Century Days
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{{Infobox album
| name = Century Days
| type = studio
| artist = Die Kreuzen
| cover = Die Kreuzen - Century Days.jpg
| alt =
| released = July 1988
| recorded = {{Start date|1987|12|3}}–{{Start date|1988|1|26}} at Breezeway Studio, Waukesha, Wisconsin
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 56:35
| label = Touch and Go
| producer = Die Kreuzen, Butch Vig
| prev_title = October File
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = Gone Away
| next_year = 1989
}}
Century Days is the third album by Die Kreuzen, released in July 1988 through Touch and Go Records.{{cite news |last1=Gettelman |first1=Parry |title=Milwaukee's Die Kreuzen Has Class without Classification |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=September 17, 1989 |department=Calendar |page=23}}{{cite book |last1=Sharpe-Young |first1=Garry |title=New Wave of American Heavy Metal |date=2005 |publisher=Zonda Books |page=117}} The album was produced in part by Butch Vig.{{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Dave |title=Alternative Rock |date=2000 |publisher=Miller Freeman Books |page=811}} It sold around 10,000 copies in its first three years of release.{{cite news |last1=Christensen |first1=Thor |title=New album buries reports of Die Kreuzen's demise |work=The Milwaukee Journal |date=25 Oct 1991 |page=D1}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |first=John |last=Dougan |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r5778|pure_url=yes}}|title=Century Days |website=AllMusic |accessdate=May 26, 2013}}
}}
The Washington Post wrote: "Unlike [bands] who are trying to integrate melody into hardcore without undermining its power, Die Kreuzen ... owes more to early-'70s metal."{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Mark |title=Breaking Out of the Hard-land |work=The Washington Post |date=3 June 1988 |page=N24}} Trouser Press deemed Century Days "an album of impressive dynamic range and sonic control."{{cite web |first1=John |last1=Leland |first2=Ira |last2=Robbins |url=http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=die_kreuzen |title=Die Kreuzen |publisher=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=May 26, 2013}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Die Kreuzen
| title1 = Earthquakes
| length1 = 3:19
| title2 = Lean into It
| length2 = 5:11
| title3 = Different Ways
| length3 = 3:28
| title4 = So Many Times
| length4 = 4:33
| title5 = These Days
| length5 = 5:30
| title6 = Elizabeth
| length6 = 5:28
| title7 = Stomp
| length7 = 2:14
| title8 = Slow
| length8 = 3:09
| title9 = The Bone
| length9 = 4:09
| title10 = Bitch Magnet
| length10 = 3:03
| title11 = Number Three
| length11 = 6:22
| title12 = Dream Sky
| length12 = 6:25
| extra12 = cassette and CD editions
| title13 = Halloween (John Carpenter)
| length13 = 3:44
| extra13 = CD edition
}}
Personnel
;Die Kreuzen
- Keith Brammer – bass guitar
- Brian Egeness – guitar, piano
- Dan Kubinski – vocals
- Erik Tunison – drums
;Production and additional personnel
- Peter Balistrieri – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Tim Cole – trumpet
- Richard Kohl – cover art
- Die Kreuzen – production, mixing
- Butch Vig – production, engineering, mixing
- Gene Emery Zanow – cover art
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master |master=271426 |name=Century Days}}
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