Death Cab for Cutie discography explained

Artist:Death Cab for Cutie
Studio:10
Video:2
Ep:5
Music Videos:9
Singles:32
Option:10
Option Name:Other appearances

Death Cab for Cutie has released ten studio albums, five extended plays (EPs), a demo tape, a digital album, one live album, thirty-two singles (including one as featured artist), nine music videos, and two DVDs. Death Cab for Cutie is an American indie rock group from Bellingham, Washington and was formed in 1997 by Ben Gibbard as a side project from Pinwheel. After releasing a demo tape, he added guitarist Chris Walla, bassist Nick Harmer, and drummer Nathan Good to the band. Death Cab signed to Barsuk Records and released four extended plays (EPs) and four studio albums through the label.[1] The fourth album, Transatlanticism, reached number 97 on the Billboard 200 and was eventually certified gold in the United States. The group also issued nine singles and a demo tape through Barsuk.[1]

In 2004, the band signed with Atlantic Records, a subsidiary of the Warner Music Group. Their first release on the label, Plans, earned a platinum certification and charted at number four in the US. The single "Soul Meets Body" was the band's first to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Death Cab for Cutie topped the US and Canadian album charts with Narrow Stairs (2008), with help from the Hot 100 single "I Will Possess Your Heart". Both Plans and Narrow Stairs received critical praise and were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. Other projects with Atlantic include a downloadable digital album, two DVDs, and five singles.[2] In 2013, a limited edition vinyl boxed set called The Barsuk Years was released on the Artist in Residence label. The 7-LP set, which includes all the band's early works, was produced in a limited run of 1500 units, each individually numbered and signed by the band.[3]

This list does not include material that members of Death Cab for Cutie recorded with The Postal Service, ¡All-Time Quarterback! or other side projects.

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
US
[4]
AUS
[5]
BEL
[6]
CAN
[7]
GER
[8]
IRL
[9]
JPN
[10]
NLD
[11]
SWI
[12]
UK
[13]
Something About Airplanes
We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes
  • Released: March 21, 2000
  • Label: Barsuk
  • Format: CD, vinyl
The Photo Album
  • Released: October 9, 2001
  • Label: Barsuk
  • Format: CD, vinyl
Transatlanticism
  • Released: October 7, 2003
  • Label: Barsuk
  • Format: CD, vinyl
97
Plans
  • Released: August 30, 2005
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: CD, vinyl
4 48 86 104
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Silver[17]
  • MC: Platinum
Narrow Stairs
  • Released: May 13, 2008
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: CD, vinyl
1 6 61 1 40 29 58 67 57 24
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
  • MC: Gold
Codes and Keys
  • Released: May 31, 2011
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: CD, vinyl
3 7 59 3 47 23 69 74 59 24
Kintsugi
  • Released: March 31, 2015
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: CD, vinyl
8 21 90 5 73 26 56 79 73 28
Thank You for Today
  • Released: August 17, 2018
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: CD, vinyl
13 55 44 21 53 57 140 62 44 24
Asphalt Meadows
  • Released: September 16, 2022
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: CD, digital, vinyl
60 81 95 179 82 89
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Digital albums

Title! scope="col" ! rowspan="2"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
US
Sales

[19]
UK
DL

iTunes Originals – Death Cab for Cutie
Asphalt Meadows (Acoustic) 60 89

Live albums

Title! scope="col" ! rowspan="2"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
US
US
Cla.
[22]
UK
DL

UK
Indie

Live 2012
  • Released: April 19, 2014
  • Label: Barsuk (Bark #144)
  • Format: vinyl, digital
  • featuring Magik*Magik Orchestra
16
Live at The Showbox
  • Released: May 7, 2021[23]
  • Label: self-released
  • Format: digital
19 36

Demo albums

Title! scope="col" ! rowspan="2"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
US
Heat.

US
Ind.

[24]
You Can Play These Songs with Chords
  • Released: 1997
  • Re-released: October 22, 2002[25]
  • Label: Elsinor (Els #012) / Barsuk (Bark #28)
  • Format: CS
19 26

Extended plays

Title! scope="col" ! rowspan="2"
Extended play detailsPeak chart positions
US
US
Dance

[26]
US
Rock

[27]
US
Ind.

