Good News for Modern Man (album)

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Good News for Modern Man
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 30, 1999
Recorded1997–1998[1]
StudioPachyderm Studios, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
GenreAlternative rock
Length46:33
LabelPachyderm
ProducerGrant Hart, Brent Sigmeth
Grant Hart chronology
Ecce Homo
(1995)
Good News for Modern Man
(1999)
Hot Wax
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
All Music Guide to Rock[3]
Exclaim!(positive)[4]
Magnet(positive)[5]
Pitchfork Media(7.7/10)[6]
2014 reissue album cover

Good News for Modern Man is the second studio album from Grant Hart, formerly of the band Hüsker Dü.[7] It was released in 1999, ten years after Hart's previous studio album, Intolerance (1989).

The album was remastered and reissued by Hart’s Con d’Or label in 2014 with new album cover art.[8]

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Grant Hart.

  1. "Think It Over Now" (3:07)
  2. "Nobody Rides for Free" (4:32)
  3. "Run Run Run to the Centre Pompidou" (3:45)
  4. "You Don't Have to Tell Me Now" (3:44)
  5. "Teeny's Hair" (3:16)
  6. "A Letter From Anne Marie" (5:59)
  7. "In a Cold House" (5:02)
  8. "Seka Knows" (4:40)
  9. "Remains to Be Seen" (3:12)
  10. "Let Rosemary Rock Him, Laura-Louise" (1:32)
  11. "Little Nemo" (7:35)

Personnel[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ thirdav.com Retrieved August 11, 2017
  2. ^ "allmusic Good News for Modern Man > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
  3. ^ Cusanelli, Michael (2002). All Music Guide to Rock: the Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul. Backbeat Books. p. 510. ISBN 0-87930-653-X.
  4. ^ Green, Stuart (2000-04-01). "Grant Hart: Good News for Modern Man". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
  5. ^ "Lost Classics: Grant Hart: Good News for Modern Man". Magnet. 2009-04-23. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
  6. ^ Kempke, D. Erik (1999-11-30). "Grant Hart: Good News for Modern Man". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
  7. ^ thirdav.com Retrieved July 17, 2010
  8. ^ Discogs.com Retrieved August 11, 2017