Audio CD review:
Death Cab for Cutie - Photo Album

Death Cab for Cutie - Photo Album

Band: Death Cab for Cutie Title: Photo Album Rating: Release Date: 15 January, 2002 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Steadier Footing 2: Movie Script Ending 3: We Laugh Indoors 4: Information Travels Faster 5: Why You'd Want to Live Here 6: Gridlock Caravans [*] 7: Blacking Out the Friction 8: I Was a Kaleidoscope 9: Styrofoam Plates 10: Coney Island 11: Debate Exposes Doubt 12: 20th Century Towers [*] 13: All Is Full of Love [*] 14: Stability [*]

Customer Reviews Nice album This album is the previous work by them and I have to say it's different. First of all I discovered Death Cab with Transatlanticism. Standout tracks are Debate Exposes Doubt and A Movie Script Ending (and it's one of the best songs by Death Cab For Cutie I've heard). If you liked the first albums, you are going to like this one for sure. . . great music that anyone that loves music should like. [Money] 4 songs?!?!? Don't be misled by my 2 stars. I bought the regular US release of The Photo Album shortly after it came out at a local record store for ten dollars when I found out that thier website sold out of the 2-CD limited edition with 3 of the 4 bonus tracks on this Japanese import. . . The Photo Album is awesome, although I don't find it to be as good as We Have The Facts. . . and The Forbidden Love EP. My favorite track is by far "Information Travels Faster", who's chorus I've not been able to get out of my head since I bought it. It's first lines "I intentionally wrote it out to be an illegible mess, you wanted me to write you letters, but I'd rather lose your address" completely sets the painfully sweet mood for the song while bringing back memories of similar scenes from my own life. Also of note is the faster rocking "Blacking Out The Friction", which sports a great repetitive guitar hook. By all means, DO buy The Photo Album. Then ask yourself: Would four more songs have really been worth an additional thirty-two dollars? I think not. Especially when three of the four can now be purchaced inexpensively on "The Stability EP". If you really want that one last song, twleve dollars on thier website will get you The Photo Album on vinyl with that elusive track "Gridlock Caravans", which is much cooler than owning a rediculously overpriced Japanese CD, anyway. . You can see a complete list of all Death Cab for Cutie discography, or go back to the Death Cab for Cutie tabs