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band Death Cab for Cutie, which at the time consisted entirely of founder Ben Gibbard. This demo was originally released on

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by Elsinor Records. It proved so popular, Gibbard recruited other musicians to make a full band, which would go on to record ''

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'', the band's debut studio album. ''You Can Play These Songs with Chords'' was expanded with ten more songs and re-released on October 22, 2002, through

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on the heels of the success of ''

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''.

Track listing

Original release

All songs written by

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Re-issue additional tracks

All songs written by

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and Christopher Walla except as otherwise noted.

Personnel

* Ben Gibbard – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano, drums * Nathan Good – drums, tambourine *

– bass guitar * Christopher Walla – guitar, vocals "New Candles" and "Tomorrow"

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1997 debut albums Death Cab for Cutie albums Barsuk Records albums Demo albums