Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie
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85 out of 100

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8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 118 Ratings

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  • Summary: This is the fourth album for the Washington-based indie group led by Ben Gibbard (also of the Postal Service) and Chris Walla.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. E! Online
    100
    Ben Gibbard has a knack for painting scenes of such intimate detail they come off as universal.
  2. The A.V. Club
    100
    A lush, impeccably produced, musically adventurous, emotionally resonant examination of the way relationships are both strengthened and damaged by distance, the album surpasses Gibbard's other career highpoints, which is really saying something.
  3. Drowned In Sound
    80
    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.
  4. Neumu.net
    60
    For those devoted to this rock band's increasingly artistic gear, Gibbard's a bard spinning pop-song sonnets that cause such constituents of fandom to reel real deep in some crooning-along swooning induced by the lithe lyrics.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 56 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 57
  3. Negative: 1 out of 57
  1. LetzTalkMoveez
    10
    Probably one of the greatest albums of all time, "Transatlanticism" covers so much ground it hurts. Tracks like "A Lack of Color" and "Tiny Vessels" explore the subtleties of the human connection, while others like "The New Year" and "Transatlanticism" (featuring the greatest lyrics the band has ever written) attempt to summarize entire personalities. It's an album that makes the word 'terrific' insufficient in describing its brilliance.… Expand
  2. KeithG
    8
    You can make a case for either Transatlanticism or Plans as the greatest Death Cab for Cutie album. Plans remains more consistent, but Transatlanticism has the highest peaks. "The Sound of Settling" is a perfect pop song and the title track is a precise treatise on bittersweet longing. Those tracks alone make this album worth a listen, but solid nature of the first two thirds of the album make it one worth buying.… Expand
  3. jamals
    7
    Perfectly acceptable, with a few amazing stand outs and then some filler along the way. Why isn't the cokemusicglow review here?
  4. BunifaJ.
    0
    Oh what! This aint no rap album. all I could hear wuz some bitches singing some shit about some fotoboofff. Damn dat is nasty ass shit right there.

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