AUS
[28]
SCO
UK
DL

The Forbidden Love EP
  • Released: October 24, 2000
  • Label: Barsuk (Bark #15)
  • Format: CD
The Stability EP
  • Released: February 19, 2002
  • Label: Barsuk (Bark #23)
  • Format: CD
The John Byrd EP
  • Released: March 1, 2005
  • Label: Barsuk (Bark #43)
  • Format: CD
22
The Open Door EP
  • Released: March 31, 2009 (digital)
    April 14, 2009 (retail)[29]
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: CD, vinyl, digital download
30 8 50 39
Keys and Codes Remix EP
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: CD
24
The Blue EP
  • Released: September 6, 2019[30]
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: CD, vinyl, digital download
35 74 57
The Georgia E.P.
  • Released: December 4, 2020[31]
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: Vinyl, digital download
115 16
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Digital extended plays

Title! scope="col" ! rowspan="2"
Extended play detailsPeak chart positions
US
Studio X Sessions EP
  • Released: July 27, 2004
  • Label: Barsuk (Bark #39)
  • Format: Digital download
iTunes Live: London Festival '08
Live from Las Vegas at The Palms E.P.[32]
  • Released: August 2008
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: Digital download
135
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Singles

As lead artist

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
[33]
US
Rock
[34]
AUS
BEL
CAN
[35]
CAN
Rock

[36]
NZ
[37]
SCO
[38]
SPA
[39]
UK
"Your Bruise"1998Something About Airplanes
"Prove My Hypotheses"1999You Can Play These Songs with Chords
"Underwater"2000
"Stability"2002The Stability EP
"A Movie Script Ending"123The Photo Album
"I Was a Kaleidoscope"115
"We Laugh Indoors"122
"The New Year"200386Transatlanticism
"The Sound of Settling"200484
"Title and Registration"
"Soul Meets Body"200560 22 82 125
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • MC: Gold
Plans
"Crooked Teeth"2006100 30 43 69
  • RIAA: Gold
"I Will Follow You into the Dark"44 42 66
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: Silver
  • MC: Platinum
"I Will Possess Your Heart"200870 60 24 44 85
  • RIAA: Platinum
Narrow Stairs
"Cath..."35
"No Sunlight"2009
"Grapevine Fires"
"Little Bribes"The Open Door EP
"Meet Me on the Equinox"17 30 58 43 34 85 15 86The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack
"You Are a Tourist"20113 69 18
  • RIAA: Gold
Codes and Keys
"Home Is a Fire"
"Stay Young, Go Dancing"40 126
"Underneath the Sycamore"[40] 2012
"Black Sun"201512 19 Kintsugi
"The Ghosts of Beverly Drive"21 31
"Bad Reputation"[41]
"Good Help (Is So Hard to Find)"201645 Kintsugi
"Tractor Rape Chain"[42]
"Million Dollar Loan"30 Days, 30 Songs
"Gold Rush"201814 98 8 Thank You for Today
"I Dreamt We Spoke Again"[43] 42
"Northern Lights"27 19
"When We Drive"2019
"Kids in '99"[44] The Blue EP
"Waiting for the Sunrise"[45] 2022Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono
"Roman Candles"[46] Asphalt Meadows
"Here to Forever"44 8
"Foxglove Through the Clearcut"
"Pepper"[47] 23
"An Arrow in the Wall"[48] 2023
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

As featured artist

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
US
R&B<br>/HH
[49]
BEL
NZ
Hot

[50]
"Do You Remember"
201995 42 18The Big Day
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Other charting songs

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
ICE
[51]
"Waterfalls"20222The Georgia E.P.

Video albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak
US
[52]
2005Drive Well, Sleep Carefully 20
2006 11
2011Death Cab for Cutie: Live at the Mt. Baker Theatre
  • Released: May 31, 2011
  • Label: Atlantic Records
  • Format: DVD
3

Music videos

Yearwidth=200TitleDirector
2001"A Movie Script Ending"Josh Melnick and Xander Charity
2003"The New Year"Jay Martin
2004"The Sound of Settling"Tomorrow's Brightest Minds
2005"Title and Registration"Patrick Daughters
"Soul Meets Body"Jon Watts
"Crooked Teeth"Ace Norton
2006"I Will Follow You into the Dark"Jamie Thraves
2008"I Will Possess Your Heart"Aaron Stewart-Ahn and Shawn Kim
"Cath…"Autumn de Wilde
"Grapevine Fires"Walter Robot
2009"Little Bribes"Ross Ching
"Meet Me on the Equinox"Walter Robot
2011"You Are a Tourist"Tim Nackashi
"Stay Young, Go Dancing"Claire Carré
2012"Underneath the Sycamore"Walter Robot
2015"Black Sun"Robert Hales
"The Ghosts of Beverly Drive"
2016"Good Help (Is So Hard to Find)"Walter Robot
"Million Dollar Loan"Kyle Cogan
2018"Gold Rush"Alex Southam
2022"Roman Candles"Lance Bangs
2022"Here to Forever"Lance Bangs

