🎵 How Good Are They Really 🎵 Death Cab For Cutie/The Postal Service

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Don’t give up, it’s time for this!

De La Soul do pretty well:

Leaderboard
Artist Rating
Aretha Franklin 4.64
Nina Simone 4.57
Kraftwerk 4.50
Neil Young 4.48
Miles Davis 4.42
Talking Heads 4.39
R.E.M. 4.38
Beastie Boys 4.36
Otis Redding 4.34
The Velvet Underground 4.33
David Bowie 4.31
The Beatles 4.31
Pixies 4.30
Leonard Cohen 4.30
The Cure 4.28
Boards Of Canada 4.28
Björk 4.27
Mogwai 4.24
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 4.22
Marvin Gaye 4.21
Tom Waits 4.20
Aphex Twin 4.18
PJ Harvey 4.17
Stevie Wonder 4.17
Nirvana 4.15
Joy Division 4.15
Radiohead 4.13
The Supremes 4.13
Pavement 4.12
Prince 4.11
Wu-Tang Clan 4.11
Cocteau Twins 4.11
Nick Drake 4.10
De La Soul 4.10
Elliott Smith 4.09
Pulp 4.08
Public Enemy 4.08
Sonic Youth 4.08
Sleater-Kinney 4.08
Kate Bush 4.07
OutKast 4.07
Portishead 4.03
Super Furry Animals 4.03
Black Sabbath 4.03
Simon & Garfunkel 4.02
Joanna Newsom 4.02
MF DOOM 4.01
Sufjan Stevens 4.01
The Knife 4.01
Run The Jewels 4.00
New Order 3.99
Bob Dylan 3.97
Kendrick Lamar 3.97
Low 3.96
Robyn 3.96
Grandaddy 3.96
The Beach Boys 3.93
Jimi Hendrix 3.93
LCD Soundsystem 3.92
Joni Mitchell 3.89
Massive Attack 3.89
Frank Ocean 3.86
Spiritualized 3.85
Bruce Springsteen 3.84
Deftones 3.84
Underworld 3.82
The Kinks 3.82
The Clash 3.77
Dolly Parton 3.77
Pet Shop Boys 3.76
Modest Mouse 3.76
Blondie 3.73
Bright Eyes 3.71
Rage Against The Machine 3.71
The National 3.68
Paul Simon 3.68
The Ramones 3.67
Spacemen 3 3.67
ABBA 3.66
Kanye West 3.65
Arcade Fire 3.64
Blur 3.61
Beck 3.59
Elvis Costello 3.59
The Smiths 3.57
Beyoncé 3.54
Yeah Yeah Yeahs 3.54
Eels 3.52
Carly Rae Jepsen 3.51
Daft Punk 3.50
The Chemical Brothers 3.49
Bob Marley & The Wailers 3.48
Jeff Buckley 3.47
The Flaming Lips 3.46
Hot Chip 3.44
Idlewild 3.42
George Michael 3.41
Madonna 3.40
Manic Street Preachers 3.39
Fleetwood Mac 3.39
Queens Of The Stone Age 3.39
The Notorious B.I.G. 3.37
TV On The Radio 3.37
Toots & The Maytals 3.35
The White Stripes 3.34
Supergrass 3.32
Hole 3.31
The Smashing Pumpkins 3.30
Suede 3.30
Steely Dan 3.29
Elton John 3.28
The Pogues 3.28
Kylie Minogue 3.27
The Specials 3.26
Vampire Weekend 3.26
Sugababes 3.22
Thin Lizzy 3.22
Hall & Oates 3.21
Rihanna 3.19
The Prodigy 3.18
Led Zeppelin 3.16
Ash 3.16
Pink Floyd 3.15
Taylor Swift 3.14
Jay-Z 3.14
Arctic Monkeys 3.14
Interpol 3.12
TLC 3.12
Lana Del Rey 3.11
Los Campesinos! 3.10
The Rolling Stones 3.09
Iron Maiden 3.06
Placebo 3.06
Destiny’s Child 3.05
Primal Scream 3.04
Shower Cans 3.04
The Strokes 3.03
Elvis Presley 3.02
The Bee Gees 2.99
Weezer 2.97
Amy Winehouse 2.95
Girls Aloud 2.93
Frank Sinatra 2.92
2Pac 2.91
Elbow 2.91
The Stone Roses 2.90
The Doors 2.89
Franz Ferdinand 2.89
Ariana Grande 2.88
Lizzo 2.86
Belle And Sebastian 2.85
Britney Spears 2.85
Metallica 2.81
Green Day 2.81
Madness 2.80
Slipknot 2.80
The Jam 2.75
Basement Jaxx 2.75
Oasis 2.71
Whitney Houston 2.69
The Verve 2.67
Slayer 2.65
The Sex Pistols 2.63
Lady Gaga 2.61
Queen 2.60
Billy Joel 2.57
Foo Fighters 2.57
U2 2.55
Justin Timberlake 2.52
Biffy Clyro 2.48
Dire Straits 2.43
The Beautiful South 2.43
Bloc Party 2.41
Cher 2.40
Michael Jackson 2.39
Eminem 2.38
Mariah Carey 2.32
Coldplay 2.31
Rancid 2.26
Guns N’ Roses 2.26
The Killers 2.22
The Who 2.22
Blink-182 2.21
Muse 2.20
Robbie Williams 2.20
Bon Jovi 2.11
No Doubt 2.10
Adele 2.05
Kings Of Leon 2.01
The Libertines 1.99
Red Hot Chili Peppers 1.90
The Spice Girls 1.81
Stereophonics 1.74
Kasabian 1.57

