- alternative rock, indie rock, rock, indie pop
- 45 min
- 11 tracks
- Atlantic
Codes and Keys is the seventh studio album by Death Cab for Cutie, released on May 31, 2011. Ben Gibbard and Nick Harmer have both been quoted as saying that the album will be "a much less guitar-centric album than we've ever made before".
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Character
Spare, classical in form, contemporary and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 71/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- NME7/10
- Pitchfork5/10
- PopMatters4/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin8/10
- Slant Magazine3/5 ★
- USA Today3.5/4 ★
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Tracks
- 1Home Is a Fire4:04
- 2Codes and Keys3:22
- 3Some Boys3:11
- 4Doors Unlocked and Open5:37
- 5You Are a Tourist4:47
- 6Unobstructed Views6:10
- 7Monday Morning4:19
- 8Portable Television2:53
- 9Underneath the Sycamore3:27
- 10St. Peter’s Cathedral4:30
- 11Stay Young, Go Dancing2:50
11 tracks, 45 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Death Cab for Cutie
- Label
- Atlantic
- Released
- 2011
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- ZA
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