Something about Airplanes

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Something About Airplanes (1998) is the debut LP from the indie band Death Cab for Cutie. The album got the band compared frequently to Built To Spill because of its dreamy pop orientation. Early recordings of eight songs from this album can be found on the You Can Play These Songs with Chords compilation. Those tracks would eventually be re-recorded for this album.

Personnel

• Benjamin Gibbard (vocals, guitar, small piano)
• Nathan Good (drums)
• Nicholas Harmer (bass)
• Christopher Walla (guitar, organ, electric piano, things)

Credits/Additional musicians

• Erika Jacobs played, wrote and arranged the cello on "Bend to Squares" and "The Face That Launched 1000 Shits." Abi Hall sang on "Line of Best Fit." Recorded and produced by Christopher Walla at the Hall of Justice and Nathan Good helped him mix it. Tony Lash mastered it.

Track listing

1. "Bend to Squares" (Gibbard/Walla)
2. "President of What?" (Gibbard)
3. "Champagne From a Paper Cup" (Gibbard)
4. "Your Bruise" (Gibbard/Walla)
5. "Pictures in an Exhibition" (Gibbard)
6. "Sleep Spent" (Gibbard/Walla)
7. "The Face That Launched 1000 Shits" (Jay Chilcote)
8. "Amputations" (Gibbard)
9. "Fake Frowns" (Gibbard/Walla)
10. "Line of Best Fit" (Gibbard)Template:1990s-rock-album-stub