Description
Recording information: Longview Farms, North Brookfield, Massachusetts.
The success of Death Cab For Cutie's TRANSATLANTICISM, and Death Cab main man Ben Gibbard's debut album with the Postal Service, combined to make PLANS one of the most heavily anticipated indie-rock records in many moons. Anyone who thought the band's move to a major label would rob DCFC's unique brand of literate, melancholy music of its legendary intensity needn't have worried--PLANS is one of the group's most accomplished and emotionally resonant efforts.
Sonically, the disc has a Beatlesque anything-goes attitude and attention to arrangement details. "Summer Skin" is driven by a military-style snare pattern and elliptical bass line but sprinkled with atmospheric sound effects. The throbbing dance-rock beat of "Different Names" is offset by delicate xylophone and percolating synthesizer. The disc's highlight, however, may be "Someday You Will Be Loved," which is the kind of simple, irony-free love ballad that stands as a great song with or without production tricks. All the while, Gibbard's artful, introspective lyrics consistently excite the ear with quirky turns of phrase and descriptive imagery. Both a step forward and a refining of past glories, PLANS is a record filled with quietly powerful moments.
Product Details
- Artist
- Death Cab for Cutie
- Recording Environment
- Studio
- Label / Studio
- WEA/ATLANTIC
- WOW HD Sales Rank
- #1526
- Media Content Format
- Album
- Original year of release
- 2005
- Media Format
- Audio CD
- Year of release
- 2005
- Number of Discs
- 1
- CD 30days Sales Rank
- #1253
- Cast & Crew
- Death Cab for Cutie (Music Performer)
- Chris Walla (Producer)
- Chris Walla (Sound Engineer)
- Kip Bee (Sound Engineer)
- Mike Lapierre (Sound Engineer)
Press Reviews
8 (out of 10) - "...an engaging, unashamedly poppy pearl that deserves to be heard Classic Rock
4 (out of 5) - "This is the best kind of radio rock, delivered with what feels like effortless grace. Kerrang (03/09/05, p.59)
...the music is fantastic NME
3 (out of 5) - "... will delight their dedicated fanbase Q
4 (out of 5) - "...an album you really need to buy Sunday Times
...their finest, most achingly beautiful work to date The Fly
4 (out of 5) - "...PLANS is a work of stunning maturity and vision... The Sun
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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Marching Bands of Manhattan
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Soul Meets Body
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Summer Skin
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Different Names for the Same Thing
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I Will Follow You Into the Dark
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Your Heart Is an Empty Room
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Someday You Will Be Loved
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Crooked Teeth
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What Sara Said
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Brothers On a Hotel Bed
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Stable Song
