Isaac Brock and his Modest Mouse compatriots have notched their first chart-topping album with their latest effort, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. Selling 129,000 copies in its first week, it doubled the group’s previous best 7-day sales stretch. Good News for People Who Love Bad News held the mark with 68,000 copies. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003563939