Other appearances

Yearwidth=300SongAlbum
2000"Spring Break Broke"Death Cab for Fiver (7", Barsuk (Bark #9))[53] [54]
2002"Lowell, MA (Tiny Telephone Version)"Amos House Collection Vol. 1
"A Steadier Footing" (acoustic version)Kicking It with Clowns / Comes With a Smile (Vol. 5)
"Fortunate Son"Don't Know When I'll Be Back Again
2003"Styrofoam Plates"Live The Dream: Fierce Panda Compilation Volume 2[55]
2004"This Temporary Life"Future Soundtrack For America
"Dream Scream"
"A Movie Script Ending" (acoustic version)Wicker Park (soundtrack)
"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"Maybe This Christmas Tree
2005"Lightness" (live)Paste Magazine (Sep/Aug 2005 issue CD)
"Earth Angel"Stubbs the Zombie: The Soundtrack
"Lovesong"For Unicef - Tsunami Relief Fund Compilation
2007"Rockin' Chair"
"World Shut Your Mouth"Causes 1
2008"Jealousy Rides with Me"Heroes: Original Soundtrack
2009"Meet Me on the Equinox"New Moon Soundtrack
"Kicked In"SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers
2016"Million Dollar Loan"30 Days, 30 Songs[56]

References

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Death Cab for Cutie: Live 2012 (Featuring Magik*Magik Orchestra). Barsuk Records. 2014-04-19.
  2. Web site: Atlantic Records :: Death Cab for Cutie. Atlantic Records. 2008-06-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20080707083941/http://www.atlanticrecords.com/deathcabforcutie/media. 2008-07-07. dead.
  3. Web site: Death Cab for Cutie: The Barsuk Years (Limited Edition Vinyl Collection). Barsuk.com. 17 August 2018.
  4. Death Cab for Cutie Chart History: Billboard 200. Billboard. 2020-08-02.
    • For all except noted: Web site: Discography Death Cab for Cutie . Hung Medien . 2008-06-15 .
    • For "Crooked Teeth": Web site: Issue 851. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060719140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20060720-0000/issue851.pdf. dead. 2006-07-19. November 2, 2021.
    • For Thank You for Today: Web site: ARIA Chart Watch #487. auspOp. August 25, 2018. August 25, 2018. September 12, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190912083257/https://www.auspop.com.au/2018/8/aria-chart-watch-487/. dead.
  5. Flanders: Web site: Death Cab For Cutie albums (Flanders). . 2016-08-08 . Walloon: Web site: Death Cab For Cutie albums (Walloon)). . 2015-12-13 .
  6. Death Cab for Cutie Chart History: Canadian Albums. Billboard. August 2, 2020.
  7. Web site: Discographie von Death Cab for Cutie. GfK Entertainment. September 22, 2022.
  8. Web site: Discography Death Cab for Cutie . Hung Medien . 2008-06-15.
  9. Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/282984/. ja:デス・キャブ・フォー・キューティーのアルバム売上ランキング . Japanese. Oricon. October 25, 2022.
  10. Web site: Discografie Death Cab for Cutie . nl . Hung Medien . 2008-06-15.
  11. Web site: Discographie Death Cab for Cutie . de . Hung Medien . 2008-06-15.
  12. Web site: Death Cab for Cutie full Official Chart history. Official Charts Company. 2018-08-25.
    • Positions below the top 100: Web site: Tobias . Zywietz . Chart Log UK: Asher D – Dyverse . Zobbel . 2009-01-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151019075638/http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_D.HTM . 2015-10-19.
  13. United States . Death Cab for Cutie . June 6, 2022.
  14. Web site: Gold/Platinum. . August 21, 2019.
  15. Web site: Big Boys Do Cry. Billboard. World Radio History. 24. April 11, 2015. April 24, 2021.
  16. Web site: Certified Awards Search . . August 28, 2019 . To access, enter the search parameter "Death Cab for Cutie".
  17. Web site: Upcoming Releases - HITS Daily Double . . https://web.archive.org/web/20150211084522/http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases . 11 February 2015 . 29 August 2016 . dead .
  18. Death Cab for Cutie Chart History: Current Album Sales. Billboard. July 14, 2023.
  19. Web site: iTunes Originals: Death Cab for Cutie by Death Cab for Cutie . September 25, 2022 . Apple Music.
  20. Web site: 2023 . BrooklynVegan.
  21. Death Cab for Cutie Chart History: Classical Albums. Billboard. August 3, 2022.
  22. Web site: Death Cab for Cutie Release New Live Album: Listen - Pitchfork . . August 3, 2022 . May 7, 2021.
  23. Death Cab for Cutie Chart History: Independent Albums. Billboard. August 3, 2022.
