Source Tags & Codes
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| Studio album by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead | ||||
| Released | February 26, 2002 | |||
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| Length | 45:54 | |||
| Label | Interscope | |||
| Producer | Mike McCarthy, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead | |||
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| Metacritic | 85/100 |
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| Blender |  |
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| Entertainment Weekly | A− |
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| Los Angeles Times | |
| NME | 8/10 |
| Pitchfork Media | 10/10 |
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Source Tags & Codes is the third studio album by American rock band ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead. It was released as the band's major-label debut on Interscope Records on February 26, 2002 to wide critical acclaim. The album is often cited as the band's finest work, though the band continues to deny it to this day, claiming that their best album "is the one they're currently working on".
Music videos were produced for "Another Morning Stoner" and "Relative Ways", which saw airplay on MTV2.
After releasing two albums on indie record imprints, Trail of Dead signed a multi-release deal with Interscope Records and began recording a follow-up to 1999's Madonna with the same producer, Mike McCarthy. Their major label budget improved recording quality and allowed intricate orchestral pieces, yielding a sound texture unlike previous records.Source Tags & Codes was recorded in Cotati, California and mixed in Nashville, Tennessee on a budget of 150,000 dollars.
The song 'Baudelaire' refers to the French poet, Charles Baudelaire, and 'Days of Being Wild' is named after the Hong Kong film of the same name. "After the Laughter" samples the song "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" written by Jimmie Hodges and performed by Mary Margaret Ragan. The song "Homage" is a homage to Unwound. On the day "Homage" was recorded, producer Mike McCarthey woke Keely up that morning by throwing cold water in his face for him to be aggressive enough to record the drum track.
In the song "It Was There That I Saw You": "Keely had intended to conjure up the intoxicating thrill of living in Austin Texas in the mid-nineties, before America had gone to shit. The inspiration came from a girl he used to work with that he had a crush on, and several late nights spent in the company of people on drugs" [1]
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