Something About Airplanes

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Something About Airplanes

Studio album by Death Cab for Cutie
Released	August 18, 1998
Recorded	1998
Genre	Indie rock
Length	43:21
Label	Barsuk/Elsinor
Producer(s)	Christopher Walla
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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 1998 debut LP from the indie band Death Cab for Cutie. The album got the band compared frequently to Built to Spill because of its dreamy pop orientation. Early recordings of eight songs from this album can be found on the You Can Play These Songs with Chords compilation. Those tracks would eventually be re-recorded for this album.

[edit] Track listing

"Bend to Squares" (Gibbard/Walla) – 4:33
"President of What?" (Gibbard) – 4:01
"Champagne from a Paper Cup" (Gibbard) – 2:38
"Your Bruise" (Gibbard/Walla) – 4:19
"Pictures in an Exhibition" (Gibbard) – 3:49
"Sleep Spent" (Gibbard/Walla) – 3:37
"The Face that Launched 1,000 Shits" (Jay Chilcote) – 3:41
"Amputations" (Gibbard) – 4:54
"Fake Frowns" (Gibbard/Walla) – 4:30
"Line of Best Fit" (Gibbard) – 7:14

[edit] Personnel

Benjamin Gibbard (vocals, guitar, small piano)
Nathan Good (drums)
Nicholas Harmer (bass)
Christopher Walla (guitar, organ, electric piano)

[edit] Credits/Additional musicians

Erika Jacobs played, wrote and arranged the cello on "Bend to Squares" and "The Face That Launched 1000 Ships."
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.

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)
Related articles
All-Time Quarterback \| The Postal Service \| Elsinor Records \| Barsuk Records \| Atlantic Records \| Fierce Panda Records
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