Plans (album)

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Plans
Studio album by Death Cab for Cutie
Released	August 30, 2005
Recorded	2005
Genre	Indie rock
Length	44:28
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer(s)	Chris Walla
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork (6.5/10) 8/30/05 PopMatters (7/10) 9/8/05 Tiny Mix Tapes link Robert Christgau (mixed) link Rolling Stone 8/22/05 Static and Feedback link
Death Cab for Cutie chronology
The John Byrd E.P. (2005)	Plans (2005)

Plans is the fifth studio album by Death Cab for Cutie released on August 30, 2005.

The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards, held February 8, 2006.

The vinyl release of this album features the bonus track "Talking Like Turnstiles". The Japanese release includes the bonus track "Jealousy Rides With Me". "Stable Song", the final track on the album, is a re-recording of "Stability" from The Stability E.P..

Plans is a certified Gold Album in the United States, having sold more than 823,000 copies. [1]

Plans is Death Cab for Cutie's highest-charting album, debuting at number #4 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart. [2]

In 2006, a DVD titled "Directions" was released. The DVD was an anthology of 11 short films all inspired by tracks of Plans.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Extra tracks 3 Personnel 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Marching Bands of Manhattan" (Gibbard) – 4:12
2. "Soul Meets Body" (Gibbard) – 3:50
3. "Summer Skin" (Gibbard/McGerr/Walla) – 3:14
4. "Different Names for the Same Thing" (Gibbard) – 5:08
5. "I Will Follow You into the Dark" (Gibbard) – 3:09
6. "Your Heart Is an Empty Room" (Gibbard) – 3:39
7. "Someday You Will Be Loved" (Gibbard/Walla) – 3:11
8. "Crooked Teeth" (Gibbard/Walla) – 3:23
9. "What Sarah Said" (Gibbard/Harmer) – 6:20
10. "Brothers on a Hotel Bed" (Gibbard/Walla) – 4:31
11. "Stable Song" (Gibbard) – 3:42

[edit] Extra tracks

1. "Talking Like Turnstiles" – 2:28 – vinyl-only bonus track; later released on the Crooked Teeth EP.
2. "Jealousy Rides with Me" – 2:25 – Japanese bonus track, b-side to "Soul Meets Body" vinyl single.
3. "Broken Yolk in Western Sky" – written during the "Plans" session, played live by Ben Gibbard at tsunami benefit concert.
4. "Walking the Ghost" – written during the "Plans" session; played live by Ben Gibbard in pre-2004 election shows.

[edit] Personnel

• Ben Gibbard – vocals, guitars
• Chris Walla – guitars, keyboards
• Nick Harmer – bass
• Jason McGerr – drums

[edit] External links

• Directions

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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