I Was a Kaleidoscope

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"I Was a Kaleidoscope"
Single by Death Cab for Cutie
from the album The Photo Album
Released	October 15, 2002
Format	CD, 7"
Recorded	Spring 2001
Genre	Indie rock
Length	2:50
Label	Fierce Panda
Producer(s)	Chris Walla
Death Cab for Cutie singles chronology
"Stability" (2002)	"I Was a Kaleidoscope" (2002)	"We Laugh Indoors" (2002)

I Was a Kaleidoscope is Death Cab for Cutie's third single release (counting the Stability single and EP) and also the second single from The Photo Album. It is an upbeat song consisting of guitars and drums, without band member Chris Walla playing the keyboards at all. It was written about walking to someone's apartment in winter.

Track Listing

1. I Was a Kaleidoscope

2. Coney Island (Alternate)

Death Cab for Cutie
Ben Gibbard | Chris Walla | Nick Harmer | Jason McGerr Nathan Good | Michael Schorr
Discography
Albums: You Can Play These Songs with Chords (cassette, 1997) | Something About Airplanes (1998) | We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes (2000) | The Photo Album (2001) | You Can Play These Songs with Chords (re-release, 2002) | Transatlanticism (2003) | Plans (2005)
EPs: The Forbidden Love E.P. (2000) | The Stability E.P. (2002) | Studio X Sessions E.P. (2004) | The John Byrd E.P. (2005)
Singles: "A Movie Script Ending" (2002) | "Stability" (2002) | "I Was a Kaleidoscope" (2002) | "We Laugh Indoors" (2002) | "The New Year" (2003) | "The Sound of Settling" (2004) | "Title and Registration" (2004) | "Soul Meets Body" (2005) | "Crooked Teeth" (2006) | "I Will Follow You into the Dark" (2006)
Other releases: iTunes Originals - Death Cab for Cutie (2005)
Filmography
Drive Well, Sleep Carefully (2005) | Directions (2006)
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