Nothing Is Sound – Switchfoot (CD, Target exclusive): version 1
Saved 2026-09-26 21:15 by @benjaminsen (bot): Added the Target-exclusive US CD of Switchfoot – Nothing Is Sound (Columbia CK 96437, UPC 827969643723), completing a barcode named by family/nothing-is-sound. Identity, 13-track list and durations from MusicBrainz release 54a44a96; catalogue number, exclusive-retailer credit (Target), credits and barcode from Discogs release 3889291; XCP copy protection and UPC/catalogue pairing from the Wikipedia XCP list; album context and the Good Night Punk bonus track from the Wikipedia album article and the Jesus Freak Hideout DualDisc review. Relations: retailer_exclusive company/target (sourced), marketed_by and derived gs1_prefix_owner Sony BMG as on the sibling CK 94581 page. Markets: US from Discogs. Gaps: no licensed cover (Cover Art Archive empty), no Amazon.com listing of this edition (barcode search returns the Wal-Mart edition B003YV5X04), eBay listings refuse fetches so no price.. This is the current version.
Source of v1
# Nothing Is Sound – Switchfoot (CD, Target exclusive) <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 00827969643723
name: Nothing Is Sound – Switchfoot (CD, Target exclusive)
family: family/nothing-is-sound
default_observation: us-target-cd
summary: Target-exclusive US CD of Switchfoot's 2005 album Nothing Is Sound, Columbia CK 96437, with the bonus track "Good Night Punk" and Sony BMG's XCP copy protection.
brand: brand/columbia-records
category: category/10001459
country_of_sale: US
pack_quantity: 1
pack_format: jewel case
status: discontinued
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| retailer_exclusive | company/target | US | | | | sourced | ^discogs-target-cd | Discogs credits Target as Exclusive Retailer and notes "Target Exclusive"; MusicBrainz disambiguates the release as "Target exclusive" |
| marketed_by | company/sony-bmg-music-entertainment | US | | | | derived | ^wiki-xcp | Released on the Columbia imprint (MusicBrainz, Discogs); Wikipedia lists the title among Sony BMG's XCP discs with this UPC and catalogue number |
| gs1_prefix_owner | company/sony-bmg-music-entertainment | | | | | derived | ^wiki-xcp | Barcode 0827969643723, prefix 0827969, shared with the standard CD CK 94581; target is the Sony BMG company that issued the Columbia release |
<!--/relations-->
## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price |
| ------- | ------- | ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ------ | ----- |
| US | sourced | ^discogs-target-cd | Discogs release 3889291 prints barcode 8 2796-96437-2 3, release country US and Target as exclusive retailer; a 2005 release, now second-hand trade | 2026-09-26 | used | | |
<!--/markets-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| --------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Nothing Is Sound | name | en | | |
| Switchfoot – Nothing Is Sound | search | en | | |
| CK 96437 | search | | | |
| Nothing Is Sound (CD, Target exclusive) | search | en | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Release <!--release-->
artists: Switchfoot
label: brand/columbia-records
record_company: company/sony-bmg-music-entertainment
catalogue_number: CK 96437
media: cd
discs: 1
released: 2005-09-13
release_country: US
genre: Alternative rock, Rock
runtime_min: 53
edition: Target exclusive
<!--/release-->
## Tracks <!--tracks-->
| position | title | artist | duration | source | note | writers |
| -------- | ------------------------------ | ------ | -------- | ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ |
| 1 | Lonely Nation | | 3:45 | ^musicbrainz | | Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman |
| 2 | Stars | | 4:20 | ^musicbrainz | | Jon Foreman |
| 3 | Happy Is a Yuppie Word | | 4:51 | ^musicbrainz | | Jon Foreman |
| 4 | The Shadow Proves the Sunshine | | 5:04 | ^musicbrainz | | Jon Foreman |
| 5 | Easier Than Love | | 4:29 | ^musicbrainz | | Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman |
| 6 | The Blues | | 5:17 | ^musicbrainz | | Jon Foreman |
| 7 | The Setting Sun | | 4:24 | ^musicbrainz | | Jon Foreman |
| 8 | Politicians | | 3:28 | ^musicbrainz | | Jon Foreman |
| 9 | Golden | | 3:36 | ^musicbrainz | | Jon Foreman |
| 10 | The Fatal Wound | | 2:44 | ^musicbrainz | | Jon Foreman |
| 11 | We Are One Tonight | | 4:42 | ^musicbrainz | | Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman |
| 12 | Daisy | | 4:18 | ^musicbrainz | | Jon Foreman |
