The Madding Crowd


The Madding Crowd is the debut major-label album by the American rock band Nine Days, released on May 16, 2000, by Epic Records. It spawned the major hit "Absolutely " and another single, "If I Am". It peaked at number 67 on the US Billboard 200.

Reception

Critical reception

rated the album 4.5 out of five stars, with William Ruhlmann calling it "an album's worth of songs about personal relationships that are often rocky, but always involved and involving." For MTV, Alexandra Flood praised the album as "clean, frill-less, fruitful rock". People named The Madding Crowd "Album of the Week" for August 28, 2000, with Steve Dougherty praising Hampson and Desveaux as "highly talented" and the songs for containing "a literate muse".

Commercial performance

"The Madding Crowd" debuted at number 87 on the US Billboard 200, on June 3, 2000. It peaked at no. 67 on July 22, 2000. The album was certified Gold in the United States with 500,000 album copies sold.

Track listing

Personnel

Certifications