℗ 2011 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc
| Released | February 24, 2015 |
| Duration | 44m 59s |
| Record Label | Atlantic Records |
| Genre | Alternative |
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1.1
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Home Is a Fire
Death Cab for Cutie |
4:04 | |||
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1.2
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Codes and Keys
Death Cab for Cutie |
3:21 | |||
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1.3
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Some Boys
Death Cab for Cutie |
3:10 | |||
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1.4
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Doors Unlocked and Open
Death Cab for Cutie |
5:37 | |||
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1.5
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You Are a Tourist
Death Cab for Cutie |
4:46 | |||
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1.6
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Unobstructed Views
Death Cab for Cutie |
6:09 | |||
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1.7
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Monday Morning
Death Cab for Cutie |
4:18 | |||
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1.8
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Portable Television
Death Cab for Cutie |
2:52 | |||
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1.9
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Underneath the Sycamore
Death Cab for Cutie |
3:24 | |||
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1.10
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St. Peter's Cathedral
Death Cab for Cutie |
4:28 | |||
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1.11
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Stay Young, Go Dancing
Death Cab for Cutie |
2:50 |
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".
Influenced by the album, Another Green World, by Brian Eno, Codes and Keys was recorded in eight different studios, using Logic Pro software. The band would record in each studio for no longer than two weeks, with vocalist and guitarist Benjamin Gibbard noting, "We're all moving into a period in our lives where family is very important. So living off in the woods for a month away from family isn't something we want to do. On this record I've written a couple songs in our downtime between studios and we start recording that brand new song on the first day of the next session, which is something we've never really had the opportunity to do before."
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Atlantic Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.52 -0.95 to -0.40 | -13.18 -16.09 to -12.03 | -10.70 -14.00 to -9.30 | 7 6 to 8 | |
| 1 | Home Is a Fire | -0.95 | -16.09 | -14.0 | 8 |
| 2 | Codes and Keys | -0.55 | -12.71 | -10.5 | 8 |
| 3 | Some Boys | -0.52 | -12.68 | -10.6 | 8 |
| 4 | Doors Unlocked and Open | -0.48 | -12.83 | -11.1 | 7 |
| 5 | You Are a Tourist | -0.55 | -12.36 | -9.6 | 7 |
| 6 | Unobstructed Views | -0.50 | -14.58 | -12.1 | 8 |
| 7 | Monday Morning | -0.40 | -12.68 | -10.2 | 7 |
| 8 | Portable Television | -0.40 | -12.81 | -10.3 | 7 |
| 9 | Underneath the Sycamore | -0.50 | -12.10 | -9.3 | 6 |
| 10 | St. Peter's Cathedral | -0.47 | -14.09 | -10.5 | 7 |
| 11 | Stay Young, Go Dancing | -0.40 | -12.03 | -9.5 | 7 |