The Postal Service - Give Up (2003) [2CD] [2013, Remastered] {10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition}

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The Postal Service - Give Up (2003) [2CD] [2013, Remastered] {10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition}
Pop/Rock, Electronic, Indie Pop | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 01:43:58 | 810,74 Mb
Label: Sub Pop Records (USA) | Cat.# SP 1045 | Released: 2013-04-08 (2003-02-19)

"Give Up" is the only studio album by American indie band The Postal Service, released on February 19, 2003 through Sub Pop Records. The band began as a side project between electronic music artist Jimmy Tamborello and Death Cab for Cutie's vocalist Ben Gibbard. The two had previously worked together for a track on Dntel's album Life Is Full of Possibilities. The Postal Service's sole full-length release, Give Up was the second Sub Pop Records release to receive platinum certification, their best-selling album since Nirvana's Bleach. The album peaked at #114 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart in its initial release; the 2013 tenth-anniversary reissue of the album peaked at #45 in April 2013. As of January 2013, Give Up had sold 1.07 million copies. The album was generally well-received, and critics noted its throwbacks to 1980s new wave. In 2006, Apple released an advertisement for the iMac that was said to be very similar to video for the "Such Great Heights" single. The band did not take legal action, but Tamborello later stated in an interview that they "got a little bit of compensation from them for it" in the form of "attention from iTunes and stuff like that". Pitchfork placed Give Up at #104 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s. Rolling Stone ranked the album at #86 on their list of the 100 Best Albums of the Decade.
~Wikipedia


Coming off their work on Dntel's beautiful This Is the Dream of Evan and Chan, Jimmy Tamborello and Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard team up again for their full-length debut as Postal Service, Give Up. Instead of covering that EP's territory again, with this album the duo crafts a poppier, new wave-inflected sound that recalls Tamborello's work with Figurine more than Dntel's lovely subtlety. However, Ben Gibbard's famously bittersweet vocals and sharp, sensitive lyrics imbue Give Up with more emotional heft than you might expect from a synth pop album, especially one by a side project from musicians as busy as Tamborello and Gibbard are. The album exploits the contrast between the cool, clean synths and Gibbard's all-too-human voice to poignant and playful effect, particularly on Give Up's first two tracks. "The District Sleeps Alone" bears Gibbard's trademark songwriting, augmented by glitchy electronics and sliced-and-diced strings, while "Such Great Heights"' pretty pop could easily appear on a Death Cab for Cutie album, minus a synth or two. Despite some nods to more contemporary electronic pop, Give Up's sound is based in classic new wave and synth pop, at times resembling an indie version of New Order or the Pet Shop Boys. Songs like "Nothing Better," a duet that plays like an update on Human League's "Don't You Want Me?," and the video-game brightness of "Brand New Colony" sound overtly like the '80s brought into the present, but the tinny, preset synth and drum sounds on the entire album recall that decade. Sometimes, as on "Recycled Air" and "We Will Become Silhouettes," the retro sounds become distracting, but for the most part they add to the album's playful charm. The spooky ballad "This Place Is a Prison" is perhaps the most modern-sounding track and the closest in sound and spirit to Gibbard and Tamborello's Dntel work. The crunchy, distorted beats and sparkling synths recall both This Is the Dream of Evan and Chan and Björk's recent work; indeed, this song, along with the "All Is Full of Love" cover Death Cab included on their Stability EP, could be seen as an ongoing tribute to her. Overall, Give Up is a fun diversion for Tamborello, Gibbard, and their fans. It doesn't scale the heights of either of their main projects, but it's far more consistent and enjoyable than might be expected.
~Review by Heather Phares







Release of the album: 2003 [CD Sub Pop Records (USA), Cat.# SPCD 595, USA]
Release of this 2CDs Set: 2013, April, 8 [CD Sub Pop Records (USA), Cat.# SP 1045 / UPC: 098787104523]
©℗ 2013 Sub Pop Records.
Sub Pop is the registered trademark of Sub Pop Records.
Made in U.S.A.

Notes:

Tracks 2-1 and 2-2 were recorded in 2006, additional recording and mixing in 2012: previously unreleased.
Tracks 2-3, 2-11 and 2-12 taken from the We Will Become Silhouettes single.
Tracks 2-4, 2-13 and 2-14 taken from the Such Great Heights single.
Tracks 2-5, 2-8 and 2-9 taken from the The District Sleeps Alone Tonight single.
Track 2-6 taken from Wicker Park (Soundtrack Album).
Track 2-7 taken from the Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur compilation.
Track 2-10 was an iTunes exclusive.

Credits:

Art Direction, Design – Jeff Kleinsmith
Lyrics By – Benjamin Gibbard (tracks: 1-1 to 2-4, 2-8 to 2-15)
Mastered By – Emily Lazar, Joe LaPorta
Programmed By – Jimmy Tamborello
Written-By – The Postal Service (tracks: 1-1 to 2-4, 2-8 to 2-15)


Tracklist:

Disc 1: Remastered Original Album:

01. The District Sleeps Alone Tonight (04:44)
02. Such Great Heights (04:27)
03. Sleeping In (04:21)
04. Nothing Better (03:47)
05. Recycled Air (04:30)
06. Clark Gable (04:54)
07. We Will Become Silhouettes (05:01)
08. This Place Is A Prison (03:54)
09. Brand New Colony (04:12)
10. Natural Anthem (05:08)

Disc 2: Everything Else:

01. Turn Around (03:45)
02. A Tattered Line Of String (02:57)
03. Be Still My Heart (03:03)
04. There's Never Enough Time (03:32)
05. Suddenly Everything Has Changed (03:27)
06. Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) (04:17)
07. Grow Old With Me (02:31)
08. Such Great Heights (John Tejada Remix) (05:49)
09. The District Sleeps Alone Tonight (DJ Downfall Persistent Beat Mix) (06:54)
10. Be Still My Heart (Nobody Remix) (03:54)
11. We Will Become Silhouettes (Matthew Dear Remix) (05:05)
12. Nothing Better (Stryrofoam Remix) (03:28)
13. Recycled Air (Live On KEXP) (02:59)
14. We Will Become Silhouettes (Performed By The Shins) (03:01)
15. Such Great Heights (Performed By Iron And Wine) (04:16)

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