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Kintsugi by Death Cab for Cutie
Kintsugi is an album by Death Cab for Cutie, released in 2015. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 36 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Black Sun”, on 19 lists with a best position of #4.
Kintsugi, Death Cab for Cutie's eighth album, came out on Atlantic on March 31, 2015, and it's a record made with one founding member halfway out the door. Founding lead guitarist Chris Walla, the band's longtime in-house producer, announced his exit during production but stayed a full member until it was finished. For the first time, the Bellingham band handed the controls to an outside producer, Rich Costey, working at Eldorado Recording Studios in Burbank.
Costey gives Ben Gibbard's bruised, introspective songs a sleeker, more muscular frame, with Nick Harmer on bass and Jason McGerr on drums hitting harder. "Black Sun" is a brooding, slow-burning rocker with a serrated guitar solo, "The Ghosts of Beverly Drive" is a propulsive, restless rocker, and "Good Help (Is So Hard to Find)" slinks along on a nervy, disco-tinged pulse. It picked up a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Kintsugi on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Sun | 19 | #4 | – | 2015–2022 | |
| 2 | The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive | 13 | #23 | – | 2015–2026 | |
| 3 | Good Help (Is So Hard to Find) | 4 | #46 | – | 2016 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.