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Transatlanticism

by Death Cab For Cutie

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Overall Rating: 3.2416 Transatlanticism is ranked overall as 3.2416 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.2066 Transatlanticism has an avg. critic score of 3.2066 out of 4 stars

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Nude As The News

There is no doubt in my mind -- and in this I seem to have a lot of company -- that Transatlanticism is Death Cab For Cutie's best album so far. ...more

Drowned In Sound

Grand without ever being bloated, humane without settling into pessimism, the best indie band in North America remind us why sometimes, the rewards do not equal the output. ...more

Slant Magazine

Transatlanticism" isn't a real word. But if it was, the definition would read something like this: "When the geographic barriers between two people reflect, or parallel, the emotional obstacles of the relationship or individual." Yeah, something ...more

Uncut

The quartet with possibly the finest name in the history of rock are quietly building a fervent following, lionised in the US for their staunch indie principles. I couldn't give a toss if they're sodomising corporate Lucifer: this is a record of ...more

Rolling Stone

Transatlanticism should be overwrought -- it's an album about young men enduring lost love in an ocean of memory; instead, it feels like a conversation with an old friend. ...more

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Rolling Stone

Transatlanticism, Death Cab for Cutie's fourth album, presents a polished version of the heartstring-tugging formula that has earned the Washington state quartet its cultish following: melodic, melancholy songs about feeling both smart and ...more

PrefixMag

As a fan of the first two Death Cab for Cutie albums I have every reason to hate this record. I have every reason to hate Ben Gibbard for writing such insipid lyrics, just like I have every reason to hate Christopher Walla for making every song on ...more

Stylus Magazine

Has it really been more than two years since the last Death Cab For Cutie album? You wouldn't know it with Ben Gibbard's name appearing on no less than seven releases since then. His excursions into glitch (Dntel), dance pop (The Postal Service), ...more

Stylus Magazine

If anything, it feels like Gibbard has regressed to the point where he sits in the shadow of his bandmate and producer, Chris Walla. ...more

Pitchfork

Transatlanticism dulls the edges of their usually acute divinations. ...more

Pitch Fork Media

[EARLY Rough Draft of Death Cab Review, 10/7/03, 6:30 (NOTE: important, finish! final draft for Ryan before first date to Olive Garden and The Rundown (9:50).] I. INTRO -- (first decision: clever metaphor or witty personal narrative??) A. (used to ...more

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