Track listing

1. "Steadier Footing" – 1:47
2. "A Movie Script Ending
   A Movie Script Ending
   "A Movie Script Ending" is a song by American indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, and the first single release from the band's third studio album, The Photo Album...
   
   " – 4:19
3. "We Laugh Indoors
   We Laugh Indoors
   "We Laugh Indoors" is Death Cab for Cutie's fourth single release and also the third single from The Photo Album...
   
   " (Ben Gibbard, Nick Harmer, and Chris Walla) – 4:58
4. "Information Travels Faster" (Gibbard and Walla) – 4:02
5. "Why You'd Want to Live Here" – 4:44
6. "Blacking Out the Friction" – 3:27
7. "I Was a Kaleidoscope
   I Was a Kaleidoscope
   "I Was a Kaleidoscope" is Death Cab for Cutie's third single release and also the second single from The Photo Album....
   
   " (Gibbard and Walla) – 2:50
8. "Styrofoam Plates" (Gibbard, Harmer, and Walla) – 5:24
9. "Coney Island" – 2:40
10. "Debate Exposes Doubt" (Gibbard and Walla) – 4:36

11. "Gridlock Caravans" (also track 6 on LP edition and found on the UK bonus disc)

12. "20th Century Towers" (Gibbard, Harmer, and Walla) (also on The Stability EP)
13. "All Is Full of Love" (Björk Guðmundsdóttir) (also on The Stability EP)
14. "Stability" (Gibbard and Walla) (also on The Stability EP)

Personnel

• Ben Gibbard
  Ben Gibbard
  Benjamin "Ben" Gibbard is an American musician known as a member of several successful indie rock bands. He is the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service, and is also known for his project ¡All-Time Quarterback! and his first band, Pinwheel.-Personal life and career:Gibbard was...
  
   – vocals, guitar, piano, organ
  Organ (music)
  The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
  
  
• Nick Harmer
  Nick Harmer
  Nicholas Harmer is the bass guitarist for the group Death Cab for Cutie.-Personal life:Harmer was born in Landstuhl, Germany. He attended Governor John R. Rogers High School in Puyallup, Washington, and was President of his senior class...
  
   – bass guitar, vocals, organ
• Michael Schorr
  Michael Schorr
  Michael Schorr is the former drummer of Death Cab for Cutie with whom he recorded The Photo Album and two of their EPs The Forbidden Love E.P. and The Stability E.P.. He has also played for The Long Winters...
  
   – drums, tambourine
  Tambourine
  The tambourine or marine is a musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though some variants may not have a head at all....
  
  , shaker, loops
  Music loop
  In electroacoustic music, a loop is a repeating section of sound material. Short sections of material can be repeated to create ostinato patterns...
  
  
• Chris Walla
  Chris Walla
  Christopher Walla is an American musician and music producer, most notable for being the guitarist for the band Death Cab for Cutie. He is also a former DJ of KCWU, 88.1 The Burg...
  
   – guitar, vocals, piano, loops

• Sean Nelson
  Sean Nelson
  Sean Nelson is an American singer, songwriter, and keyboardist, notable as the frontman for the alternative rock group Harvey Danger.- Career :...
  
   – high vocals on "Blacking Out the Friction", harmony
  Harmony
  In music, harmony is the use of simultaneous pitches , or chords. The study of harmony involves chords and their construction and chord progressions and the principles of connection that govern them. Harmony is often said to refer to the "vertical" aspect of music, as distinguished from melodic...
  
   vocals on "I Was a Kaleidoscope"
• Jeff Saltzman – mastering
  Audio mastering
  Mastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...
  
  
• John Vanderslice
  John Vanderslice
  John Vanderslice is an American musician and songwriter. Previously a member of the band Mk Ultra, he now records and performs as a solo artist.-Early years:...
  
   – low vocals on "Blacking Out the Friction", backing vocals on "I Was a Kaleidoscope"