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Good News For People Who Love Bad News
(2004, Alternative rock, by Modest Mouse, Label: Sony Music)
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Not age appropriate for kids under 13, age appropriate for kids over 16; suggested age 15. -
Is it any good?
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Common Sense says
Passionate posturing requires perspective.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 15–16
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What Parents Need to Know
About Good News For People Who Love Bad News
Parents need to know that Modest Mouse's moody poetry will be appreciated by some teens; inappropriate for others. A sprinkling of four-letter words and obsessive death imagery puts this CD in the your-mileage-may-vary category.
Read our full review by Kathi Kamen Goldmark
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about how dark, death-related lyrics in songs can be appreciated, but with some perspective. And how can such dark lyrics also be poetic?
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title on for age 14 and give it
Great Album :)
A couple f-words in one song is all I've heard, otherwise it's totally acceptable. Pretty mature content about death that will probably go over most kids' heads.
- I rate this title on for age 9 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
kool
some f words but fine all the way its awesome
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
ood music if you like Alternetive Rock
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