Transatlanticism by Death Cab For Cutie

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Tracklist

    Track     Duration Listeners
1 The New Year 3:59 378,287
2 Lightness 3:30 351,093
3 Title and Registration 3:38 449,741
4 Expo '86 4:10 318,079
5 The Sound of Settling 2:12 504,348
6 Tiny Vessels 4:21 355,307
7 Transatlanticism 8:08 420,381
8 Passenger Seat 3:40 345,360
9 Death of an Interior Decorator 2:56 302,222
10 We Looked Like Giants 5:31 338,682

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About this album

Released: 7 Oct 2003 10 tracks (42:05)
Transatlanticism is the fourth studio album by Death Cab for Cutie, released October 7, 2003 on Barsuk Records. Prior to the album’s release, Ben Gibbard stated: “…unlike The Photo Album, I feel like this record is definitely more like a proper album. We’ve tried to construct it with transitions of songs going in and out of each other, and I think it’s a little bit more expansive than the last record.”

The album peaked at number 97 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart. The album has been certified Gold in the U.S. It is available on CD, SACD, and vinyl.

The album is Jason McGerr’s first as the band’s drummer. The album was rated the 57th best of the decade by Rolling Stone.

The album received highly positive reviews, and is to date the band’s most acclaimed album. Transatlanticism scored an 85 on Metacritic, indicating “universal acclaim”. Rob Theakston of Allmusic stated, “It’s the group’s maturity as musicians as well as songwriters that make Transatlanticism such a decadently good listen from start to finish” and gave it 4.5 stars out of 5.

Among the most critical of the album was William Morris from Pitchfork Media, who stated, “Transatlanticism dulls the edges of their usually acute divinations”, although he gave the album a positive review.

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  • myonlyweakness

    Masterpiece.

    last month
  • rsiirka

    i love cover

    February 2012
  • bombsgoboom

    um hello what happend to track 11!

    January 2012
  • vanvic68

    So this is the new year... fancy any resolutions? http://nosabesloquetepierdes.blogspot.com/2012/01/un-dia-cualquiera-death-cab-for-cutie.html

    January 2012
  • formlessness

    i need you so much closer

    December 2011
  • sawaawawa

    <3

    October 2011
  • zwiecha

    I love this album : D

    October 2011
  • RecklessGirl00

    this album was released on my birthday :D when i was 8 so cute :D <3 xo xo

    October 2011
  • naotas_forehead

    (except on occasion when it does)

    September 2011
  • naotas_forehead

    I have a love-hate relationship with this album. It usually bores me to tears compared to their older stuff, but this morning I took a long walk and I listened to it as the sun rose and it finally clicked for me again. It's funny how the lyrics from Tiny Vessels (some of my least favorite Ben has ever wrote) sum up my feelings best: Transatlanticism is beautiful, but it doesn't mean a thing to me.

    September 2011
  • hidreamer

    My favorite <3

    September 2011
  • Alisson_Sartor

    definitely the best album of DCFC

    September 2011
  • Kevin160394

    so nice..

    August 2011
  • Neon_Spadezzz

    Like this album a lot. Good songs. Really good.

    August 2011
  • Jedidude77

    i love how the album loops back to the first track at the end

    August 2011
  • Apophasist

    shit, wrong page

    July 2011
  • GoGoJonah

    Perfection.

    July 2011
  • Jesusej

    This album always drives me home

    July 2011
  • perfectmadness

    This is honestly the most beautiful album I've ever listened to!!! It really makes me cry! I could listen to it all day long without getting tired of it... masterpiece!

    June 2011
  • Noisysound

    The new album is shit compared to this one. Every single song is perfect.

    June 2011
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