Death Cab For Cutie – Transatlanticism
Label: | Barsuk Records – bark32 |
|---|---|
Format: | CD, Album |
Country: | US |
Released: | |
Genre: | Rock |
Style: | Indie Rock |
Tracklist
| 1 | The New Year | 4:06 | |
| 2 | Lightness | 3:30 | |
| 3 | Title And Registration | 3:39 | |
| 4 | Expo '86 | 4:11 | |
| 5 | The Sound Of Settling | 2:13 | |
| 6 | Tiny Vessels | 4:22 | |
| 7 | Transatlanticism | 7:55 | |
| 8 | Passenger Seat | 3:42 | |
| 9 | Death Of An Interior Decorator | 2:57 | |
| 10 | We Looked Like Giants | 5:33 | |
| 11 | A Lack Of Color | 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
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
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 6): WWW.CDFORGE.COM BARK32 372250 D7
- Mould SID Code (Variant 6): IFPI LM26
- Mould SID Code (Variant 6): IFPI KN06
Other Versions (5 of 30)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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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 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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/
Edited one year agoGreat packaging. Very nice looking colored vinyl. Sound is very good, and almost no surface noise. Sadly, both discs have edge warp.- how do we know this was made in the year 2003?
- 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)
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
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!- 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. 
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.
Release
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