Something About Airplanes

Studio album by Death Cab for Cutie

Released

August 18, 1998

Recorded

1998, Hall of Justice

Genre

Indie rock

Length

43:18

Label

Barsuk/Elsinor

Producer

Chris Walla

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)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Austin Chronicle	^[2]
Paste	(8.6/10)^[3]
Pitchfork Media	(8.1/10)^[4]
PopMatters	(Album) (Extras)^[5]
Rolling Stone	^[6]
Tiny Mix Tapes	^[7]

Something About Airplanes is the debut studio album by indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, released August 18, 1998 on Barsuk Records. A remastered anniversary version of the album was released on November 25, 2008.

Early recordings of five songs from this album can be found on the You Can Play These Songs with Chords compilation.

A tenth anniversary edition of the album was released on November 25, 2008, featuring redesigned artwork, liner notes by Sean Nelson and a bonus disc including the band's first ever Seattle performance at the Crocodile Cafe in February 1998.^[8]

Album art

Despite the title referring to airplanes, the image on the album cover is of a rowboat. The image is actually seen through a hole in the cover and a sheet of vellum.^[9] Like some of the band's 2000 releases, the text is set entirely in lower case.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bend to Squares"	4:33
2.	"President of What?"	4:01
3.	"Champagne from a Paper Cup"	2:38
4.	"Your Bruise"	4:19
5.	"Pictures in an Exhibition"	3:49
6.	"Sleep Spent"	3:37
7.	"The Face That Launched 1000 Shits"	3:41
8.	"Amputations"	4:54
9.	"Fake Frowns"	4:30
10.	"Line of Best Fit"	7:16

Reissue bonus disc – Live at the Crocodile Cafe, February 1998
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Your Bruise"
12.	"President of What?"
13.	"Fake Frowns"
14.	"Sweet and Tender Hooligan" (feat. Sean Nelson)
15.	"State Street Residential"
16.	"Amputations"
17.	"Pictures in an Exhibition"

Personnel

Death Cab for Cutie

Ben Gibbard – vocals, guitar, small piano
Nathan Good – drums, mixing
Nick Harmer – bass guitar
Christopher Walla – guitar, organ, electric piano, things, production, mixing

Additional personnel

Abi Hall – vocals on "Line of Best Fit"
Erika Jacobs – writing and cello arrangement on "Bend to Squares" and "The Face That Launched 1000 Shits".
Tony Lash – mastering

Live at the Crocodile Cafe, February 1998

Chuck MacIan Robertson – recording
Sean Nelson – performer on "Sweet and Tender Hooligan"

Notes

↑ Abebe, Nitsuh. Something About Airplanes at AllMusic. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
↑ Stevens, Darcie (December 19, 2008). "Death Cab for Cutie: Something About Airplanes (Barsuk)". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
↑ Killingsworth, Jason (January 21, 2009). "Death Cab For Cutie: Something About Airplanes (Limited-Edition Deluxe 2-disc) :: Music :: Reviews". Paste. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
↑ Cohen, Ian (November 26, 2008). "Death Cab for Cutie: Something About Airplanes". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
↑ Jayasuriya, Mehan (December 5, 2008). "Death Cab for Cutie: Something About Airplanes (Deluxe Edition)". PopMatters. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
↑ Walters, Barry (December 11, 2008). "Something About Airplanes Deluxe Edition". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
↑ Mr. P. "Something about Airplanes". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
↑ "Death Cab For Cutie: News". Official Death Cab for Cutie Website. Retrieved October 3, 2008.
↑ Tim Frommer. "DAA Artist Archive: Death Cab for Cutie". Dancing About Architecture. Retrieved April 13, 2008.

Death Cab for Cutie

Ben Gibbard Nick Harmer Jason McGerr Nathan Good Michael Schorr Chris Walla

Studio albums	Something About Airplanes We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes The Photo Album Transatlanticism Plans Narrow Stairs Codes and Keys Kintsugi

Other	You Can Play These Songs with Chords iTunes Originals

EPs	The Forbidden Love EP The Stability EP Studio X Sessions EP The John Byrd EP The Open Door EP

Singles	"Your Bruise" "Prove My Hypotheses" "Stability" "A Movie Script Ending" "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..." "No Sunlight" "Grapevine Fires" "Little Bribes" "Meet Me on the Equinox" "You Are a Tourist" "Home Is a Fire" "Stay Young, Go Dancing" "Underneath the Sycamore" "Black Sun" "The Ghosts of Beverly Drive"

Filmography	Drive Well, Sleep Carefully Directions: The Plans Video Album

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