  24. Web site: Death Cab for Cutie: you can play these songs with chords. Barsuk Records. 2008-06-19.
  25. Death Cab for Cutie Chart History: Top Dance/Electronic Albums. Billboard. August 4, 2022.
  26. Web site: Death Cab for Cutie Chart History: Rock Albums . Billboard . July 14, 2023.
  27. Book: Australian Chart Book 1993 – 2009 . David Kent . 978-0-646-52995-0 . 2010 . 68 . Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W..
  28. Web site: Death Cab For Cutie Announce New EP, Talk 'Grapevine Fires' Video - Music, Celebrity, Artist News . https://archive.today/20120903134605/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1606618/20090309/death_cab_for_cutie.jhtml . dead . September 3, 2012 . MTV . 2009-03-09 . 2010-11-24.
  29. Web site: Strauss . Matthew . Death Cab for Cutie Announce The Blue EP, Share New Song "Kids in '99": Listen . . August 12, 2019 . July 30, 2019.
  30. Blistein. Jon . Death Cab for Cutie Detail 'The Georgia EP' Benefiting Voter Turnout Efforts in Senate Runoffs Band will cover five Georgia-based artists, donate net proceeds to Stacey Abrams' Fair Fight Action . 15 January 2021 . . December 2, 2020.
  31. Web site: Discography :: Live from Las Vegas at The Palms E.P . Death Cab for Cutie . 2010-11-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101101183911/http://deathcabforcutie.com/releases/details/46/live_from_las_vegas_at_the_pal/ . 2010-11-01 . dead .
  32. Death Cab for Cutie Chart History: Billboard Hot 100. Billboard. 2020-08-02.
  33. Death Cab for Cutie Chart History: Rock Songs. Billboard. 2020-08-02.
  34. Death Cab for Cutie Chart History: Canadian Hot 100. Billboard. 2020-08-02.
  35. Death Cab for Cutie Canada Rock . Billboard. Billboard. 2018-10-10.
  36. Web site: Discography Death Cab for Cutie . Hung Medien . 2019-08-29.
  37. Peaks in Scotland:
  38. Web site: spanishcharts.com - Discography Death Cab For Cutie . Hung Medien . September 4, 2022.
  39. Web site: Alternative: Cool New Music. All Access Music Group. 2011-12-10.
  40. Web site: Full list of Record Store Day 2015 releases revealed - Consequence . Consequence of Sound. February 2, 2023.
  41. Web site: Death Cab for Cutie "Tractor Rape Chain"/"Black Sun" . recordstoreday.com. July 13, 2020.
  42. Web site: Death Cab For Cutie Grasp At A Faded Memory On 'I Dreamt We Spoke Again'. uproxx.com. 19 July 2018 . Uproxx. September 19, 2018.
  43. Web site: Death Cab for Cutie Announce The Blue EP, Release "Kids in '99" . Spin. 30 July 2019 . August 29, 2019.
  44. Web site: Death Cab For Cutie – "Waiting For The Sunrise" (Yoko Ono Cover) . Stereogum. 15 February 2022 . February 17, 2022.
  45. Web site: Death Cab for Cutie Announce New Album Asphalt Meadows and Tour, Share New Song: Listen . Pitchfork . Minsker . Evan . May 11, 2022. May 12, 2022.
  46. Web site: Alternative Future Releases. All Access. November 20, 2022.
  47. Web site: Death Cab for Cutie Point to Catastrophe on New Single ‘An Arrow in the Wall’ . Rolling Stone. August 16, 2023. August 16, 2023.
  48. Death Cab for Cutie – Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs . Billboard. October 11, 2022.
  49. Web site: NZ Hot Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. August 5, 2019. August 12, 2019.
  50. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20210301231830/http://ruv.is/thaettir/vinsaeldalisti-rasar-2. 1 March 2021. Vinsældalisti Rásar 2 - RÚV. is. RÚV. 24 July 2023.
  51. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=death cab for cutie|chart=Music Video Sales}} Death Cab for Cutie Chart History: Music Video Sales]. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. August 29, 2019.
  52. Web site: death cab for fiver. Barsuk.com. 25 September 2011.
  53. Web site: Death Cab For Fiver. Discogs.com. 17 August 2018.
  54. Web site: Death Cab for Cutie :: Discography :: Live The Dream: Fierce Panda Compilation Volume 2 . Oldsite.deathcabforcutie.com . 2012-01-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120325210040/http://oldsite.deathcabforcutie.com/releases/details/24/live_the_dream_fierce_panda_co/ . 2012-03-25 . dead .
  55. Web site: 30 Songs, 30 Days. 30days30songs.com. 17 August 2018. 23 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180823203446/http://www.30days30songs.com/1. dead.