||
Studio | Clava Studios, Chicago | |||
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Length | 59:43 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Brian Deck | |||
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The Moon & Antarctica peaked at number 120 on the US Billboard 200,[3] and received acclaim from critics,[4] who praised its subject matter and change in sound from earlier albums and frontman Isaac Brock's introspective lyrics. It was also hailed for being an expansion of the band's sound, much due to their new major label budget as well as the production of Brian Deck. In 2021, NME referred to it as "one of the greatest records ever made".[5]