Death Cab For Cutie ?– The Barsuk Years

Label: Artist In Residence ?– AINR006, Artist In Residence ?– DCFC-TBY, Artist In Residence ?– dcfcvinylbox01 Format: 4 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered 
2 × Vinyl, LP, Album 
2 × Vinyl, 12", EP, Remastered 
Box Set, Compilation, Limited Edition, Numbered, 180g 
Country: US Released: 25 Mar 2013 Genre: Rock Style: Indie Rock

Tracklist

You Can Play These Songs With Chords A1 President Of What? 4:06 A2 Champagne From A Paper Cup 2:34 A3 Pictures In An Exhibition 4:02 A4 Hindsight 3:47 B1 That's Incentive 2:13 B2 Amputations 4:03 B3 Two Cars 3:31 B4 Line Of Best Fit Vocals [Duet] – Abigail Hall 5:49 Something About Airplanes C1 Bend To Squares Cello, Arranged By [String Parts], Written By [String Parts] – Erika JacobsWritten-By – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla 4:33 C2 President Of What? Written-By – Ben Gibbard 4:01 C3 Champagne From A Paper Cup Written-By – Ben Gibbard 2:38 C4 Your Bruise Written-By – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla 4:19 C5 Pictures In An Exhibition Written-By – Ben Gibbard 3:49 D1 Sleep Spent Written-By – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla 3:37 D2 The Face That Launched 1000 Shits Cello, Arranged By [String Parts], Written By [String Parts] – Erika JacobsWritten-By – Jay Chilcote 3:41 D3 Amputations Written-By – Ben Gibbard 4:54 D4 Fake Frowns Written-By – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla 4:30 D5 Line Of Best Fit Vocals – Abigail HallWritten-By – Ben Gibbard 7:16 We Have The Facts And We're Voting Yes E1 Title Track Written-By – Ben Gibbard 3:29 E2 The Employment Pages Written-By – Ben Gibbard 4:04 E3 For What Reason Written-By – Ben Gibbard 2:52 E4 Lowell, MA Written-By – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla 3:29 E5 405 Written-By – Ben Gibbard 3:37 E6 Little Fury Bugs Written-By – Ben Gibbard 3:48 F1 Company Calls Written-By – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla, Harmer* 3:19 F2 Company Calls Epilogue Written-By – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla 5:16 F3 No Joy In Mudville Written-By – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla, Nicholas Harmer 6:03 F4 Scientist Studies Written-By – Ben Gibbard 5:55 The Death Cab For Cutie Forbidden Love E.P. G1 Photobooth 3:46 G2 Technicolor Girls 3:39 G3 Song For Kelly Huckaby Drums – Nathan GoodRecorded By – Chris Walla, Wes Weresch 3:51 H1 405 (Acoustic) Recorded By – Ben Gibbard 2:59 H2 Company Calls Epilogue (Alternate) 5:22 The Photo Album I1 Steadier Footing Drums – Michael SchorrElectric Guitar – Chris WallaOrgan [Thin] – Nicholas HarmerVocals, Acoustic Guitar, Organ [Thick] – Ben GibbardWritten-By – Ben Gibbard 1:47 I2 A Movie Script Ending Drums – Michael SchorrGuitar [Clean] – Chris WallaMIDI Controller [Bass Pedals] – Nicholas HarmerVocals, Guitar [Dirty], Organ – Ben GibbardWritten-By – Ben Gibbard 4:19 I3 We Laugh Indoors Bass Guitar – Nicholas HarmerDrums – Michael SchorrGuitar, Guitar [Swells] – Chris WallaVocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Ben GibbardWritten-By – Ben Gibbard, Walla*, Harmer* 4:58 I4 Information Travels Faster Bass Guitar – Nicholas HarmerDrums – Michael SchorrGuitar – Chris WallaVocals, Piano – Ben GibbardWritten-By – Ben Gibbard, Walla* 4:02 I5 Why You'd Want To Live Here Bass Guitar – Nicholas HarmerDrums – Michael SchorrGuitar [Snotty] – Chris WallaVocals, Guitar [Polite] – Ben GibbardWritten-By – Ben Gibbard 4:44 I6 Gridlock Caravans Bass Guitar – Nicholas HarmerDrums – Michael SchorrGuitar [Right] – Chris WallaVocals, Guitar [Left] – Ben GibbardWritten-By – Ben Gibbard 1:17 J1 Blacking Out The Friction Bass Guitar – Nicholas HarmerDrums – Michael SchorrGuitar – Chris WallaVocals [High] – Sean NelsonVocals [Low] – John VandersliceVocals, Electric Piano – Ben GibbardWritten-By – Ben Gibbard 3:27 J2 I Was A Kaleidoscope Backing Vocals – John VandersliceBass Guitar – Nicholas HarmerDrums – Michael SchorrLead Guitar – Chris WallaVocals [Harmony] – Sean NelsonVocals, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Piano – Ben GibbardWritten-By – Ben Gibbard, Walla* 2:50 J3 Styrofoam Plates Bass Guitar – Nicholas HarmerDrums – Michael SchorrEffects [Tremolo], Guitar, Guitar [Swells], Piano – Chris WallaVocals, Guitar – Ben GibbardWritten-By – Ben Gibbard, Walla*, Harmer* 5:24 J4 Coney Island Bass Guitar, Other [Good Idea] – Nicholas HarmerLoops, Drums, Tambourine, Shaker – Michael SchorrLoops, Piano – Chris WallaVocals, Guitar – Ben GibbardWritten-By – Ben Gibbard 2:40 J5 Debate Exposes Doubt Bass Guitar – Nicholas HarmerDrums – Michael SchorrGuitar [Clean], Piano – Chris WallaVocals, Guitar [Dirty], Organ – Ben GibbardWritten-By – Ben Gibbard, Walla* 4:36 The Stability E.P. K1 20th Century Towers Bass, Guitar, Choir – Nicholas HarmerDrums, Choir – Michael SchorrGuitar [Right], Choir – Chris WallaLead Vocals, Guitar [Left], Choir – Ben GibbardWritten-By – Ben Gibbard, Walla*, Harmer* 4:36 K2 All Is Full Of Love Bass Guitar, Synthesizer [Juno] – Nicholas HarmerDrums – Michael SchorrGuitar [Clean], Effects [Swells] – Chris WallaMixed By – Sanjay SharmaVocals, Guitar [Dirty] – Ben GibbardWritten-By – Björk 3:17 L1 Stability Bass Guitar – Nicholas HarmerDrums – Michael SchorrGuitar – Chris WallaPiano [Outro] – James MendenhallVocals, Piano [Intro] – Ben GibbardVocals, Synthesizer [Juno] – John Vanderslice 12:21 Transatlanticism M1 The New Year 4:06 M2 Lightness 3:30 M3 Title And Registration 3:39 N1 Expo '86 4:11 N2 The Sound Of Settling Handclaps [Claps], Other [Stomps] – Ben Gibbard, Jason McGerr, Nicholas Harmer, Rob Herbst 2:12 N3 Tiny Vessels 4:21 O1 Transatlanticism Choir [The Barsuk Men's Choir] – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla, John Roderick, Nicholas Harmer, Phil Wandscher, Sean Nelson 7:55 O2 Passenger Seat 3:41 P1 Death Of An Interior Decorator 2:56 P2 We Looked Like Giants 5:32 P3 A Lack Of Color 3:36

