Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
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Release date: 07 October 2003
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- The New Year
- Lightness
- Title and Registration
- Expo '86
- The Sound of Settling
- Tiny Vessels
- Transatlanticism
- Passenger Seat
- Death of an Interior Decorator
- We Looked Like Giants
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Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism: Wikipedia Album Entry
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.
Tracks from Transatlanticism have been featured in several films and television shows. A poster of the album cover hangs in the bedroom of The O.C. character Seth Cohen, and a copy of the album is part of his "starter pack" during the first "Chrismukkah" episode. The song "A Lack of Color" is featured on Music From The OC: Mix 2. The song "Transatlanticism" was featured in a season four episode of Six Feet Under, a season five episode of CSI Miami ("Death Pool"), an episode of Harper's Island, and the films The Puffy Chair and Disturbia. "The Sound of Settling" was featured on the soundtracks for Wedding Crashers, Shop Girl, and Mean Creek. The song "Passenger Seat" was featured in the Californication episode "Girls, Interrupted".
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Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism Lyrics
Death Cab for Cutie - The New Year Lyrics
So this is the new year
And I don't feel any different
The clanking of crystal
Explosions off in the distance
Death Cab for Cutie - We Looked Like Giants Lyrics
God bless the daylight
The sugary smell of springtime
Remembering when you were mine
In a still suburban town
Death Cab for Cutie - Death Of An Interior Decorator Lyrics
You were the mother of three girls so sweet
Who stormed through your turnstile and climbed to the street
But after conception, your body lay cold
And withered through autumn and you found yourself old
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Death Cab for Cutie - Passenger Seat Lyrics
I roll the window down
And then begin to breathe in
The darkest country road
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism Lyrics
The atlantic was born today and I'll tell you how
The clouds above opened up and let it out
I was standing on the surface of a perforated sphere
Death Cab for Cutie - Tiny Vessels Lyrics
This is the moment that you know
That you told her that you loved her but you don't
You touch her skin and then you think
That she is beautiful but she don't mean a thing to me
Death Cab for Cutie - The Sound Of Settling Lyrics
I've got a hunger
Twisting my stomach into knots
That my tongue was tied off
My brain's repeating
Death Cab for Cutie - Expo '86 Lyrics
Sometimes I think this cycle never ends
We slide from top to bottom and we turn and climb again
And it seems by the time that I have figured what it's worth
The squeaking of our skin against the steel has gotten worse
Death Cab for Cutie - Title And Registration Lyrics
The glove compartment isn't accurately named
And everybody knows it
So I'm proposing a swift orderly change
Death Cab for Cutie - Lightness Lyrics
There's a tear in the fabric of your favorite dress
And I'm sneaking glances
Looking for the patterns in static
They start to make sense the longer I'm at it
Death Cab for Cutie - A Lack Of Color Lyrics
And when I see you
I really see you upside down
But my brain knows better
It picks you up and turns you around
