The Stability E.P.
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| The Stability E.P. | ||
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| EP by Death Cab for Cutie | ||
| Released | February 19, 2002 | |
| Genre | Indie Rock | |
| Label | Barsuk Records | |
| Death Cab for Cutie chronology | ||
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| The Photo Album (2001) |
The Stability E.P. (2002) |
Transatlanticism (2003) |
| Death Cab for Cutie singles chronology | ||
| "A Movie Script Ending" (2002) |
"Stability" (2002) |
"I Was a Kaleidoscope" (2002) |
The Stability E.P. is a limited release by Death Cab for Cutie and was the last to feature drummer Michael Schorr. The tracks on The Stability E.P., in addition to the song "Gridlocked Caravans", were featured as bonus tracks on the Japanese version of The Photo Album.
The track "Stability" would later reappear as "Stable Song", acting as the closing track to their 2005 major label debut, Plans. The new recording is considerably shorter than the original twelve minute, mostly instrumental version found on this E.P., ending when the vocals end. A live rehearsal version of "Stability" can be found on the DVD Drive Well, Sleep Carefully, which clocks in at 10:03; this version is unusual as the song is rarely performed live, and even then is often only as long as the "Stable Song" version. It also continues with lyrics throughout the recording, although the muddy quality of the vocals in the audio makes it somewhat unclear what Gibbard is singing.
The track "All Is Full of Love" is a Björk cover.
The E.P., while now difficult to find, can be downloaded through iTunes.
[edit] Track listing
- "20th Century Towers" (Gibbard/Harmer/Walla) – 4:36
- "All Is Full of Love" (Björk) – 3:17
- "Stability" (Gibbard/Walla) – 12:21
[edit] Personnel
- Produced, recorded, and mixed by Christopher Walla
- Mastered by Jeff Saltzman
- "All Is Full of Love" mixed by S.E. Sharma at Avast!.
- Benjamin Gibbard - Lead vocals, guitar, piano, choir on "20th Century Towers"
- Nicholas Harmer - Bass, choir on "20th Century Towers"
- Michael Schorr - Drums, choir on "20th Century Towers"
- Christopher Walla - Guitar, choir on "20th Century Towers"
- James Mendenhall - outro piano on "Stability".
- John Vanderslice - additional vocals on "Stability".
