Field Manual
Field Manual | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 29 January 2008 | |||
Studio | Grouse Lodge, Co Westmeath, Ireland, Mushroom Studios, Vancouver | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Label | Barsuk | |||
Producer | Chris Walla and Warne Livesey | |||
Chris Walla chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Crawdaddy! | (mixed)[2] |
Pitchfork Media | (5.9/10)[3] |
Patrol Magazine | (4.6/10)[4] |
Field Manual is the debut solo album by Death Cab for Cutie guitarist Chris Walla, released on January 29, 2008 on Barsuk Records.[5] This is Walla's first album under his own name. It was previously speculated that Walla may use a moniker, most likely Martin Youth Auxiliary, under which to release the album.[6]
The album was originally named It Is Unsustainable.
Release
[edit]Walla originally announced on his Hall of Justice Recording site that the album would be released in March 2007, but Field Manual was pushed back to September 2007.[5] The album was then set for a later release date of January 29, 2008.[7] The record was released in Australia via Architecture, the same label that released three Death Cab for Cutie albums. Warne Livesey co-produced the album with Walla.[5]
All tracks performed by Chris Walla, except drums on 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10 by Kurt Dahle (of The New Pornographers); drums on songs 3, 7, and 11 by Jason McGerr (of Death Cab for Cutie)
Track listing
[edit]Source:[8]
- "Two-Fifty" - 3:31
- "The Score" - 2:58
- "Sing Again" - 2:31
- "A Bird Is a Song" - 3:08
- "Geometry &C" - 3:07
- "Everyone Needs a Home" - 3:06
- "Everybody On" - 3:17
- "Our Plans, Collapsing" - 3:56
- "Archer v. Light" - 3:06
- "St. Modesto" 4:27
- "It's Unsustainable" - 5:56
- "Holes" - 2:40
- "Every Tic" (Australian Bonus Track)
- "Like a Spark" (Australian Bonus Track)
Bonus tracks
[edit]Copies pre-ordered from the Barsuk shop before February 4, 2008 received three downloadable non-album MP3 bonus tracks.
- "Like a Spark" - 4:31
- "Sing Again (2006 Demo)" - 2:32
- "Our Plans, Collapsing (2006 Demo)" - 3:47
References
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