| 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.
| Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| The Photo Album |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Transatlanticism |
| 97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Plans |
| 4 | 48 | — | — | 86 | — | — | — | — | 104 |
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| Narrow Stairs |
| 1 | 6 | 61 | 1 | 40 | 29 | 58 | 67 | 57 | 24 |
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| Codes and Keys |
| 3 | 7 | 59 | 3 | 47 | 23 | 69 | 74 | 59 | 24 |
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| Kintsugi |
| 8 | 21 | 90 | 5 | 73 | 26 | 56 | 79 | 73 | 28 | |||||||||
| Thank You for Today |
| 13 | 55 | 44 | 21 | 53 | 57 | 140 | 62 | 44 | 24 | |||||||||
| Asphalt Meadows |
| 60 | — | 81 | — | 95 | — | 179 | — | 82 | 89 | |||||||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Sales [19] | UK DL | |||
| iTunes Originals – Death Cab for Cutie |
| — | — | |
| Asphalt Meadows (Acoustic) |
| 60 | 89 |
| Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Cla. [22] | UK DL | UK Indie | |||
| Live 2012 |
| — | 16 | — | — | |
| Live at The Showbox |
| — | — | 19 | 36 |
| Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Heat. | US Ind. [24] | |||
| You Can Play These Songs with Chords |
| 19 | 26 |
| Extended play details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Dance [26] | US Rock [27] | US Ind. | AUS [28] | SCO | UK DL | ||||||||||
| The Forbidden Love EP |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| The Stability EP |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| The John Byrd EP |
| — | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| The Open Door EP |
| 30 | — | 8 | — | 50 | — | 39 | ||||||||
| Keys and Codes Remix EP |
| — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| The Blue EP |
| — | — | 35 | — | — | 74 | 57 | ||||||||
| The Georgia E.P. |
| 115 | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||||
| Extended play details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | ||||||||||
| Studio X Sessions EP |
| — | ||||||||
| iTunes Live: London Festival '08 |
| — | ||||||||
| Live from Las Vegas at The Palms E.P.[32] |
| 135 | ||||||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [33] | US Rock [34] | AUS | BEL | CAN [35] | CAN Rock [36] | NZ [37] | SCO [38] | SPA [39] | UK | |||||||||||
| "Your Bruise" | 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Something About Airplanes | ||||||||
| "Prove My Hypotheses" | 1999 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | You Can Play These Songs with Chords | ||||||||
| "Underwater | " | 2000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Stability" | 2002 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Stability EP | ||||||||
| "A Movie Script Ending" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 123 | The Photo Album | |||||||||
| "I Was a Kaleidoscope" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 115 | ||||||||||
| "We Laugh Indoors" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 122 | ||||||||||
| "The New Year" | 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 86 | Transatlanticism | ||||||||
| "The Sound of Settling" | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 84 | |||||||||
| "Title and Registration" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Soul Meets Body" | 2005 | 60 | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | 82 | — | 125 |
| Plans | |||||||
| "Crooked Teeth" | 2006 | — | — | 100 | — | — | 30 | — | 43 | — | 69 |
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| "I Will Follow You into the Dark" | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | 42 | — | 66 |
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| "I Will Possess Your Heart" | 2008 | 70 | — | — | — | 60 | 24 | — | 44 | — | 85 |
| 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 | 86 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack | |||||||||
| "You Are a Tourist" | 2011 | — | 3 | — | 69 | — | 18 | — | — | — | — |
| Codes and Keys | |||||||
| "Home Is a Fire" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Stay Young, Go Dancing" | — | 40 | — | 126 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Underneath the Sycamore"[40] | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Black Sun" | 2015 | — | 12 | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | Kintsugi | ||||||||
| "The Ghosts of Beverly Drive" | — | 21 | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Bad Reputation"[41] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Good Help (Is So Hard to Find)" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | — | — | — | — | Kintsugi | ||||||||
| "Tractor Rape Chain"[42] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Million Dollar Loan" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 Days, 30 Songs | |||||||||
| "Gold Rush" | 2018 | — | 14 | — | 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] | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ocean 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B<br>/HH [49] | BEL | NZ Hot [50] | |||||||
| "Do You Remember" | 2019 | 95 | 42 | — | 18 | The Big Day | ||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICE [51] | ||||
| "Waterfalls" | 2022 | 2 | The Georgia E.P. |
| Year | Album details | Peak | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US [52] | |||
| 2005 | Drive Well, Sleep Carefully | 20 | |
| 2006 |
| 11 | |
| 2011 | Death Cab for Cutie: Live at the Mt. Baker Theatre
| 3 |
| Year | width=200 | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Year | width=300 | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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] |
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