Plans
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Plans is Death Cab for Cutie's most successful album yet, with the most number of chart toppers and copies sold among all their releases since the band started in 1997.
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[edit] About
Plans is Death Cab for Cutie’s first release under its most recent label, Atlantic Records on August 30, 2005. Fans from their previously released albums under Barsuk actually thought the band of selling out because of the huge leap from a small record label to a major one, giving the band an opportunity at bigger and better studios and at being more ambitious with regards to their songwriting and musicianship. Judging from the result of that leap, however, it’s safe to say that Death Cab for Cutie did not lose any edge and instead got even better with their latest record.
In “Crooked Teeth,” one of the chart toppers in this album, the band sings “you can’t find nothing at all if there was nothing there all along.” “What Sarah Said” on the other hand is about loving and losing at the same time. This track is an emotional one, as is “I Will Follow You Into The Dark.” Other hits include “Soul Meets Body” and “Marching Bands of Manhattan.”
Death Cab for Cutie is certainly impressive in Plans. It lives up to expectations of the music lovers who discovered them even before they made a name for themselves, and will definitely attract many more because of the kind of music the band is able to produce.
[edit] Tracks
| Track | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marching Bands of Manhattan | 4:12 |
| 2 | Soul Meets Body | 3:50 |
| 3 | Summer Skin | 3:14 |
| 4 | Different Names for the Same Thing | 5:08 |
| 5 | I Will Follow You Into The Dark | 3:09 |
| 6 | My Heart Is and Empty Room | 3:39 |
| 7 | Someday You Will Be Loved | 3:11 |
| 8 | Crooked Teeth | 3:23 |
| 9 | What Sarah Said | 6:20 |
| 10 | Brothers on a Hotel Bed | 4:31 |
| 11 | Stable Song | 3:42 |
[edit] Awards & Certifications
Certifications
| Album | Certification |
|---|---|
| Plans | Certified Gold |
[edit] Chart Toppers
| Year | Title | Hot Modern Rock Tracks | Hot Digital Songs | Pop 100 | Billboard Hot 100 | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Crooked Teeth | 10 | - | - | - | Plans |
| 2006 | I Will Follow You Into the Dark | 28 | - | - | - | Plans |
| 2006 | Soul Meets Body | - | 48 | 59 | - | Plans |
| 2005 | Soul Meets Body | 5 | - | - | 60 | Plans |
[edit] Credits
Performance Credits
Death Cab for Cutie Primary Artist
Sean Nelson Harmony
Christopher Group Member
Nick Harmer Group Member
Jason McGerr Group Member
Benjamin Gibbard Group Member
William Swan Trumpet
Technical Credits
John Byrd Live Sound
Roger Seibel Mastering
Stuart Hallerman Engineer
Kip Beelman Engineer
Kevin Suggs Engineer
Christopher Walla Producer, Engineer
Mike Lapierre Engineer
Justin Armstrong Engineer
Beau Sorenson Engineer
Will Markwell Live Sound
Adde Russell Artwork
Robbie Skrocki Engineer
Austin Sousa Engineer
[edit] Trivia
- The band originally released the twelve-minute song "Stability" in 2002 with The Stability E.P. Three years later, a new, four-minute version of "Stability" entitled "Stable Song" was released on the full-length album Plans.
- Plans has been certified Gold in the US selling more than 500,000 copies.
- The vinyl release of Plans features the bonus track "Talking Like Turnstiles". The Japanese release includes the bonus track "Jealousy Rides With Me".
- The album Plans was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards, held February 8, 2006.
[edit] Shop
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