Days for Days
Days for Days is an album by the [Loud Family], released in 1998. The band's leader, Miller (pop musician)|Scott Miller], and the bass guitar player, Kenny Kessel, are the only members of the band remaining from the previous album. Gil Ray, who had been a member of Miller's 1980s band Game Theory, joined Miller for the album.
Odd-numbered tracks on this album are soundscapes without names, while even-numbered tracks are named songs. While the odd-numbered tracks had no listed titles on this release, subsequent live recordings of the songs titled these tracks by number - so track 1 was "One", track 3 "Three", etc.
Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote that "the band does rock more convincingly than before, with stomping guitars in 'Deee-Pression' and the dizzying opening melody of 'Crypto-Sicko'."Track listing
All tracks by The Loud Family- Untitled – 1:04
- "Cortex the Killer" – 5:00
- Untitled – 1:01
- "Good, There Are No Lions in the Street" – 4:17
- Untitled – 1:20
- "Deee-Pression" – 3:37
- Untitled – :52
- "Way Too Helpful" – 4:47
- Untitled – 1:16
- "Mozart Sonatas" – 2:01
- Untitled – :15
- "Businessmen Are Okay" – 4:42
- Untitled – :47
- "Crypto-Sicko" – 3:24
- Untitled – 1:02
- "Why We Don't Live in Mauritania" – 4:52
- Untitled – 1:23
- "Sister Sleep" – 8:25
Personnel
From the CD sleeve:- Kenny Kessel - bass guitar and vocals
- Alison Faith Levy - I Can't Believe It's Not Flute and Gee Your Cello Smells Acoustic
- Scott Miller - guitars and vocals
- Gil Ray - drums, tambourine and maracas
- Jonathan Segel - bouzouki, slide guitar and violin on "Sister Sleep" and "Mauritania"