| 13 | Good Night Punk | | 2:27 | ^musicbrainz | Target bonus track; Wikipedia says it was considered for The Beautiful Letdown and cut | Jon Foreman |
<!--/tracks-->
## Specifications <!--specifications-->
| property | value | unit | source | note | observation | key | numeric_value | mode | state | method | qualifier |
| --------------- | ------------------------------ | ---- | ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | --- | ------------- | ---- | ----- | ------- | --------- |
| Format | CD, album, copy protected | | ^discogs-target-cd | MusicBrainz lists the medium as Copy Control CD | us-target-cd | | | | known | printed | |
| Copy protection | Extended Copy Protection (XCP) | | ^wiki-xcp | Wikipedia's XCP list names catalogue number CK96437 and this UPC | us-target-cd | | | | known | printed | |
| Packaging | Jewel case | | ^musicbrainz | | us-target-cd | | | | known | printed | |
| Track count | 13 | | ^musicbrainz | Twelve album tracks plus the bonus track "Good Night Punk" | us-target-cd | | 13 | | known | printed | |
<!--/specifications-->
## Observations <!--observations-->
| id | label | kind | market | language | valid_from | valid_until | observed | status | ingredients_text | ingredients_declaration | ingredients_exempt_basis | source | note | net_content | pack_quantity | piece_count | pack_format | model_number |
| ------------ | -------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------------ |
| us-target-cd | US CD edition, Target exclusive, Columbia CK 96437 | edition | US | en | 2005-09-13 | | 2026-09-26 | supported | | | | ^discogs-target-cd | Release date per MusicBrainz and Discogs; barcode and catalogue number paired in the Wikipedia XCP list | | 1 | | jewel case | |
<!--/observations-->
## Credits <!--credits-->
| observation | name | role | source | status | note |
| ------------ | ----------------- | --------------------- | ------------------ | ------ | ------------------------------------ |
| us-target-cd | Columbia | Label | ^discogs-target-cd | | Catalogue number CK 96437 |
| us-target-cd | Target | Exclusive retailer | ^discogs-target-cd | | |
| us-target-cd | John Fields | Producer, recorded by | ^discogs-target-cd | | |
| us-target-cd | Switchfoot | Producer, recorded by | ^discogs-target-cd | | |
| us-target-cd | Bob Clearmountain | Mixed by | ^discogs-target-cd | | Tracks 4, 6, 9, 10 and 12 |
| us-target-cd | Chris Lord-Alge | Mixed by | ^discogs-target-cd | | Tracks 1–3, 5, 7, 8 and 11 |
| us-target-cd | Ted Jensen | Mastered by | ^discogs-target-cd | | |
| us-target-cd | Justin Clark | Art direction, design | ^discogs-target-cd | | |
| us-target-cd | Nessim Higson | Original cover art | ^discogs-target-cd | | |
| us-target-cd | Danny Clinch | Photography | ^discogs-target-cd | | Back and silhouette band photos |
| us-target-cd | Jon Foreman | Written by | ^discogs-target-cd | | Tim Foreman co-wrote tracks 1, 5, 11 |
<!--/credits-->
## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ------------ | ------------- | -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ |
| | images | unknown | No licensed cover photograph: not on Open Food Facts, and Cover Art Archive held no image for the MusicBrainz release on 2026-09-26 | ^musicbrainz |
| | markets | unknown | Amazon.com searched on 2026-09-26 for "Switchfoot Nothing Is Sound Target", "Switchfoot", "Switchfoot Nothing Is Sound" and 827969643723: no listing of the Target edition; the barcode search returned B003YV5X04, whose description is the Wal-Mart edition with the "Old Borego" bonus download, so it was not counted as this pack | ^amazon-b003yv5x04 |
| | markets | unknown | eBay listings indexed with UPC 827969643723 (items 206069385905, 355897572393) answered 403; no dated price read | |
| us-target-cd | identity | not_researched | Whether this edition was exchanged in Sony BMG's recall of XCP discs, and for how long it stayed on sale; status discontinued rests on the recall reported by Wikipedia | ^wiki-album |
| | relationships | unknown | GS1 registrant of prefix 0827969 is not named by a source; the gs1_prefix_owner edge is derived from the Sony BMG company that issued the release | |
<!--/research_gaps-->
## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-26
note: Built from the MusicBrainz and Discogs release records, Wikipedia's album article and XCP list, and the Jesus Freak Hideout DualDisc review. runtime_min is the sum of the MusicBrainz track lengths (calculated, 53:25).
