Days Are Mighty


Days Are Mighty is the fifth album by American-born singer-songwriter Jeb [Loy Nichols], released in 2007 on the Tuition record label in the UK and the Compass record label in the US. The US release also included a limited edition 2-CD set in which the second disc was a set of demos featuring Nichols singing and playing the acoustic guitar.

Track listing

  1. "My Kind" – 2:53
  2. "Days Are Mighty" – 2:47
  3. "Lay Down and Cry" – 3:11
  4. "25 Years Too Late" – 3:17
  5. "Can't Find the Words" – 2:16
  6. "Poor Little Barn" – 2:58
  7. "That's Not What She Said to Me" – 2:40
  8. "After November" – 3:07
  9. "Let's Not Fall" – 3:06
  10. "Almost" – 2:55
  11. "I Need You So" – 4:14
Disc 2
  1. "I Need You So" – 2:19
  2. "Let's Not Fall" – 2:47
  3. "My Kind" – 2:20
  4. "Days Are Mighty" – 2:14
  5. "Can't Find the Words" – 2:22
  6. "Lazy Afternoon" – 1:48
  7. "Poor Little Barn" – 1:51
  8. "Almost" – 2:16
  9. "25 Years Too Late" – 2:56
  10. "Still Tomorrow" – 2:47

Reception

Nichols' fifth release received positive reviews. Allmusic said "this is the best recording he's issued yet. He has no gimmick, no schtick; his artful, unpretentious songwriting is accessible to virtually anyone, and is so precise in a musical sense that it is poetic and spacious without having to venture to reach very far." Twangville said "overall Jeb Loy Nichols has given us a group of songs on Days are Mighty that provide an impactful musical and emotional milieu."