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''Narrow Stairs'' is the sixth studio album by indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, released on May 12, 2008 in the United Kingdom and on May 13, 2008, in the United States, on Atlantic and Barsuk Records.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Death Cab For Cutie Announce UK Shows )〕 Four singles were released for the album: "I Will Possess Your Heart", "Cath...", "No Sunlight", and "Grapevine Fires". "I Will Possess Your Heart" reached number six on the U.S. Alternative Songs chart, was named iTunes UK song of the year 2008, and was nominated for the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. "Cath..." and "Grapevine Fires", also reached number ten and number twenty-one on the U.S. Alternative Songs chart, respectively. ''Narrow Stairs'' reached number one on the ''Billboard'' 200, making it Death Cab for Cutie's highest charting album to-date. ==Recording and production== In October 2007, producer and guitarist Chris Walla said that Death Cab for Cutie's new album "is in full swing; we're six songs in." He went on to say, "thus far it's pretty weird and pretty spectacular; lots of blood. It's creepy and heavy... we've got a ten minute long Can jam, and had you suggested that possibility to me in 1998, I'd have eaten your puppy's brain with a spoon."〔(» Death Cab for Cutie: “We’re six songs in.” ). Puddlegum (January 29, 2008). Retrieved on July 7, 2011.〕 In a ''Billboard'' piece, Walla described the album: "It's really weird. It's really, really good, I think, but it's totally a curve ball, and I think it's gonna be a really polarizing record. But I'm really excited about it. It's really got some teeth. The landscape of the thing is way, way more lunar than the urban meadow sort of thing that has been happening for the last couple of records." Walla went on to say, "(also ) louder and more dissonant and () I think abrasive would be a good word to use. (were influenced by ) heavy, sludgy, slow metal () synth-punk band Brainiac."〔(Death Cab for Cutie promises louder, abrasive, dissonant new album ). Punknews.org. Retrieved on July 7, 2011.〕 Ben Gibbard, lead singer and writer, commented, "I just don't feel like we really have anything to prove of it other than to ourselves and to making a record we really enjoy."〔 (December 14, 2007). Retrieved on July 7, 2011.〕 In 2011 Walla stated, "the master plan for ''Narrow Stairs'' was to be as invisible and hands-off as a producer as I possibly could. I was really interested in seeing what would happen. When we started that record, we had been on tour for the better part of two years. All we could remember was being on stage and playing. So the whole idea was: what happens if we’re just on stage and we play, except we’re in the studio and we’re recording?"〔(Death Cab For Cutie – interview – Interviews ). thevine.com.au. Retrieved on July 7, 2011.〕 Walla added "''Narrow Stairs'' was very much a commitment to just crashing through the songs as we recorded them, like four people in a room."〔(Death Cab For Cutie – interview – Interviews ). thevine.com.au. Retrieved on July 7, 2011.〕 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「Narrow Stairs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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