Death Cab For Cutie – Transatlanticism

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Label:	Barsuk Records – bark32
Format:	CD, Album
Country:	US
Released:	Oct 7, 2003
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Indie Rock

Tracklist

1	The New Year Mixed By – Christopher Walla* Written-By – Gibbard, Walla, McGerr, Harmer	4:06
2	Lightness Mixed By – Christopher Walla* Written-By – Gibbard*	3:30
3	Title And Registration Mixed By – Christopher Walla* Written-By – Gibbard, Walla	3:39
4	Expo '86 Mixed By – John Goodmanson Written-By – Gibbard, Walla	4:11
5	The Sound Of Settling Mixed By – John Goodmanson Stomp Box [Stomped, With], Handclaps [Clapped, With] – Ben, Jason, Nick* Stomp Box [Stomped], Handclaps [Clapped] – Rob Herbst Written-By – Gibbard*	2:13
6	Tiny Vessels Mixed By – Christopher Walla* Written-By – Gibbard, Harmer	4:22
7	Transatlanticism Choir – The Barsuk Men's Choir Choir [The Barsuk Men's Choir, With] – Ben, Chris, Nick* Choir [The Barsuk Men's Choir] – John Roderick, Phil Wandscher, Sean Nelson Mixed By – Christopher Walla* Written-By – Gibbard, Walla	7:55
8	Passenger Seat Mixed By – Christopher Walla* Written-By – Gibbard*	3:42
9	Death Of An Interior Decorator Mixed By – Christopher Walla* Written-By – Gibbard*	2:57
10	We Looked Like Giants Mixed By – Christopher Walla* Written-By – Gibbard, Walla, McGerr, Harmer	5:33
11	A Lack Of Color Mixed By – Christopher Walla* Written-By – Gibbard*	3:36

Companies, etc.

Made By – www.cdforge.com
Glass Mastered At – Optidisc Solutions – 372250
Recorded At – The Hall Of Justice
Recorded At – Tiny Telephone
Recorded At – Avast! Recording Co.
Recorded At – Ironwood Studios
Recorded At – Studio X
Mastered At – RFI Mastering

Credits

Artwork [Original Artwork By], Layout – Adde Russell
Booking – Aero Booking, Trey Many
Engineer [Assistant, Avast! Recording] – Kevin Suggs, Stuart Hallerman, Troy Tietjen
Engineer [Assistant, Ironwood] – Katy Perkins, Steve Wiseman
Engineer [Assistant, Studio X] – Kory Kruckenberg, Sam Hofstedt
Engineer [Assistant, The Hall Of Justice] – Joel Brown, Robbie Skrocki
Engineer [Assistant, Tiny Telephone] – Aaron Prellwitz
Legal – Conrad Rippy, Levine, Plotkin & Menin, LLP*
Mastered By – Ed Brooks
Performer [Death Cab For Cutie] – Benjamin Gibbard*, Christopher Walla*, Jason McGerr, Nicholas Harmer
Performer [Played By] – Death Cab For Cutie
Producer [Produced By], Recorded By – Christopher Walla*
Words By – Benjamin Gibbard*

Notes

Studios are not listed as recorded at, mixed at, etc... but simply listed as:
The Hall Of Justice, Seattle
Tiny Telephone, San Francisco
Avast! Recording, Seattle
Ironwood, Seattle
Studio X, Seattle

This record is dedicated to Marie Osborn

Barsuk Records
P.O. Box 22546 Seattle, WA 98122 USA

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 6 55173 10322 7
Barcode (Scanned): 655173103227
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): WWW.CDFORGE.COM BARK32 372250 D11
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI LM26
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI KN06
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): WWW.CDFORGE.COM BARK32 372250 D3
Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI LM26
Mould SID Code (Variant 2): none
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): WWW.CDFORGE.COM BARK32 372250 D2 IFPI LM26
Mastering SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI LM26
Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI KN06
Matrix / Runout (Variant 5): WWW.CDFORGE.COM BARK32 372250 D24
Mastering SID Code (Variant 5): IFPI LM26
Mould SID Code (Variant 5): IFPI KN09

Other Versions (5 of 28)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Transatlanticism (CD, Album)	Fierce Panda	nong32cd	UK	2003
Recently Edited	Transatlanticism (CD, Album)	Munich Records	MRCD 246	Netherlands	2003
Recently Edited	Transatlanticism (2×LP, Album)	Grand Hotel Van Cleef, Grand Hotel Van Cleef	GvHC 008, GHvC 008	Germany	2003
Recently Edited	Transatlanticism (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition)	Sonic Boom Recordings, Barsuk Records	SBR012, bark32	US	2003
Recently Edited	Transatlanticism (SACD, Hybrid, Stereo, Album)	Barsuk Records	bark32sa	US	2003

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Reviews

daniel82692 Jan 9, 2024
Like a letter in the margins of that book about artisanal coffee beans, and the trove of source material for that allusory AIM profile update, “Transatlanticism” is an exemplary meld of melancholy and disarming charm. So this is the New Year, don your most existential turtleneck, order those dark-rimmed specs, and let yourself transcend the Transatlantic into this sea of an indie rock masterpiece.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C1rudOaOsHv/
fastmac4marc Jun 24, 2023
Edited 10 months ago
Great packaging. Very nice looking colored vinyl. Sound is very good, and almost no surface noise. Sadly, both discs have edge warp.
Dyeomans45 Sep 14, 2022
how do we know this was made in the year 2003?
MJChivy Jun 27, 2022
I have the German pressing from Moviemars. There’s a typo on the spine. It’s a flawless pressing. Buy with confidence. So happy I got this. (I did ultrasonic clean before playing as I do with all new vinyl)
ElliottWinkler Jul 3, 2021
My copy is similar except matrix says: WWW.CDFORGE.COM BARK32 372250 D24
Mastering SID Code is IFPI LM26
Mould SID Code is IFPI KN09
SVXDan83 Jul 6, 2020
Ed Brooks, the Mastering Engineer on this album, was on the Podcast "Vinyl Emergency" and revealed that the US and UK pressings use entirely different masters. The album was recorded on tape, but towards the end of the process, DCFC commissioned an SACD version. In order to produce the DSD transfer, Sony was adamant that no PCM source material could be used. So, they went back to the original master tape to produce the DSD transfer. The US vinyl master came from this DSD transfer; which features no digital compression or clipping.
He didn't go into too much detail about the UK pressings, but one can assume this means they came from a source that had already introduced some level of digital compression into the process.
I've always thought my US 2013 Reissue sounded spectacular and stood out as one of the better sounding pieces in my collection. Luckily, it seems the band realized how special this album was going to be early on and took many great steps to preserve the fidelity of it!
dportlu68 Nov 18, 2019
Matrix / Runout: WWW.CDFORGE.COM BARK32 372250 D11 IFPI LM26 mine reads: WWW.CDFORGE.COM BARK32 372250 D2 IFPI LM26

Starts off noisy but calms down. Vocals are clear on CD and printed in the notes. Beats are generally measured and interesting with some highly repetitive sections. A few of the songs evoke the Beatles on the "White Album". Can be background music or can be listened to for effect.
StrangeAndy Aug 26, 2018
The 2 best songs on this album were the only 2 written by the whole band, everything else (other than Transatlanticism - WOAH) is generic DCFC, which means 'meh' IMHO.