Companies, etc.

• Remastered At – SAE Mastering
• Copyright (c) – Artist In Residence

Credits

• Remastered By – Roger Seibel (tracks: A1 to L1)

Notes

Limited to 1,500. 

This set contains all of Death Cab for Cutie's early albums and EPs released prior to the band's signing by Atlantic. Three releases in the package (You Can Play These Songs With Chords, The Stability E.P., and The Death Cab for Cutie Forbidden Love E.P.) are available for the first time on vinyl and are exclusive to this set. The box is cloth bound and numbered and includes a 12"x12" lithograph fully autographed by the band. The box set was marketed as "The Barsuk Years," but the box itself bears the title "The Barsuk Collection." 

Each release is packaged individually in its own jacket, preserving each album’s original artwork. You Can Play These Songs With Cords features its original cassette artwork. Something About Airplanes features a layered vellum insert. We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes has a die-cut jacket. The Photo Album includes the original full-size photo inserts. Transatlanticism features a twelve-page booklet. 

Several of the records in this set were initially mislabeled: 
-We Have The Facts And We're Voting Yes was mislabeled as You Can Play These Songs With Chords. 
-The Forbidden Love EP was mislabeled as We Have The Facts And We're Voting Yes. 
-The Photo Album was mislabeled as The Forbidden Love EP. 
-The Stability EP was mislabeled as The Photo Album. 
-You Can Play These Songs With Chords was mislabeled as The Stability EP. 
After mailing initial shipments, Artist In Residence mailed out properly labeled replacement copies in plain white sleeves. 

Shortly after release, Barsuk Records distributed download codes for a free download of Transatlanticism Demos to people who ordered this set. 

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