No One's First, and You're Next

No One's First, and You're Next is an EP by American indie rock band Modest Mouse, released on August 4, 2009. It features unreleased tracks and B-sides from the band's previous two studio albums, Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004) and We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (2007). The compilation was first mentioned in February 2008 when Rolling Stone conducted a short interview with frontman Isaac Brock in their "Smoking Section" column;^[12] however, no other news regarding its release surfaced until an entire year later.

No One's First, and You're Next
EP by Modest Mouse
Released	August 4, 2009
Recorded	2003–2006
Genre	Indie rock, alternative rock, folk rock, indie folk, post-punk revival, alternative country
Length	33:33
Label	Epic
Modest Mouse chronology
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (2007) No One's First, and You're Next (2009) Strangers to Ourselves (2015)
Singles from No One's First, and You're Next
"King Rat" Released: March 20, 2007 "Satellite Skin" Released: May 26, 2009 "Autumn Beds" Released: June 23, 2009 "Perpetual Motion Machine" Released: July 21, 2009

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(75/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	B+[3]
Chicago Tribune	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B[5]
NME	(6/10)[6]
No Ripcord	[7]
Now	[8]
Pitchfork Media	(7.2/10)[9]
Planet Sound	(8/10)[10]
PopMatters	[11]

The vinyl version was released on August 14, 2009.

Promotion

Singles

Three sets of 7" vinyl singles preceded the EP's release. The first single, "Satellite Skin / Guilty Cocker Spaniels", was planned to be released on April 18 in celebration of Record Store Day,^[13] but was pushed back to May 26 because Isaac Brock didn't like the color of the vinyl, as it wasn't the right shade of orange. The record seemed to have difficulty playing on many people's record players and the seller would not take them back, causing annoyance among Modest Mouse fans.^[14]

Music videos

Kevin Willis, who previously contributed artwork to drummer Jeremiah Green's side project Vells, directed the video for "Satellite Skin".^[15] Before his death in January 2008, Heath Ledger had started working on a music video for "King Rat". Unfinished when he died, the video was completed by co-director Daniel Auber and others. It was released on August 4, 2009, the same day that the EP was released. Later that year, Bent Image Lab director Nando Costa created a video for "The Whale Song", utilizing stop-motion animation.^[16]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Satellite Skin" (released as an A-side)	3:58
2.	"Guilty Cocker Spaniels" (released as a B-side to "Satellite Skin")	3:59
3.	"Autumn Beds" (released as an A-side)	3:42
4.	"The Whale Song" (released as a B-side to "Autumn Beds")	6:07
5.	"Perpetual Motion Machine" (released as an A-side)	3:11
6.	"History Sticks to Your Feet" (released as a B-side to "Perpetual Motion Machine")	3:55
7.	"King Rat" (released as a promotional single and as the B-side to "Dashboard")	5:30
8.	"I've Got It All (Most)" (released as the B-side to "Float On")	3:10

All lyrics are written by Isaac Brock; all music is composed by Modest Mouse.

Charts

Chart performance for No One's First, and You're Next

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[17]	91
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[18]	14
US Billboard 200[19]	15
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[20]	3