Night on the Sun

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{{Infobox album

| name = Night on the Sun

| type = EP

| artist = Modest Mouse

| cover = Up090.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1999, 2000

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| genre = {{hlist|Indie rock|punk rock}}

| length = 23:40 (CD Release)

19:17 (Vinyl Release)

| label = Rebel Beat Factory Up Records (US) Matador Records (UK)

| producer = Brian Deck

| prev_title = The Lonesome Crowded West

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = Building Nothing Out of Something

| next_year = 2000

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = EP

| cover = Modest Mouse Night on the Sun EP 2016 cover.jpg

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| caption = Cover for the 2016 reissue

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{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Pitchfork

| rev1score = (8.7/10)

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Night on the Sun is an EP by alternative rock band Modest Mouse, released in 1999 as a Japan-only album, again in 2000 as a 12" vinyl in the US and UK,{{Citation |title=Modest Mouse - Night On The Sun |date=2000-11-20 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2075732-Modest-Mouse-Night-On-The-Sun |access-date=2024-12-31 |language=en}} and was re-issued in 2016 [http://store.glacialpace.com/collections/modest-mouse/products/modest-mouse-night-on-the-sun-ep]. The tracks on the Japan's Rebel Beat Factory label were taken from The Moon & Antarctica demos that were sent to Epic Records. The four tracks on 12" ended up on 2001's Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks. Extra percussion on "I Came As A Rat (Long Walk Off A Short Dock)" was provided by Ben Massarella and bass on You're the Good Things was played by Ben Blankenship.