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Something About Airplanes by Death Cab for Cutie
Something About Airplanes is an album by Death Cab for Cutie, released in 1998. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “President of What?”, on 1 list with a best position of #869.
Something About Airplanes, Death Cab for Cutie's debut album, landed on Barsuk on August 18, 1998, not long after the band got going in Bellingham, Washington. Chris Walla played guitar and produced, with Ben Gibbard singing, Nick Harmer on bass and Nathan Good rounding out the lineup, and it's a modest, homespun thing next to what came later: melodic indie rock, hushed and a little lopsided, carried by Gibbard's sensitive, inward-looking songs. Early takes of five of these songs also live on the compilation You Can Play These Songs with Chords.
"President of What?" is the track that made the countdowns. When the album turned ten in 2008, it came back in a new sleeve with liner notes from Sean Nelson and an extra disc capturing the band's very first Seattle gig, at the Crocodile Cafe in February 1998.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Something About Airplanes on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | President of What? | 1 | #869 | – | 2023 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.