This is a pretty good 18-track collection of rarities and unreleased material. It's not recommended to newcomers who want an introduction to the band or casual listeners who want only one or two of their CDs, but Death Cab for Cutie fans should be pleased with the selection. The earliest recordings -- "This Charming Man" (a cover of a Smiths song with some botched phrases such as "under this charming car"), "TV Trays," New Candidate," and "Tomorrow" -- were done in November 1996. Several other tracks were recorded in May-July 1997; of these songs, "President of What," "Champagne From a Paper Cup," "Pictures in an Exhibition," "Amputations," and "Line of Best Fit" were later re-recorded for Something About Airplanes (the differences between the original and re-recorded versions aren't incredibly interesting, but the songs themselves are good and they comprise only a small part of this collection anyway). "Flustered/Hey Tomcat!" (a showcase for tape manipulation that isn't particualarly interesting) and "State Street Residential" were originally recorded in December 1997 and March 1998 respectively; both were mixed in May 2002 for this album. "Wait," a cover version of a Secret Stars song, and "Prove My Hypothesis" were released on 7" singles in 1999; both were remixed for this album. "Song for Kelly Huckably" was recorded in July 1999 (a new recording was released on the Forbidden Love EP in 2000) and the original version, "Army Corps of Architects" (which was remixed for this album), was the B-side of a Sub Pop singles club 7" in 2000. As you might expect, the overall quality of the songs isn't quite up to the standard of the best Death Cab for Cutie albums, but it comes close enough to entertain fans who aren't die-hard completists.
Ah, Death Cab For Cutie, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways...This week I was lucky enough to see Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla, Jason McGerr, and Nicholas Harmer twice in one week - Saturday 6/21 at The Greek Theatre in Berkeley and Monday 6/23 at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, and both concerts seemed to mirror their surroundings. Both were as different as they were alike. Berkeley's fel...
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so it's my first post here on MOG. i know this will turn out drastically wrong, just bear with me here.so i come from england. near liverpool, actually. and i've found myself listening constantly to bands from the other side of the atlantic. my favourite band is no exception - in fact, my favourite band are basically half way around the world from here.if you hadn't already guessed, the band in...
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Hello to everyone who's reading this..I'm just writing in here cause I'm bored, there's honestly nothing going on in my life right now. I really need to see a DCfC concert soon..hopefully they keep going on tour forever. Whenever I see one, I don't know why, but I feel..better. I don't know...I'm just weird like that. It could be cause I seem to be having constant urges to rock out. Anyways...I...
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Ah, Death Cab For Cutie, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways...This week I was lucky enough to see Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla, Jason McGerr, and Nicholas Harmer twice in one week - Saturday 6/21 at The Greek Theatre in Berkeley and Monday 6/23 at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, and both concerts seemed to mirror their surroundings. Both were as different as they were alike. Berkeley's fel...
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from dcfc:"Death Cab are going to be playing at Coachella Music and Arts Festival on Saturday, April 26th. Also playing this year are Raconteurs, Kraftwerk, Portishead, The Breeders, My Morning Jacket and many more. Tickets will go on sale this Friday, January 25th at 10am through Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com). Full line-up and additional information available at www.coachella.com.More sp...
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I like the new MOG headline thing: "A music asylum run by its inmates." Hilarious, but undeniably true. I've been here for almost five months now, and from day one it's been an insane explosion of new artists, great concert/album reviews, and thought-provoking musical discussions. MOG has truly become my asylum, because no one in the "real world" quite understands my musical tastes.Speaking of ...
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hey you guys,yea, it's been a while since the last post, but i'm sure it doesn't matter; i'm surely not that interesting, right? but anyway, i thought it's about time for an update, and some music to compliment.well, the old routine is set in motion, as today was the first day back to school for me. waking up incredibly early, and then after hours of boring classes, it's back home again, only t...
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Hello to everyone who's reading this..I'm just writing in here cause I'm bored, there's honestly nothing going on in my life right now. I really need to see a DCfC concert soon..hopefully they keep going on tour forever. Whenever I see one, I don't know why, but I feel..better. I don't know...I'm just weird like that. It could be cause I seem to be having constant urges to rock out. Anyways...I...
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so it's my first post here on MOG. i know this will turn out drastically wrong, just bear with me here.so i come from england. near liverpool, actually. and i've found myself listening constantly to bands from the other side of the atlantic. my favourite band is no exception - in fact, my favourite band are basically half way around the world from here.if you hadn't already guessed, the band in...
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| 1 President of What? |
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| 2 Champagne from a Paper Cup |
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| 3 Pictures in an Exhibition |
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| 4 Hindsight |
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| 5 That's Incentive |
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| 6 Amputations |
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| 7 Two Cars |
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| 8 Line of Best Fit |
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| 9 This Charming Man |
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| 10 TV Trays |
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| 11 New Candles |
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| 12 Tomorrow |
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| 13 Flustered/Hey Tomcat! |
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| 14 State Street Residential |
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| 15 Wait |
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| 16 Prove My Hypotheses |
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| 17 Song for Kelly Huckaby [Facts Version] |
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| 18 Army Corps of Architects |
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