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2011 studio album by Real Estate

Days is the second studio album by American indie rock band Real Estate, released on October 18, 2011 on Domino Records.

Background[edit]

The album was recorded over the course of five months in a remote New Paltz, New York barn with Kevin McMahon as the producer, except for Out of Tune, which was recorded by Jarvis Taveniere at Rear House in Brooklyn, New York.[2] The album was subsequently mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound in New York City.

A video for the lead track “Easy” was released through Funny or Die and directed by Tom Scharpling.[3]

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Artwork[edit]

The artwork for the album uses a 1966 photograph entitled “Row of New Tract Houses,” which features a tract housing in Bayonne, New Jersey. The photograph is from conceptual artist Dan Graham’s 1967 photographic collection Homes for America.[4]

Critical reception[edit]

Days received largely positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, based on 32 reviews, which indicates “generally favorable reviews”.[6]Pitchfork labeled it “Best New Music”.

The album was recognized as #13 on The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far list by Pitchfork in August 2014.[17]

On their “Top 50 Albums of 2011” lists, Pitchfork placed it at number 9, Q and Uncut placed it at number 24,[18][19] and Paste placed it at number 47.[20]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Martin Courtney, except where noted.

Title Writer(s)
1. “Easy”   3:53
2. “Green Aisles”   5:01
3. “It’s Real”   2:48
4. “Kinder Blumen” Matthew Mondanile 3:55
5. “Out of Tune”   4:51
6. “Municipality”   3:36
7. “Wonder Years” Alex Bleeker 2:34
8. “Three Blocks”   3:18
9. “Younger than Yesterday”   4:08
10. “All the Same”   7:21
Total length: 41:25

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Real Estate: Days”. discogs.com. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  2. ^ “marcata.net marcata Resources and Information”. www.marcata.net. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  3. ^ Pelly, Jenn (2012-01-10). “Video: Real Estate: “Easy”“. PitchforkMedia.
  4. ^ Moments of History in the Work of Dan Graham Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine. MIT Press. Benjamin H. D. Buchloh. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  5. ^ “Days by Real Estate reviews”. AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  6. ^ a b “Reviews for Days by Real Estate”. Metacritic. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  7. ^ Phares, Heather. “Days – Real Estate”. AllMusic. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  8. ^ Hyden, Steven (October 18, 2011). “Real Estate: Days”. The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  9. ^ Wood, Mikael; Anderson, Kyle; Maerz, Melissa (October 21, 2011). “Albums: Oct. 28, 2011”. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  10. ^ Costa, Maddy (October 20, 2011). “Real Estate: Days – review”. The Guardian. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  11. ^ “Real Estate: Days”. Mojo (216): 101. November 2011.
  12. ^ Sheffield, Hazel (October 14, 2011). “Album Review: Real Estate – ‘Days’“. NME. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  13. ^ Masters, Marc (October 18, 2011). “Real Estate: Days”. Pitchfork. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  14. ^ “Real Estate: Days”. Q (305): 128. December 2011.
  15. ^ Hermes, Will (October 18, 2011). “Days”. Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  16. ^ Powell, Mike (October 18, 2011). “Real Estate, ‘Days’ (Domino)”. Spin. Archived from the original on October 28, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  17. ^ “The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far (2010-2014)”. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
  18. ^ “Uncut’s Top 50 Albums Of 2011”. Stereogum. 2011-11-29. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  19. ^ “Q’s 50 Best Albums Of 2011”. Stereogum. 2011-11-29. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  20. ^ “The 50 Best Albums of 2011”. pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-01-05.


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