We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes
Studio album by Death Cab for Cutie
Released	March 21, 2000
Recorded	The Hall of Justice
Genre	Indie rock
Length	41:52
Label	Barsuk
Producer	Christopher Walla
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork (7.5/10) 1 Apr 00 Tiny Mix Tapes link
Death Cab for Cutie chronology
Something About Airplanes (1998) We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes (2000) The Forbidden Love EP (2000)

We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes (2000) is the second LP release of the indie band Death Cab for Cutie. It was also released by Barsuk Records as a CD, and originally released in the UK with 3 bonus tracks by Fierce Panda Records. It is dedicated to Trevor Adams.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Credits 4 Cut Songs

[edit] Track listing

1. "Title Track" (Gibbard) – 3:29
2. "The Employment Pages" (Gibbard) – 4:04
3. "For What Reason" (Gibbard) – 2:52
4. "Lowell, MA" (Gibbard/Walla) – 3:28
5. "405" (Gibbard) – 3:37
6. "Little Fury Bugs" (Gibbard) – 3:48
7. "Company Calls" (Gibbard/Harmer/Walla) – 3:19
8. "Company Calls Epilogue" (Gibbard) – 5:16
9. "No Joy in Mudville" (Gibbard/Harmer/Walla) – 6:03
10. "Scientist Studies" (Gibbard) – 5:56

N.B.: Although live recordings dating from before the album's publication suggest that the opening song was originally titled "We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes", it is listed as "Title Track", and so is not, in fact, a title track.

[edit] Personnel

• Benjamin Gibbard – vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, drums, percussion, Casiotone, organ
• Nicholas Harmer – bass
• Christopher Walla – Telecaster, electric piano, backing vocals, percussion, glockenspiel, samples
• Nathan Good – drums on "The Employment Pages" and "Company Calls Epilogue"

[edit] Credits

Produced, recorded, and mixed by Christopher Walla at the Hall of Justice. Mastered by Tony Lash.

[edit] Cut Songs

The Forbidden Love E.P. contains an acoustic version of "405" and an alternate version of "Company Calls Epilogue".

You Can Play These Songs with Chords + 10 contains a version of "Song for Kelly Huckaby" that Christopher Walla notes was for Facts. Another version of "Song for Kelly Huckaby" appears on The Forbidden Love E.P.

v • d • e Death Cab for Cutie Ben Gibbard · Nick Harmer · Jason McGerr · Chris Walla Nathan Good · Michael Schorr Albums You Can Play These Songs with Chords (1997) · Something About Airplanes (1998) · We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes (2000) · The Photo Album (2001) · Transatlanticism (2003) · Plans (2005) · Narrow Stairs (2008) 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" · "Stability" · "I Was a Kaleidoscope" · "We Laugh Indoors" · "The New Year" · "The Sound of Settling" · "Title and Registration" · "Soul Meets Body" · "Crooked Teeth" · "I Will Follow You into the Dark" · "I Will Possess Your Heart" · "Cath..." Other releases iTunes Originals – Death Cab for Cutie Filmography Drive Well, Sleep Carefully · Directions Related articles Discography · ¡All-Time Quarterback! · The Postal Service · Barsuk Records · Atlantic Records · Fierce Panda Records