Death Cab for Cutie Songs Ranked

Death Cab for Cutie is an American alternative rock band, formed in Bellingham, Washington, United States, in 1997. The band is composed of Ben Gibbard (vocals, guitar, piano), Nick Harmer (bass), Dave Depper (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Zac Rae (keyboards, guitar), and Jason McGerr (drums). The band was originally a solo project by Gibbard. Upon getting a record deal, he expanded the project into a complete band, which released a debut album, Something About Airplanes, in 1998. The group’s fourth album, 2003’s Transatlanticism, broke into the mainstream both critically and commercially, with songs from the album featured in numerous TV series and films. The band’s major-label debut for Atlantic Records, 2005’s Plans, went platinum. A ninth studio album, Thank You for Today, was released in August 2018.
Death Cab for Cutie’s music has been called indie rock, indie pop, and alternative rock. It is noted for its unconventional instrumentation and for Gibbard’s distinctive voice and lyrical style. Since its formation, the band has released nine full-length studio albums, four EPs, two live EPs, one live album, and one demo album. The group’s name comes from the song “Death Cab for Cutie,” written by Neil Innes and Vivian Stanshall and performed by their group the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, originally performed on the British television show Do Not Adjust Your Set, Series 1 Episode 7, as well as in The Beatles’ movie, Magical Mystery Tour. Here are all of the Death Cab for Cutie songs ranked.

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20. Cath…. (Narrow Stairs, 2008)

“This song makes you feel things! You can listen to it on repeat for days and call it an emotional experience in itself Best all-time song about settling.”

19. A Movie Script Ending (The Photo Album, 2001)

“This song captures some form of lost nostalgia… Maybe longing for something that isn’t there? It’s sad but really happy at the same time.”

18. The Sound of Settling (Transatlanticism, 2003)

“Gets me running! Mood changer. You tend to feel good about yourself, when you listen to this one. The is the sound of settling!”

17. Company Calls Epilogue (We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes, 2000)

“If you haven’t gone back and listened to this early death cab album, you have missed out so much. Definitely their best album, and this song is the absolute highlight of the album”

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16. The Ghosts of Beverly Drive (Kintsugi, 2015)

“First Death Cab song I ever heard, so maybe I have a personal attachment to it. I think this song is very pretty and unique (though I do think most Death Cab songs are unique).”

15. Your Heart is an Empty Room (Plans, 2005)

“I love this song. I remember listening to it early in the morning and I felt good. Never hooked on the band, but one of my favorite songs ever. It’s a simple song. Loved by all simple ones”

14, Someday You Will Be Loved (Plans, 2005)

“I love this song for so many reasons it’s an amazing song that makes my heart drop every single time I listen to it and it makes me really happy even though it’s a sad/tragic song but full of hope at the same time”

13. Your New Twin Sized Bed (Narrow Stairs, 2008)

“No matter how many times I listen to it, the same two thoughts race in my head. Oh my gosh I love this song, and When will this song end so I can listen to it again!”

12. Tiny Vessels (Transatlanticism, 2003)

“The best-written Death Cab for Cutie song, in my opinion, I have a feeling a lot of fans have skipped over this track due to how slow it starts out. This is an absolute gem. “

11. Title and Registration (Transatlanticism, 2003)

“This song seriously is perfectly arranged. The guitar is acoustic and mellow, the back beat is driving but not intense, and the vocals are ephemeral, all adding up to a soothing listening experience! “

10. Bixby Canyon Bridge (Narrow Stairs, 2008)

“Brilliant song! It really conveys the raw emotions of confusion, anger, and sorrow as it plays out. One of my favorite lyrics of all time is “When everyone you meet, they all seem to be asleep.” The power with which that line is sung combined with the constant guitar beat gets me every time!”

9. Monday Morning (Codes and Keys, 2011)

“One of the catchiest song I’ve ever heard from them! It was playing all the time in my mind the first time I listened to it. The lyrics are cute too, love to think it’s about growing old with Zooey Deschanel”

8. Crooked Teeth (Plans, 2005)

“Catchy song, beautiful lyrics. It was the song that I came to know DCFC off of and is a really good song with great lyrics and instrumentals”

7. Grapevine Fires (Narrow Stairs, 2008)

“This song is like a melancholic march through an existential crisis. The cooing vocals and the ballad chord progressions put me in a trance like state like no other Death Cab song. The take away is that in the face of disaster there are always silver-linings. Beautiful song, the group’s crowning atmospheric achievement.”

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6. What Sarah Said (Plans, 2005)

“Still hurts to listen to, no matter how many times I hear it. Losing someone is painful. It takes a lot of love to watch someone die so they are not alone.  I wish everyone could feel what I felt when I heard this song for the first time. This song got me through some very hard times.”

5. Marching Bands of Manhattan (Plans, 2005)

“This song is possibly the most beautiful song ever written. Title and Registration is equally moving. Sorrow drips into your heart through a pinhole just like a faucet that leaks and there is comfort in the sound… Its all so poetic.”

4. I Will Possess Your Heart (Narrow Stairs, 2008)

“Amazing song! Creepy and perfectly worded in a stalkers eye view. The music is beautiful as well. As creepy as it is, it captures the stalker view so well and the song it’s self is done to perfection how can can I not love this amazing and underrated song?!”

3. Soul Meets Body (Catch and Release, 2007)

“Right. So. I kind of like this girl. And, well, lets say she’s not really from around my place. And, I kind of wanted to tell her how I felt about her. Think this song was perfect, in that context. So, yeah. There you go.”

2. Transatlanticism (Transatlanticism, 2003)

“This song is pure despair and longing. Gibbard conveys his emotions very well in all his songs. But none more so than this one. He makes me feel exactly how he does when he wrote this. They repeat the line “I need you so much closer” a good portion of the song, and it works wonderfully. Sometimes less lyrics are better. It helps capture his emotion perfectly. All he can think about is that’s she’s thousands of miles away and not there with him. Beautiful song.”

1. I Will Follow You Into the Dark (Plans, 2005)

“This song is utter perfection. I listened to this while reading one of my favorite books and I cried because of the feels that the two of them combined brought to me. I just can’t praise this song enough. The lyrics, the music and, especially, the feeling, they come together perfectly.”