FREE DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE PDF Autumn De Wilde | 191 pages | 21 Dec 2010 | CHRONICLE BOOKS | 9780811869515 | English | California, United States Death Cab for Cutie Plans is the fifth studio album by indie rock band Death Cab for Cutiereleased August 30, on Atlantic Records. Although "I Will Follow You into the Dark" performed poorly in the charts compared to the previous singles, it eventually became Death Death Cab for Cutie for Cutie's best-selling single to-date, and gained the band a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals the following year. Plans peaked at number four on the Billboardand received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America on February 28, The album was recorded across the period of a month at a rural farmhouse studio located in North BrookfieldMassachusetts. The location was described by lead singer Ben Gibbardas being "virtually in the middle of nowhere", the sort of place "a label sends a band if the singer's a junkie and they need to get him away from the bad things in the city", adding the location having Death Cab for Cutie advantage that the band Death Cab for Cutie able to "spread out while recording", which Gibbard stated was "really nice". Plans was the first full-length album by the band not largely recorded in their native Pacific Northwest. McGerr stated "if Transatlanticism was an inhale, Plans is the exhale. In explaining the theme of the album, Ben Gibbard stated Death Cab for Cutie don't think there's necessarily a story, but there's definitely a theme here. One of my favorite kind of dark jokes is, 'How do you make God laugh? You make a plan. A plan almost always has a happy ending. Essentially, every plan is a tiny prayer to Father Time. I really like the idea of a plan not being seen as having definite outcomes, but more like little wishes. Plans received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacriticwhich assigns a normalized rating out of to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66, indicating "generally favorable reviews. Club ' s Josh Modell wrote that the band "wears grandiosity with grace, miniaturizing and polishing big, broad moments into tiny triumphs that, like audible illusions, feel simultaneously intimate and huge. In a mixed assessment, Betty Clarke of The Guardian felt that Plans was at times "unconvincing", but that when Death Cab for Cutie "wrestles with big questions in smaller ways, he makes magic. Ben Gibbard overheard a conversation between a red haired woman he only knew as Ashley Renee and a man. She expressed her frustration of people in Death Cab for Cutie life not understanding her passions, emotions and love for life. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Death Cab for Cutie. Indie pop indie rock alternative rock. Atlantic Barsuk. Retrieved May 22, Rolling Stone. Mix Magazine. Archived from the original on April 27, Retrieved July 26, Blender 41 : Archived from the original on August Death Cab for Cutie, Retrieved January 20, Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on August 30, Retrieved July 9, The Guardian. The Irish Times. Retrieved April 15, Los Angeles Times. NME : August 27, Retrieved February 19, Q : October Death Cab for Cutie Alternative Press : Archived from the original on November 4, The Death Cab for Cutie. Archived from the original on November 1, Retrieved November 24, Uncut : The Village Voice. August 17, Hung Medien. Retrieved August 9, GfK Entertainment Charts. Music Canada. Retrieved August 28, British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 17, Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Transatlanticism Plans Narrow Stairs Gibbard, Nick Harmer. Total length:. Teenage Fanclub. Freedy Johnston. Death Cab for Cutie | Members, Songs, & Facts | Britannica It was included on their album Gorilla. Innes's inspiration for the Death Cab for Cutie was the title of a story in an old American pulp fiction crime magazine he came across at a street market. In the style of several early teenage tragedy songssuch as " Teen Angel ", it tells a story of youthful angst. Stanshall, as lead singer, details Cutie's doomed journey, to the sound of a piano and surging saxophones, while the Bonzo chorus warns: "Baby, don't do it The song became one of the Bonzo Dog Band's better-known numbers when it was featured in the Beatles' television film Magical Mystery Tour. Performed in a stage routine by the Bonzos, it accompanied a striptease act, performed by Jan Carson of the Raymond Revuebarwho was enthusiastically ogled by club customers including John Lennon and George Harrison. Paul McCartney had coaxed Stanshall into wearing a pink chiffon scarf to look more "trendy". The band appeared regularly on the show—a so-called children's programme which Death Cab for Cutie Palin, Eric Idle and other later-famous comedians. The Death Cab for Cutie is also referenced on the Culture Club album Waking Up with the House on Firein the song "Crime Time", which is a throwback to the early rock 'n' roll sound. The title also occurs in Richard Hoggart 's book The Uses of Literacy Death Cab for Cutie, a pioneering work in the cultural studies field that discusses British popular culture. Ben Gibbard used the title of the song as the name of the rock band he founded in From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the band that took its name from the song, see Death Cab for Cutie. Retrieved 13 October Magical Mystery Tour Revisited" at bbc. Google Books. Retrieved 18 December Death Cab for Cutie Time Out Chicago. Retrieved 26 August Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. And Win! Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from October Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Italiano Edit links. Vivian Stanshall and Neil Innes. Gerry BronLyn Birkbeck. Death Cab for Cutie discography - Wikipedia The band was originally a solo project by Gibbard, who expanded the project into a complete group upon getting a record deal. The band's fourth album, 's Transatlanticismbroke into the mainstream both critically and commercially; its songs were featured in various TV series and films. The band's major label debut for Atlantic Records's Death Cab for Cutiewent platinum. Their Death Cab for Cutie and latest studio album, Thank You for Todaywas released in August Death Cab for Cutie's music has been classified as indie rockindie popand alternative rock. It is noted for its unconventional instrumentation and for Gibbard's distinctive voice and lyrical style. Alongside their full-length studio albums, the band has released four EPstwo live EPs, one live albumand one demo album. Death Cab for Cutie began in as a solo project by Ben Gibbard when he was a guitarist for the band Pinwheel. He recorded under Death Cab for Cutie name All-Time Quarterback. The release was surprisingly successful, and he decided to expand the project into a band, hiring Chris Walla who worked on the cassette on guitar, Nick Harmer on bass guitar, and Nathan Good on drums. Lyrics from early songs include local references that were important to the band's development. The four released their debut album, Something About Airplaneson August 18, Death Cab for Cutie album was reviewed favorably by the independent music press. Kurland had heard the band praised, and after a failed attempt to see them perform at South by Southwest he met them while touring with a client. Nathan Good left the band during the making of the album and was replaced briefly by Jayson Tolzdorf-Larson. Gibbard played drums on the majority of the album, with Good's playing on "The Employment Pages" and "Company Calls Epilogue" kept on the final release. He also joined the band on two tours, including their first full tour of the United States. Limited editions of this album contained three bonus tracks, which were later released separately as The Stability Death Cab for Cutie. In there was yet another change of drummer with Jason McGerrwho had previously played in the band Eureka Farm with Gibbard and Harmer, joining the band. McGerr's debut came with the band's next release, their fourth album Transatlanticism[11] which was released in October A tenth- anniversary version containing demos and outtakes was released in It was released on Barsuk Records in March. Death Cab for Cutie had been contacted by major labels on-and-off for several years, but it was only after the proven success of Transatlanticism that they decided to start talking to labels about a potential deal. The fact that they had already achieved considerable success allowed the band to negotiate with a lot of creative freedom. The band released their fifth studio album and debut major-label release, Planson August 30,to critical and commercial success. The videos were Death Cab for Cutie one at a time at the band's website, and the DVD went Death Cab for Cutie sale April 11, The iTunes Store began selling the videos formatted for iPod early on March 28, Lance BangsP. An episode of MTV2 's Subterranean played these videos for the whole hour, plus discussion with members of the band. Walla claimed on October 18,that a new album was "in full swing" and that they had six songs completed.