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''Give Up'' is the debut album by electronic music band The Postal Service, released February 19, 2003 on 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 only full-length release, ''Give Up'' was the second Sub Pop Records release to receive platinum certification, their best selling album since Nirvana's ''Bleach''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Aging album maintains high sales )〕 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 commented on its throwbacks to the eighties new wave genre. ==Production and composition== The Postal Service's two members – Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and electronic music artist Jimmy Tamborello – had previously collaborated on "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan" before deciding to record a full-length album together. The two worked on the album separately; in December 2001, Tamborello sent a CD-R of electronic music to Gibbard, who added melodies and wrote lyrics. He then added drums, guitar and keyboards at Death Cab for Cutie guitarist Chris Walla's recording studio and sent the CD back to Tamborello. This process of mailing each other their work on the album continued; after ten months and two trips by Gibbard to Los Angeles to record vocals, the album was completed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Postal Service )〕 The group called themselves "The Postal Service" because of this method of trading ideas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Postal Service )〕 Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis provided backup vocals after being cold called by Gibbard, who knew her when Rilo Kiley was on the same label as Death Cab for Cutie.〔 ''Give Up'' primarily deals with themes of love, as well as fame, history, and friendship.〔 "Clark Gable" is about Gibbard making home movies with an ex and "Nothing Better" is a duet between a couple about to break up.〔 Allmusic's Heather Phares compared "Nothing Better" to The Human League's "Don't You Want Me?" and Gibbard later confirmed that "Don't You Want Me?" was the inspiration for the song.〔 Gibbard said that "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight", "Brand New Colony" and "This Place Is a Prison" were the only songs that bordered on autobiographical.〔 He went on to say that "Such Great Heights" was the only song he had ever written that was positive about love.〔 Critics compared it to the eighties synthpop and new wave genres.〔〔〔 Pitchfork Media's Matt LeMay and Phares both commented on the contrasts between the "cool, clean synths" and Gibbard's vocal melodies.〔〔 Phares went on to liken "This Place Is a Prison" to Björk's recent works.〔 Death Cab for Cutie had previously covered Björk's "All Is Full of Love" on their ''The Stability EP''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Give Up」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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