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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075678383427
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Atlantic / Wea
Release Date: 2005-08-30
Studio: Atlantic / Wea

Editorial Review:

Amazon.comWhen an indie-rock band as intimately and fiercely loved as Death Cab for Cutie makes the inevitable major-label jump, it often telegraphs a painful death. Witness Husker Du, the Replacements, Nirvana--hell, even R.E.M. After a successful four-album run on tiny Seattle imprint Barsuk, however, Death Cab for Cutie just might buck the trend on its Atlantic premiere. Yes, you can grumble about the production (a little too slick), the proportion of ballads (a little too many) and the overall feeling of restraint (a little too much), but ultimately the album delivers everything the group does best in emotional, experimental songs such as 'What Sarah Said' and 'I Will Follow You into the Dark,' which both blend stark lyrical details with acoustic guitars and soft-focus electronics. In 'Soul Meets Body,' meanwhile, songwriter Ben Gibbard has come up with the kind of blissful, beatific pop song that's capable of disarming even the harshest skeptic. 'A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere,' he sings. --Aidin Vaziri

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Best album I've heard in years
This album has made me an enthusiastic new fan of Death Cab for Cutie. I like the mix of ballads and higher-speed tunes (even though I do wish the radio DJs would please stop playing "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" ad nauseum... clearly they failed to learn from "Under the Bridge" in the 90s how overplaying can turn a perfectly good tune into a worn-out, trite cliche that makes you switch the station). The lyrics are excellent and the melodies mesmerizing. Also, I love how there isn't one bad track on the album. This is on CD I continually play through rom start to finish, then start over and play it again.

Rating:

- Takes me on a journey
This is an excellent album by some very talented musicians. I remember hearing the "Body Meets Soul" on Austin radio in late summer '05. They performed at Austin City Limits Festival that year. I had no idea they have been around since 1998. DCFC write great lyrics. Their music is etheral. "Soul Meets Body" and "Brothers on a Hotel Bed" take me on a journey. Few bands can compare to them. They have a long career ahead of them. If you like Coldplay, Travis or Keane, then this band is for you. I look forward to their new album, Narrow Stairs, in May '08. Buy this album! You will not regret it.

Rating:

- Love It!
For those who like Postal Service, you will like this CD. Probably becuase it is the same singer. Still, you will like either way. The jewel for me on this CD is "Into The Dark". The opening lyric is "Love of my/Someday you will die..." Sounds kind of dark and sad but it is truly a beautiful song. Makes me cry just listening to it. My husband sung this to me on our wedding day. It was perfect!

Rating:

- A great album that endures
My kids bought this for me as a Christmas present. Not exactly my kind of music, I thought at the time, but I have really come to love this album. It is a real masterpiece. The music and lyrics are smart, sarcastic and expertly crafted. In the end, you are a little better off for undergoing this thought experiment. The more I listen to it, the more I like it. And I have been listening to it for two years, so far.

Rating:

- Melancholic beauty...
For the most part this is a really great album - with "Brothers on a Hotel Bed" alone being worth the price of the whole CD. It has to be one of the saddest, most beautiful songs I've heard in many many years. Such feeling, and great melodies in so many of the songs. I love Death Cab, and I've listened this over and over and over... you will too.