Something About Airplanes

Something About Airplanes
Studio album by Death Cab for Cutie
Released	August 18, 1998 November 25, 2008 (tenth anniversary remaster)
Recorded	1998
Genre	Indie rock
Length	43:21
Label	Barsuk/Elsinor
Producer	Christopher Walla
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Pitchfork Media (8.6/10) link Pitchfork Media (8.1/10) reissue link Tiny Mix Tapes link
Death Cab for Cutie chronology
You Can Play These Songs with Chords (1997) Something About Airplanes (1998) We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes (2000)

Something About Airplanes is the debut studio album by indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, released August 18, 1998 on Barsuk Records.

Early recordings of five songs from this album can be found on the You Can Play These Songs with Chords compilation.

A tenth anniversary edition of the album was released on November 25, 2008, featuring redesigned artwork, liner notes by Sean Nelson and a bonus disc including the band's first ever Seattle performance at the Crocodile Cafe in February 1998.^[1]

Track listing

1998 Original Release

All songs written by Ben Gibbard except where noted.

1. "Bend to Squares" (Gibbard/Christopher Walla) – 4:33
2. "President of What?" – 4:01
3. "Champagne from a Paper Cup" – 2:38
4. "Your Bruise" (Gibbard/Walla) – 4:19
5. "Pictures in an Exhibition" – 3:49
6. "Sleep Spent" (Gibbard/Walla) – 3:37
7. "The Face That Launched 1000 Shits" (Jay Chilcote) – 3:41
8. "Amputations" – 4:54
9. "Fake Frowns" (Gibbard/Walla) – 4:30
10. "Line of Best Fit" – 7:16

2008 Reissue Bonus Disc (Live at the Crocodile Cafe, February 1998)

1. "Your Bruise"
2. "President of What?"
3. "Fake Frowns"
4. "Sweet and Tender Hooligan" (featuring Sean Nelson)
5. "State Street Residential"
6. "Amputations"
7. "Pictures in an Exhibition"

Personnel

• Benjamin Gibbard – vocals, guitar, small piano
• Nathan Good – drums
• Nick Harmer – bass
• Christopher Walla – guitar, organ, electric piano

Additional musicians and production

• Erika Jacobs played, wrote and arranged the cello on "Bend to Squares" and "The Face That Launched 1000 Shits".
• Abi Hall sang on "Line of Best Fit."
• Recorded and produced by Christopher Walla at the Hall of Justice. Mixed by Christopher Walla and Nathan Good. Mastered by Tony Lash.
• The 1998 live show on the 2008 reissue bonus disc was recorded by Chuck Robertson, who also happens to be the photographer who took the cover photos for Harvey Danger's 1997 debut album Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?

Album art

Despite the title referring to airplanes, the image on the album cover is of a rowboat. The image is actually seen through hole in the cover and a sheet of vellum. ^[2] Like the band's 2000 releases, the text is set entirely in lower case.

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