You Can Play These Songs with Chords
Demo album by Death Cab for Cutie / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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You Can Play These Songs with Chords is an early (1996-97) demo from the rock band Death Cab for Cutie, which at the time consisted entirely of founder Ben Gibbard. This demo was originally released on cassette by Elsinor Records. It proved so popular, Gibbard recruited other musicians to make a full band, which would go on to record Something About Airplanes, the band's debut studio album.
Demo album by Death Cab for Cutie
| You Can Play These Songs with Chords | ||||
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| Demo album by | ||||
| Released | 1997 | |||
| Recorded | May–July 1997 (original) November 1996 – January 2000 (reissue) | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 30:05 | |||
| Label | Barsuk[1] | |||
| Producer | Ben Gibbard | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 65/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| Almost Cool | 6.5/10[4] |
| Billboard | (positive)[5] |
| Dusted Magazine | (positive)[6] |
| Pitchfork | 6.4/10[7] |
| PopMatters |   [8][2] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] |
| Stylus Magazine | C[10] |
You Can Play These Songs with Chords was expanded with ten more songs and re-released on October 22, 2002, through Barsuk Records on the heels of the success of The Photo Album.