Codes and Keys

Codes and Keys
Codes and Keys
Studio album by Death Cab for Cutie
Released	May 31, 2011
Recorded	2010
Studio	Sound City, Van Nuys; The Warehouse, Vancouver; London Bridge, Seattle; Two Sticks Audio, Seattle; Tiny Telephone, San Francisco; Bright Street Recorders, North Hollywood; Jackpot! Recording, Portland; Avast Recording, Seattle;
Genre	Indie pop; alternative rock; indie rock;
Length	45:04
Label	Atlantic; Barsuk;
Producer	Chris Walla
Death Cab for Cutie chronology
Singles from Codes and Keys
	"You Are a Tourist"; Released: March 29, 2011; "Home Is a Fire"; Released: April 20, 2011; "Stay Young, Go Dancing"; Released: September 26, 2011; "Underneath the Sycamore"; Released: January 10, 2012;

Codes and Keys is the seventh studio album by Death Cab for Cutie, released on May 31, 2011. Ben Gibbard and Nick Harmer have both been quoted as saying that the album will be "a much less guitar-centric album than we've ever made before".^[3] The first single, "You Are a Tourist", was made available for online stream on March 28, 2011 on the band's official site^[4] and the album was available for streaming in its entirety on May 23, 2011 on NPR.^[5] The album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, with 102,000 copies sold in its first week.^[6] It has sold 283,000 copies in the US as of March 2015.^[7] On November 30, 2011, the album received a nomination at the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Music Album.

^ Belbin, Ryan. Death Cab For Cutie | Codes and Keys. The Independent. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference allmusic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Progress Report: Death Cab For Cutie". Stereogum. December 10, 2010. Retrieved December 16, 2010.
^ "You Are A Tourist / New Single Streaming Now". Death Cab for Cutie. March 28, 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
^ Thompson, Stephen (2011). "First Listen: Death Cab For Cutie, 'Codes And Keys'". NPR. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
^ "Death Cab for Cutie's "CODES AND KEYS" Arrives at #3 on Billboard 200, While Also Topping Alternative and Digital". Reuters. June 8, 2011.^{[dead link]}
^ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on March 21, 2015.

[independent-1] Belbin, Ryan. Death Cab For Cutie | Codes and Keys. The Independent. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.

[allmusic-2] Cite error: The named reference allmusic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] "Progress Report: Death Cab For Cutie". Stereogum. December 10, 2010. Retrieved December 16, 2010.

[4] "You Are A Tourist / New Single Streaming Now". Death Cab for Cutie. March 28, 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2011.

[5] Thompson, Stephen (2011). "First Listen: Death Cab For Cutie, 'Codes And Keys'". NPR. Retrieved April 28, 2011.

[6] "Death Cab for Cutie's "CODES AND KEYS" Arrives at #3 on Billboard 200, While Also Topping Alternative and Digital". Reuters. June 8, 2011.^{[dead link]}

[7] "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on March 21, 2015.

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