The Photo Album

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The Photo Album
Studio album by Death Cab for Cutie
Released	October 9, 2001
Genre	Indie rock
Length	39:32
Label	Barsuk
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork (7.1/10.0) November, 2001 Tiny Mix Tapes link
Death Cab for Cutie chronology
The Forbidden Love E.P. (2000)	The Photo Album (2001)	The Stability E.P. (2002)

The Photo Album is the third album from indie band Death Cab for Cutie. Like most of the band's work, it was released on Barsuk Records.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Extra tracks 2 Personnel 3 Credits/Additional musicians

[edit] Track listing

1. "Steadier Footing"
2. "A Movie Script Ending"
3. "We Laugh Indoors"
4. "Information Travels Faster"
5. "Why You'd Want to Live Here"
6. "Blacking Out the Friction"
7. "I Was a Kaleidoscope"
8. "Styrofoam Plates"
9. "Coney Island"
10. "Debate Exposes Doubt"

[edit] Extra tracks

1. "Gridlock Caravans" - Japanese & LP bonus track, spliced in as track 6. Also found on the UK bonus disc.
2. "Coney Island (Alternate)" - Hidden track on the "I was a Kaleidoscope" single.
3. "Steadier Footing (Acoustic)"
4. "Blacking Out the Friction(Demo)" - Released on "The New Year" (2004) single.
5. "All is Full of Love", "20th Century Towers", "Stability" - Japanese Bonus Tracks

[edit] Personnel

• Benjamin Gibbard - Vocals, Guitar, Piano
• Nicholas Harmer - Bass, Vocals
• Michael Schorr - Drums
• Christopher Walla - Guitar, Vocals

[edit] Credits/Additional musicians

Lyrics by Benjamin Gibbard. Produced, recorded and mixed by Christopher Walla. Mastered by Jeff Saltzman. Sean Nelson did high vocals on "Blacking Out the Friction" and harmony vocals on "I Was a Kaleidoscope". John Vanderslice did low vocals on "Blacking Out the Friction" and backing vocals on "I Was a Kaleidoscope".

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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