Codes and Keys

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Codes and Keys
Studio album by Death Cab for Cutie

Publication
(s)

2011

Label (s) Atlantic Records

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Indie rock

Title (number)

11 or 13 (Deluxe Edition)

running time

45min 04s

occupation
  • Guitar, vocals, piano, keyboard: Chris Walla

production

Chris Walla

Studio (s)

  • Sound City, Van Nuys, CA;
  • The Warehouse, Vancouver, BC;
  • London Bridge, Seattle, WA;
  • Two Sticks Audio, Seattle, WA;
  • Tiny Telephone, San Francisco, CA;
  • Bright Street Recorders, North Hollywood, CA;
  • Jackpot! Recording, Portland, OR;
  • Avast Recording, Seattle, WA
chronology
Narrow Stairs
(2008) 		Codes and Keys
()

Codes and Keys is the eighth studio album by indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie . It was released on May 31, 2011, but was previously fully available on the National Public Radio website.

Emergence

Due to the private life of the band members, it was not possible to continuously produce or record the album. B. Lead singer Benjamin Gibbard shortly before. The 11 or 13 songs were recorded in eight different studios, and they never stayed in one studio for more than two weeks. The album was followed by a short tour as the band members preferred to focus on their family life.

style

There was a lot of experimentation with the software Logic Pro and piano or keyboards , so that the guitars take a back seat. The changes in Gibbard's private life can be seen in the lyrics and music, they seem much brighter and happier than all the other albums. Songwriter Gibbard said in an interview:

"There's a level of self-loathing in [ Narrow Stairs ] that I'm a bit of embarrassed about now [...] It's a really dark record. I didn't want to make that record again. I didn't want to write those songs again. "

“There's a certain amount of self-loathing in [ Narrow Stairs ] that I'm a little embarrassed about now […] It's a very dark album. I wouldn't do this record again. I wouldn't write these songs again. "

- Benjamin Gibbard

Track list

All lyrics were written by Benjamin Gibbard, but the music comes from all members of the band.

  1. "Home Is a Fire" - 4:04
  2. "Codes and Keys" - 3:22
  3. "Some Boys" - 3:11
  4. "Doors Unlocked and Open" - 5:37
  5. "You Are a Tourist" - 4:47
  6. "Unobstructed Views" - 6:11
  7. "Monday Morning" - 4:19 am
  8. "Portable Television" - 2:53
  9. "Underneath the Sycamore" - 3:27
  10. "St. Peter's Cathedral" - 4:30
  11. "Stay Young, Go Dancing" - 2:50
Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
  2. "Portable Television" (Demo version) - 2:55
  3. "Some Boys" (Demo version) - 3:25

criticism

In Australia , the album reached number seven on the ARIA album charts.

“Nonetheless,“ Codes and Keys ”is an album that you can count among your favorites for 2011, that you can safely run through without hitting the skip button, that you can recommend without embarrassing yourself. Not a timelessly great album, but a good album that makes you really happy for almost three quarters of an hour. "

- music blog

"But at core, these are resplendent songs, the sound of a sad-sack acquiescing that life might be pretty awesome after all"

"At the core of this magnificent song are the sound of a bad guy who admits that life might be whole after all pretty is"

- Rolling Stone

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.npr.org/2011/06/05/136465054/first-listen-death-cab-for-cutie-codes-and-keys
  2. ↑ a b http://www.spin.com/articles/ben-gibbard-so-proud-new-death-cab-album
  3. ↑ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_album.asp?chart=1G50 , last accessed on June 9, 2011
  4. ↑ http://musik.germanblogs.de/archive/2011/06/06/death-cab-for-cutie-codes-and-keys-rezension.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/codes-and-keys-20110523

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