So today:

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And what score will The Postal Service deliver?

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Death Cab albums

  • Something About Airplanes
  • We Have The Facts And We’re Voting Yes
  • The Photo Album
  • Transatlanticism
  • Plans
  • Narrow Stairs
  • Codes And Keys
  • Kintsugi
  • Thank You For Today

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Death Cab singles

  • Your Bruise
  • Prove My Hypotheses
  • Underwater!
  • Stability
  • A Movie Script Ending
  • I Was A Kaleidoscope
  • We Laugh Indoors
  • The New Year
  • The Sound Of Settling
  • Title And Registration
  • Soul Meets Body
  • Crooked Teeth
  • I Will Follow You Into The Dark
  • I Will Possess Your Heart
  • Cath…
  • No Sunlight
  • Grapevine Fires
  • Little Bribes
  • Meet Me On The Equinox
  • You Are A Tourist
  • Home Is A Fire
  • Stay Young, Go Dancing
  • Underneath The Sycamore
  • Black Sun
  • The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive
  • Good Help (Is So Hard To Find)
  • Million Dollar Loan
  • Gold Rush
  • I Dreamt We Spoke Again
  • Northern Lights
  • When We Drive
  • Kids in 99

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And obviously there’s not a lot of PS output so let’s just vote on Give Up

  • The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
  • Such Great Heights
  • Sleeping In
  • Nothing Better
  • Recycled Air
  • Clark Gable
  • We Will Become Silhouettes
  • This Place Is a Prison
  • Brand New Colony
  • Natural Anthem

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5

Never knowingly heard DCFC but do really like the Postal Service album. 4 for Postal Service, abstain on DCFC,

1 Like
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Went to see Death Cab at Brixton about 9 years ago and it’s one of the only gigs I’ve ever left early because they were so SO boring.

Used to quite like Transatlanticism but I mean…they’re basically just music for The OC soundtrack aren’t they?

2/5.

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Such Great Heights is obviously a choon.

Never got into DCFC. Saw them because Frightened Rabbit were supporting. Dullsville.

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Another vote for death cab being dull as sin.

Postal service album has it’s moments but think they’re spread pretty thin.

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I understand why people think Death Cab are dull but one man’s dull is another man’s understated beauty - I’m going for a 5.

Those early albums are all full of wonderful songs and although they’ve declined in the quality of their output with more recent albums I just think they’re great.

Postal Service are an easy 5 too - one perfect album.

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Well I like The Postal Service, but not Death Can for Cutie, so I’m a bit stumped on this one

11

Once I had a little go at getting into Death Can for Cutie because a few people recommended them. Did not succeed. 1/5.

1 Like
12

never even occurred to me to attempt to listen to them

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bet i’ve heard one of their songs on the OC soundtrack or something though, seems like that kind of band

1 Like
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That’s why there are separate votes.

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Time for me to dig out my massive Death Cab play list and listen to them all day!

6 Likes
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5 for both

Absolutely adore DCFC. One of the first indie bands I got into as a kid through odd tracks sent over MSN.

So many tracks still make me almost tingle. Love Ben’s voice too.

Also that Brixton Postal Service show was an all timer. Big cathartic release.

5 Likes
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Was quite fond on DCFC until Plans then completely lost interest. Also Transatlanticism brings back pretty bad memories.

Postal Service album is superb aside from some ropey lyrics

3 and 4, respectively

1 Like
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DCFC have a number of really good albums and sound fantastic live. Postal Service have one album with some really good songs, and it shows when they try to do a whole gig.

2 Likes
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Yep, this exactly. Give Up is the model of a 4/5 album

1 Like
20

still absolutely love the photo album and transatlanticism but can take or leave the rest

give up is still amazing but when I finally got to see them in Manchester they were boring as sin

4/5 for both seems fair

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