''¡All-Time Quarterback!'' was the first release of
Ben Gibbard
Benjamin Gibbard (born August 11, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, with whom he has recorded ten studio albums, and as a membe ...
's solo project
¡All-Time Quarterback!
All-Time Quarterback (stylized ¡All-Time Quarterback!) was a solo side-project of Ben Gibbard, best known as the singer/guitarist for Death Cab for Cutie and as one third of the Postal Service.
Gibbard started the project in the spring of 1997 ...
. A limited number of the CD EP was released on
Elsinor Records. All of the tracks from this release were collected and re-released by
Barsuk
Barsuk Records ( ) is an independent record label based in Seattle, Washington, that was founded by the members of the band This Busy Monster, Christopher Possanza and Josh Rosenfeld, in 1998 to release their band's material. Its logo is a drawi ...
on 2002's
''¡All-Time Quarterback!'' along with a number of tracks from ''
The Envelope Sessions''. The original CD EP release came with two inserts: one blue insert containing the lyrics and one orange insert with the credits.
Track listing
# "Plans Get Complex"
# "Untitled"
# "Why I Cry"
# "Rules Broken"
# "Send Packing"
Credits
*Written, recorded, and performed by Ben Gibbard at The Hall Of Justice, winter '99
*Nick helped by playing percussion on "Untitled"
*Drums on "Why I Cry" were looped from a Rat Cat Hogan song, and thus were played by Rob
*"Why I Cry" is a
Magnetic Fields
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song, copyright 1995 and written by Stephin Merritt
*Thank you to Allisyn, Joe and Jay Hydra, DCFC, Rat Cat Hogan, and The Gladstone House
*Letterpressing by Allisyn
1999 debut EPs
¡All-Time Quarterback! EPs
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