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<h2 id="release">Release</h2> <p>Walla originally announced on his Hall of Justice Recording site that the album would be released in March 2007, but <i>Field Manual</i> was pushed back to September 2007.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> The album was then set for a later release date of January 29, 2008.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> The record was released in <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a> via <a href="/facts/Architecture_Label/ahCRSeL8">Architecture</a>, the same label that released three <a href="/facts/Death_Cab_for_Cutie/jvdN2L9a">Death Cab for Cutie</a> albums. <a href="/facts/Warne_Livesey/8An3qs6w">Warne Livesey</a> co-produced the album with Walla.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p><p>All tracks performed by Chris Walla, except drums on 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10 by <a href="/facts/Kurt_Dahle/qCkgtcAr">Kurt Dahle</a> (of <a href="/facts/The_New_Pornographers/UDVJy1Ak">The New Pornographers</a>); drums on songs 3, 7, and 11 by <a href="/facts/Jason_McGerr/W0UvNnbL">Jason McGerr</a> (of <a href="/facts/Death_Cab_for_Cutie/jvdN2L9a">Death Cab for Cutie</a>) </p> <h2 id="track-listing">Track listing</h2> <p>Source:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <ol><li>"Two-Fifty" - 3:31</li> <li>"The Score" - 2:58</li> <li>"Sing Again" - 2:31</li> <li>"A Bird Is a Song" - 3:08</li> <li>"Geometry &C" - 3:07</li> <li>"Everyone Needs a Home" - 3:06</li> <li>"Everybody On" - 3:17</li> <li>"Our Plans, Collapsing" - 3:56</li> <li>"Archer v. Light" - 3:06</li> <li>"St. Modesto" 4:27</li> <li>"It's Unsustainable" - 5:56</li> <li>"Holes" - 2:40</li> <li>"Every Tic" (Australian Bonus Track)</li> <li>"Like a Spark" (Australian Bonus Track)</li></ol> <h2 id="bonus-tracks">Bonus tracks</h2> <p>Copies pre-ordered from the Barsuk shop before February 4, 2008 received three downloadable non-album MP3 bonus tracks. </p> <ol><li>"Like a Spark" - 4:31</li> <li>"Sing Again (2006 Demo)" - 2:32</li> <li>"Our Plans, Collapsing (2006 Demo)" - 3:47</li></ol> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Allmusic review <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1263697" target="_blank">https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1263697</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Crawdaddy! review <a href="http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Article.aspx?id=5268" target="_blank">http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Article.aspx?id=5268</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Pitchfork Media review <a href="https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11112-field-manual/" target="_blank">https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11112-field-manual/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Patrol Magazine review[usurped] <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081205042745/http://www.patrolmag.com/index.php?id=235" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20081205042745/http://www.patrolmag.com/index.php?id=235</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>HOJ Words <a href="http://www.hallofjusticerecording.com/words.html" target="_blank">http://www.hallofjusticerecording.com/words.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>» Death Cab for Cutie: “We’re six songs in.” :: Puddlegum :: <a href="http://puddlegum.net/death-cab-for-cutie-were-six-songs-in/" target="_blank">http://puddlegum.net/death-cab-for-cutie-were-six-songs-in/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>HOJ Words <a href="http://www.hallofjusticerecording.com/words.html" target="_blank">http://www.hallofjusticerecording.com/words.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Chris Walla / Barsuk Records <a href="http://www.barsuk.com/bands/chriswalla" target="_blank">http://www.barsuk.com/bands/chriswalla</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>HOJ Words <a href="http://www.hallofjusticerecording.com/words.html" target="_blank">http://www.hallofjusticerecording.com/words.html</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Chris Walla : field manual <a href="http://www.barsuk.com/shop/bark069" target="_blank">http://www.barsuk.com/shop/bark069</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>