We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes

We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes
Studio album by Death Cab for Cutie
Released	March 21, 2000
Recorded	1999 at The Hall of Justice
Genre	Indie rock
Length	41:55
Language	English
Label	Barsuk
Producer	Chris Walla
Death Cab for Cutie chronology
Something About Airplanes (1998) We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes (2000) The Photo Album (2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(7.5/10)[2]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[3]

We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes is the second studio album by indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, released March 21, 2000, on Barsuk Records. It is a concept album about a ruined relationship. It was ranked the 14th Greatest Indie Rock album of all time by Amazon.com.^[4]

In 2011, Walla reflected upon the album stating: "That second record, especially, for years and years has been my favourite. I think that Codes and Keys might actually take its place. I haven’t said that as every record has come out, certainly. As I try to figure out what it is about that record that I react to so strongly – we started recording it like twelve years ago – dissecting all those elements and trying to reverse-engineer what happened, I’ve learned so much about what I value about songwriting and about performances."^[5]

Cut songs

The Forbidden Love E.P. contains an acoustic version of "405" and an alternate version of "Company Calls Epilogue".

You Can Play These Songs with Chords + 10 contains a version of "Song for Kelly Huckaby" that Christopher Walla notes was for Facts. Another version of "Song for Kelly Huckaby" appears on The Forbidden Love E.P.

Track listing

All songs written by Ben Gibbard except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Title Track"	3:29
2.	"The Employment Pages"	4:04
3.	"For What Reason"	2:52
4.	"Lowell, MA" (Gibbard/Walla)	3:28
5.	"405"	3:37
6.	"Little Fury Bugs"	3:48
7.	"Company Calls" (Gibbard/Harmer/Walla)	3:19
8.	"Company Calls Epilogue"	5:16
9.	"No Joy in Mudville" (Gibbard/Harmer/Walla)	6:03
10.	"Scientist Studies"	5:56

N.B.: Although live recordings dating from before the album's publication suggest that the opening song was originally titled "We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes", it is listed as "Title Track", and so is not a title track.

The song "405" is often incorrectly associated with California's I-405, but is referring to I-405 in Seattle, Washington. The band is from Bellingham and the lyrics describing the songwriter's drive south to Seattle to visit a girlfriend.^[6]

Personnel

Death Cab for Cutie

• Ben Gibbard – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, drums, percussion, Casiotone, organ
• Nathan Good – drums on "The Employment Pages" and "Company Calls Epilogue"
• Nick Harmer – bass guitar
• Chris Walla – guitar, electric piano, backing vocals, percussion, glockenspiel, samples, production, mixing

Additional personnel

• Tony Lash – mastering

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Pitchfork Media review
3. ^ Tiny Mix Tapes review
4. ^ "MP3 Downloads: 100 Greatest Indie Rock Albums of All Time". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000354721. Retrieved July 7, 2011. 
5. ^ DougWallen. "Death Cab For Cutie – interview – Interviews". Thevine.com.au. http://www.thevine.com.au/music/interviews/death-cab-for-cutie-_-interview20110524.aspx?ctpage=1. Retrieved July 7, 2011. 
6. ^ As told in track nine of their iTunes Originals Album