You Can Play These Songs with Chords
| You Can Play These Songs with Chords | ||||
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| Demo album by | ||||
| Released | 1997 | |||
| Recorded | May–July 1997 (original) November 1996 – January 2000 (reissue) | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 30:05 | |||
| Label | Barsuk[1] | |||
| Producer | Ben Gibbard | |||
| Death Cab for Cutie chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 65/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | StarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[3] |
| Almost Cool | 6.5/10[4] |
| Billboard | (positive)[5] |
| Dusted Magazine | (positive)[6] |
| Pitchfork | 6.4/10[7] |
| PopMatters | StarStarStarStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[8][2] |
| Rolling Stone | StarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[9] |
| Stylus Magazine | C[10] |
You Can Play These Songs with Chords is an early (1996–97) demo from the rock band Death Cab for Cutie, which at the time consisted entirely of founder Ben Gibbard. This demo was originally released on cassette by Elsinor Records. It proved so popular, Gibbard recruited other musicians to make a full band, which would go on to record Something About Airplanes, the band's debut studio album.
You Can Play These Songs with Chords was expanded with ten more songs and re-released on October 22, 2002, through Barsuk Records on the heels of the success of The Photo Album.
Track listing
[edit | edit source]Original release
[edit | edit source]All songs written by Benjamin Gibbard.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "President of What?" | 4:06 |
| 2. | "Champagne from a Paper Cup" | 2:34 |
| 3. | "Pictures in an Exhibition" | 4:02 |
| 4. | "Hindsight" | 3:47 |
| 5. | "That's Incentive" | 2:13 |
| 6. | "Amputations" | 4:03 |
| 7. | "Two Cars" | 3:31 |
| 8. | "Line of Best Fit" | 5:49 |
Re-issue additional tracks
[edit | edit source]All songs written by Benjamin Gibbard, Nick Harmer and Christopher Walla except as otherwise noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "This Charming Man" | Johnny Marr, Morrissey | 2:14 |
| 2. | "TV Trays" | 4:02 | |
| 3. | "New Candles" | 3:02 | |
| 4. | "Tomorrow" | 2:17 | |
| 5. | "Flustered/Hey Tomcat!" | 2:56 | |
| 6. | "State Street Residential" | 5:51 | |
| 7. | "Wait" | Secret Stars[11] | 3:34 |
| 8. | "Prove My Hypotheses" | 4:11 | |
| 9. | "Song for Kelly Huckaby" (Facts version) | 3:51 | |
| 10. | "Army Corps of Architects" | 4:43 |
Personnel
[edit | edit source]- Ben Gibbard – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano, drums
- Nathan Good – drums, tambourine
- Nick Harmer – bass guitar
- Christopher Walla – guitar, vocals "New Candles" and "Tomorrow"
References
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- ^ AllMusic review
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- ^ Billboard review
- ^ Duster Magazine review
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ PopMatters review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
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External links
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