Death Cab For Cutie – You Can Play These Songs With Chords + 10

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Label:	Barsuk Records – bark28
Format:	CD , Album
Country:	US
Released:	2002
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Indie Rock

Tracklist

1	President Of What? Instruments, Vocals – BG*	4:06
2	Champagne From A Paper Cup Instruments, Vocals – BG*	2:34
3	Pictures In An Exhibition Harmony Vocals [Harmony Vocal] – CW* Instruments, Vocals – BG*	4:02
4	Hindsight Instruments, Vocals – BG*	3:47
5	That's Incentive Instruments, Vocals – BG*	2:13
6	Amputations Instruments, Vocals – BG*	4:03
7	Two Cars Instruments, Vocals – BG*	3:31
8	Line Of Best Fit Instruments, Vocals – BG* Vocals [Duet Vocal] – Abigail Hall	5:49
9	This Charming Man Bass [Fuzz Bass], Guitar, Keyboards [Keyboard], Performer [Squeal] – CW* Vocals [Vocal], Drums, Guitar – BG* Written-By – Steven Morrissey	2:14
10	TV Trays Instruments, Vocals [Vocal] – BG*	4:02
11	New Candles Drums – BG* Vocals [Vocal], Guitar [Guitars], Bass – CW*	3:02
12	Tomorrow Bass, Electric Guitar [Electric Gtr], Drum Machine, Harmony Vocals [Harmony Vocal] – CW* Keyboards [Keyboard] – NH* Vocals [Vocal], Acoustic Guitar [Acoustic Gtr] – BG*	2:17
13	Flustered / Hey Tomcat! Drums, Concept By – BG* Scratches, Other [Style] – DJ Shazzee Class Tape [Tapes], Keyboards, Pedalboard [Pedals], Scratches, Other [Execution] – CW*	2:56
14	State Street Residential Bass – NH* Drums, Tambourine – Nathan Good Organ – CW* Vocals, Guitar [Guitars] – BG*	5:51
15	Wait Bass – NH* Drums – NG* Electric Piano [Wurlitzer Pianos] – CW* Vocals, Guitar [Guitars], Organ – BG* Written-By – Geoff Farina Bass – NH* Drums – NG* Electric Piano [Wurlitzer Pianos] – CW* Vocals, Guitar [Guitars], Organ – BG* Written-By – Geoff Farina	3:34
16	Prove My Hypotheses Bass – NH* Guitar [Guitars], Noises [More Noise] – CW* Vocals [Vocal], Drums, Guitar, Noises [Noise] – BG*	4:11
17	Song For Kelly Huckaby (Facts Version) Bass – NH* Guitar [Wet Guitar], Electric Piano [Wurlitzer Piano], Loops [Loop], Other [Construction] – CW* Vocals, Drums, Guitar [Guitars] – BG*	3:51
18	Army Corps Of Architects Bass – NH* Guitar [Guitars], Organ, Loops [Loop] – CW* Vocals [Vocal], Guitar, Glockenspiel, Shaker – BG*	4:43

Companies, etc.

Printed By – Thingmakers
Recorded At – The Hall Of Justice
Mixed At – The Hall Of Justice
Made By – www.cdforge.com
Glass Mastered At – Optidisc Solutions – 362965

Credits

Design, Layout – Lance Webber
Liner Notes – NH*
Mastered By – Ed Brooks
Recorded By [Made All The Recordings], Mixed By [Mixed All The Recordings] – Chris Walla
Songwriter [Songs Were Written By Combinations Of] – Nick Harmer* (tracks: 1 to 8, 10 to 14, 16 to 18)

Notes

Per the liner notes:
You Can Play These Songs With Chords was originally released as a cassette in 1997 on Elsinor Records. 'President Of What,' Champagne From A Paper Cup,' 'Pictures In An Exhibition,' 'Amputations,' and 'Line Of Best Fit' were re-recorded in 1998 for Something About Airplanes. The original mixes of 'Wait' and 'Prove My Hypothesis' are on a 7" single released in 1999 on Sonic Boom Recordings. The original mix of 'Army Corps Of Architects' was the B-Side of the March 2000 Sub Pop Singles Club 7". A new recording of 'Song For Kelly Huckaby' was released in 2000 on The Death Cab For Cutie Forbidden Love E.P.

Chris Walla made and mixed all the recordings in the many homes of The Hall Of Justice.
Thingmakers printed and assembled the package.

Tracks 1 to 8: May-July 97
Tracks 9 to 12: Nov 96
Track 13: Dec 97, mixed May 02
Track 14: Mar 98, mixed May 02
Track 15: Jan 99, remixed May 02
Track 16: May 99, remixed May 02
Track 17: July 99
Track 18: Jan 00, remixed May 02

Released in standard jewel case with clear tray. The front insert consists of two parts: an 8 inch square transparency showing a 1950ties street scene from Bellingham, WA, mounted on a cardboard frame, and a 4-page folded insert with white front page, serving as background for the transparency. The other three pages of the insert contain credits and notes about the previously unreleased bonus tracks. Both the transparency frame and the insert have rounded (die-cut) corners.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 6 55173 10282 4
Barcode (Scanned): 655173102824
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): WWW.CDFORGE.COM BARK28 362965D12 IFPI LM26
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI LM26
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI KN09
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Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI LM26
Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI KN15
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Mastering SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI LM26
Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI KN09
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Mastering SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI LM26
Mould SID Code (Variant 4): none

Other Versions (4)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	You Can Play These Songs With Chords (Cassette, Album)	Elsinor Records	Els #012	US	1997
New Submission	You Can Play These Songs With Chords (CD, Album, Promo)	Barsuk Records	bark28pr, BARK28PR	US	2002
New Submission	You Can Play These Songs With Chords (Cassette, Album, Reissue)	Barsuk Records	BARK28CS	US	2014
Recently Edited	You Can Play These Songs With Chords (18×File, MP3, Album, Compilation, 320 kbps)	Barsuk Records	bark28	US	Unknown