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	\| artist = [[Death Cab for Cutie]]		\| artist = [[Death Cab for Cutie]]
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	\| released = {{Start date\|2002\|02\|19}}		\| released = {{Start date\|2002\|02\|19}}

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{{Infobox album
| name = The Stability EP
| type = ep
| artist = [[Death Cab for Cutie]]
| cover = The Stability E.P. Cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2002|02|19}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Indie (music)|Indie rock]]
| length =
| label = [[Barsuk Records]]
| producer =
| prev_title = [[The Photo Album]]
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = [[Transatlanticism]]
| next_year = 2003
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Death Cab for Cutie]]
| type = singles
| prev_title = [[Prove My Hypotheses]]
| prev_year = 1999
| title = Stability
| year = 2002
| next_title = [[A Movie Script Ending]]
| next_year = 2002
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[Pitchfork Media]]
| rev1Score = 6.9/10 [http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2228-the-stability-ep/ link]
| rev2 = [[PopMatters]]
| rev2Score = (unfavorable) [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/deathcabforcutie-stability/ link]
| rev3 = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev3Score = {{Rating-Christgau|dud}} [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=death+cab+for+cutie link]
| rev4 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|2|5}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20111105092203/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/death-cab-for-cutie/albumguide link]
}}
'''''The Stability EP''''' is a limited edition EP by [[Indie rock]] band [[Death Cab for Cutie]], released February 19, 2002. The release marks the final appearance of drummer [[Michael Schorr]].

The tracks on ''The Stability EP'' were originally featured as bonus tracks on the limited edition and Japanese versions of ''[[The Photo Album]]''.<ref name="bark23">{{cite web
|url = http://www.barsuk.com/shop/bark023
|title = Death Cab for Cutie: the stability ep
|accessdate = 2007-07-22
|author = Barsuk Records
|work = Shop
}}</ref>

==Song information==

"Stability" reappears as the closing track to the band's 2005 major label debut, ''[[Plans (album)|Plans]]''. The new recording is considerably shorter than the original twelve-minute,<ref name="bark23" /> mostly instrumental version found on this EP, ending where the vocals end. The version included on ''Plans'' is titled "Stable Song". A live rehearsal version of "Stability" can be found on the DVD ''[[Drive Well, Sleep Carefully]]'', which clocks in at 10:03.

The track "[[All Is Full of Love]]" is a [[Björk]] cover.<ref name="bark23" />

==Track listing==

{{track listing
| title1 = 20th Century Towers
| writer1 = [[Ben Gibbard]], Nick Harmer, [[Christopher Walla]]
| length1 = 4:36
| title2 = [[All Is Full of Love]]
| length2 = 3:17
| writer2 = [[Björk|Björk Guðmundsdóttir]]
| title3 = Stability
| length3 = 12:21
| writer3 = Gibbard, Walla
}}

==Personnel==
*[[Ben Gibbard]] – lead vocals, guitar, piano, choir on "20th Century Towers"
*Nick Harmer – bass, Juno on "All Is Full of Love", choir on "20th Century Towers"
*[[Michael Schorr]] – drums, choir on "20th Century Towers"
*[[Christopher Walla]] – guitar, choir on "20th Century Towers", production, recording, mixing
*James Mendenhall – outro piano on "Stability"
*[[John Vanderslice]] – additional vocals, Juno on "Stability"
*Jeff Saltzman – mastering
*S.E. Sharma at [[Avast! Recording Company|Avast!]] – mixing on "All Is Full of Love"

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Death Cab for Cutie}}
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