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The musical equivalent of Apple Pie and Prom Queens, Nine Days and their big-hearted guitar anthems are about as American as a band can get. Australian one-hit wonders, Deep Blue Something, did a fine job of mimicking that all-American sound of radio friendly rock, spirit-lifting choruses and tugged heartstrings, with the exaggerated sentiments of
The musical equivalent of Apple Pie and Prom Queens, Nine Days and their big-hearted guitar anthems are about as American as a band can get. Australian one-hit wonders, Deep Blue Something, did a fine job of mimicking that all-American sound of radio friendly rock, spirit-lifting choruses and tugged heartstrings, with the exaggerated sentiments of hit "Breakfast At Tiffany's", but they only managed it the once. With Nine Days' debut album, The Madding Crowd, every track is a larger than life bout of feel-good sing-along pop-rock. While they are not exactly original--"So Far Away" could be fellow FM rockers Lit, the plinky bar-room piano of "257 Weeks" has a hint of Ben Folds Five's kookiest works and "Sometimes" might as well be sung by groover from Vancouver Bryan Adams--their unavoidably catchy choruses could drive the tales of love, life and friends who are there for each other, into even the hardest of hearts. As for the supremely catchy "Absolutely (Story Of A Girl)", grown-up middle-of-the-road American pop doesn't come any better. --Mark Daniels
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Track listing1. So Far Away 2. Absolutely (Story of a Girl) 3. If I Am 4. End Up Alone 5. Sometimes 6. Bob Dylan 7. 257 Weeks 8. Bitter 9. Back To Me 10. Crazy 11. Revolve 12. Wanna Be
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