This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About

This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About is the debut studio album by American rock band Modest Mouse, released on April 16, 1996, by Up Records. Many of the album's tracks focus on traveling by automobile and the loneliness associated with rural life.

Critical reception
The Albuquerque Tribune called the album "intricate, brainy pop sneaking back into old-time ballads, honky-tonk slide and folk pluck."

Modest Mouse

 * Isaac Brock – guitar and vocals (drums on "Dog Paddle")
 * Jeremiah Green – drums (bass on "Dog Paddle")
 * Eric Judy – bass (guitar on "Dog Paddle")

Additional musicians

 * Steve Wold – slide guitar, mandolin, guitar, backup vocals
 * Brent Arnold – cello
 * Nicole Johnson – vocals on "Custom Concern", "Ionizes & Atomizes", and "Head South"
 * Calvin Johnson – extra vocals on "Head South"

Other

 * Produced by Steve Wold
 * Engineered by Scott Swayze & Steve Wold
 * Photography by Isaac Brock