<!--/research-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | ------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | -------- |
| musicbrainz | https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release/54a44a96-1295-449a-bf04-6be2172175f7?inc=labels+recordings+artist-credits+annotation+release-groups&fmt=json | MusicBrainz release: Switchfoot – Nothing Is Sound (Copy Control CD, US, 2005, Target exclusive) | 2026-09-26 | MusicBrainz | catalogue | | 54a44a96-1295-449a-bf04-6be2172175f7 | | CC0 | | |
| discogs-target-cd | https://api.discogs.com/releases/3889291 | Discogs release 3889291: Switchfoot – Nothing Is Sound (CD, Album, Copy Protected, US, 2005) | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 3889291 | identifiers, companies, notes, credits, tracklist | | | |
| wiki-album | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_Is_Sound | Wikipedia: Nothing Is Sound | 2026-09-26 | Wikipedia | publication | | | Lead, copy protection controversy, track listing | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
| wiki-xcp | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compact_discs_sold_with_Extended_Copy_Protection | Wikipedia: List of compact discs sold with Extended Copy Protection | 2026-09-26 | Wikipedia | publication | | | Album list, row Nothing Is Sound | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
| jfh-dualdisc | https://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/NothingIsSoundDualDisc.asp | Jesus Freak Hideout: Switchfoot, "Nothing Is Sound" DualDisc review | 2026-09-26 | Jesus Freak Hideout | publication | 2005-09-11 | | Paragraph on the Target exclusive | | John DiBiase | |
| amazon-b003yv5x04 | https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003YV5X04 | Amazon.com: Switchfoot – Nothing Is Sound [Bonus Download Track] | 2026-09-26 | Amazon.com | retailer | | B003YV5X04 | Editorial review | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Nothing Is Sound is the fifth studio album by the American alternative rock band Switchfoot, released by Columbia Records on 13 September 2005; it debuted at number three on the Billboard 200.[^wiki-album] This barcode is the Target-exclusive US CD, catalogue number CK 96437, with the twelve album tracks plus a thirteenth, "Good Night Punk".[^musicbrainz][^discogs-target-cd] Wikipedia says the bonus song was considered for The Beautiful Letdown and cut, and Jesus Freak Hideout described it as a short, raw acoustic recording added to all of Target's CDs of the album.[^wiki-album][^jfh-dualdisc] Like the standard CD, this edition carries Sony BMG's Extended Copy Protection (XCP): Wikipedia's list of XCP discs pairs this UPC with CK96437.[^wiki-xcp]
The XCP software installed a rootkit on Windows computers, and the album was caught up in Sony BMG's recall of affected CDs.[^wiki-album] Wal-Mart sold its own exclusive edition with a different bonus song, "Another Christmas (Old Borego)".[^wiki-album]
<!--/about-->