Postal Service, The – Such Great Heights
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Sub Pop – SPCD 608
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| 1 | Postal Service, The – |
Such Great Heights
Backing Vocals – Jen Wood Guitar [Guitars], Keyboards [Additional Keyboards] – Benjamin Gibbard* Producer [Produced By], Recorded By – Postal Service, The |
4:27 | |
| 2 | Postal Service, The – |
There's Never Enough Time
Backing Vocals – Jenny Lewis Guitar [Guitars] – Benjamin Gibbard* Producer [Produced By], Recorded By – Postal Service, The Recorded By [Guitars Recorded By] – Chris Walla |
3:33 | |
| 3 | Shins, The – |
We Will Become Silhouettes
Performer [Performed By] – Shins, The Producer [Produced By], Recorded By – James Mercer |
3:01 | |
| 4 | Iron And Wine – |
Such Great Heights
Performer [Performed By] – Iron And Wine Producer [Produced By], Recorded By – Sam Beam |
4:10 |
Companies etc
- Recorded At – Dying Songs (2)
- Produced At – Dying Songs (2)
- Recorded At – Computerworld
- Produced At – Computerworld
- Recorded At – The Hall of Justice
- Published By – Dying Songs (3)
- Published By – Fake Songs
- Copyright (c) – Sub Pop Records
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sub Pop Records
Credits
- Artwork By – Kozyndan
- Performer [The Postal Service Are], Written-by – Benjamin Gibbard*, Jimmy Tamborello
Notes
Tracks 1 & 2 - Recorded and Produced at Dying Songs (LA) and Computer World (Seattle).
Track 2 - Guitars recorded at The Hall of Justice, spring 2002.
Track 3 - Recorded and Produced in Portland, Oregon, 12/2002.
Track 4 - Recorded and Produced in Miami, Florida, 11/2002.
Song 1 from the forthcoming album Give Up (sp595).
Songs published by Dying Songs (BMI) and Fake Songs (BMI).
© ℗ 2003 Sub Pop Records – www.subpop.com
Packaging: Jewel Case
Total Playing Time: 15 mins, 12 secs
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Reviews & Discussion
The debut EP from The Postal Service, SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS, shows little correlation with Tamborello's glitchy main project, Dntel. Instead, it goes for poppy electronica, and with that, it's eminently successful. The title song is gloriously catchy; it's not surprising that it was a moderate crossover hit. "There's Never Enough Time" is more mellow and introspective, but still has an irrepressible catchiness that's hinted at by quiet woodwinds in the background. And it's a strange day when rock musicians cover electronic musicians, but that's what we have here. The folksy, acoustic Iron and Wine version of "Such Great Heights" is the more successful of the two, but that might be a matter of source material.
Odd that the first release of The Postal Service featured covers from a not-yet-out album, but that's what they did. Such Great Heights is from their debut album . There's Never Enough Time is a nice quiet song, very much in the vein of Dntel, plus guitar work from Ben.
The Shins provide a nice indie-rock cover, complete with harmonzing vocals. Iron And Wine make the song a bit more mournful, slowing it down and singing in a creepy crooner voice.
Keen concept from a band which is a joining of indie + electronic, providing quite a bit of variety in just over 15 minutes of music.
The Shins provide a nice indie-rock cover, complete with harmonzing vocals. Iron And Wine make the song a bit more mournful, slowing it down and singing in a creepy crooner voice.
Keen concept from a band which is a joining of indie + electronic, providing quite a bit of variety in just over 15 minutes of music.
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