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Narrow Stairs by: Death Cab for Cutie

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Binding: Audio CD
Brand: Baker & Taylor
EAN: 0075678994654
Feature: DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE NARROW STAIRS
Item Dimensions: 23
Label: Atlantic
Languages: FrenchUnknown
Manufacturer: Atlantic
MPN: 4 3 00899465
Number Of Discs: 1
Publication Date: 2008
Publisher: Atlantic
Release Date: May 13, 2008
Studio: Atlantic

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DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE NARROW STAIRS

Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
After relentless touring, performances on Saturday Night Live, and appearing on the cover of Spin and Paste Magazines, Death Cab for Cutie brings us Narrow Stairs. Following up their DVD collection, Directions, which sold over 30,000 copies and their platinum selling album, Plans, was no easy task but Narrow Stairs has already been praised by MTV.com as the band’s most daring and adventurous effort to date.

Amazon.co.uk:
Narrow Stairs might be the first album recorded by Death Cab for Cutie since Ben Gibbard's former solo project went unexpectedly stratospheric, but Gibbard hasn't let it go to his head. Oh, OK, maybe a little: lead-off single "I Will Possess Your Heart" is an eight minute jam that speeds off on one long, luminous curve before Gibbard's distinctive vocals swing in, sweet and plaintive as ever. Even when indulging their grander visions, though, Death Cab for Cutie are still familiar as the same band that wrote those fragile, winsome songs back before teen drama The OC came knocking. Never knowingly overstated, built from driving rhythms, flourishes of piano and intricate melodies, Narrow Stairs builds grand, emotionally loaded narratives from small, subtle parts. "Your New Twin Sized Bed" hides a deftly articulated tale of heartbreak and loneliness amidst soothing tangles of guitar, while "You Can Do Better than Me" is a sweet miniature that's part Pet Sounds orchestration, part wistful Dear John. This isn't, as Gibbard would previously hint, a dissonant or especially adventurous album. It proves, however, that Death Cab can extend their scope without diluting the pathos or energy of their music, and it not only sounds great, but bodes well for the future. --Louis Pattison

Disc 1:

Bixby Canyon Bridge
I Will Possess Your Heart
No Sunlight
Cathâ€¦
Talking Bird
You Can Do Better Than Me
Grapevine Fires
Your New Twin Sized Bed
Long Division
Pity And Fear
The Ice Is Getting Thinner