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So Happily Unsatisfied

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{{Infobox album

| name = So Happily Unsatisfied

| type = studio

| artist = Nine Days

| cover = So Happily Unsatisfied.jpg

| alt =

| released = November 12, 2002

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Alternative rock, power pop

| length = 50:09

| label = Epic, 550

| producer = Ron Aniello

| prev_title = The Madding Crowd

| prev_year = 2000

| next_title = Flying the Corporate Jet

| next_year = 2003

}}

So Happily Unsatisfied is an album that was recorded by the band Nine Days. It was intended to be the follow-up to their successful major-label debut, The Madding Crowd from 2000. The release date of the album was repeatedly delayed by Epic Records's 550 Music until the band was ultimately dropped. In the interim, the album had leaked onto the internet. The band has also put the whole album on their [https://web.archive.org/web/20090120084841/http://ninedaysmusic.com/store.php official website] for the public to download.

The producer is Ron Aniello.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.newsday.com/lifestyle/big-gigs-1.296726 |title=Big Gigs |publisher=Newsday.com |date=2002-04-25 |accessdate=2015-04-23}}{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/75396/billboard-bits-nine-days-oscar-peterson-pere-ubu |title=Bits: Nine Days, Oscar Peterson, Pere Ubu |publisher=Billboard.com |date= 14 June 2002|accessdate=2015-04-23}}

The band retained the rights in early 2006 and released the album on iTunes and Amazon for mp3 download.

Track listing

{{tracklist

| all_writing = John Hampson and Brian Desveaux, except where noted. {{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1728932-Nine-Days-So-Happily-Unsatisfied|title=Nine Days - So Happily Unsatisfied|website=Discogs}}

| title1 = Favorite Song

| length1 = 4:33

| title2 = Good Friend

| length2 = 4:09

| title3 = Emily

| length3 = 3:37

| title4 = Marvelous

| length4 = 3:48

| title5 = Still Here

| length5 = 4:15

| title6 = The Joneses

| length6 = 3:50

| title7 = Don't Look Back

| length7 = 3:44

| title8 = I Feel Fine

| writer7 = John Hampson, Waymon Boone{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1728932-Nine-Days-So-Happily-Unsatisfied|title=Nine Days - So Happily Unsatisfied|website=Discogs}}

| length8 = 3:45

| title9 = Ocean

| length9 = 5:51

| title10 = Beautiful

| length10 = 4:17

| title11 = Everything

| length11 = 4:27

| title12 = Great Divide

| length12 = 4:12

}}

{{tracklist

| headline = Bonus tracks

| title13 = Dirty Poet

| note13 = Available on [http://www.ninedaysmore.com/ndmfiledb/index.php?act=category&id=10 Ninedaysmore.com]

| length13 = 3:29

| title14 = Leelee

| note14 = Available on [http://www.ninedaysmore.com/ndmfiledb/index.php?act=category&id=10 Ninedaysmore.com]

| length14 = 3:27

}}

Demo recordings

In 2013, during the relaunch of the band's website, the band released two sets of demos that were recorded during the recording sessions for the album. They made both sets available for purchase on their website.

=SHU Demos 2001=

Singer John Hampson wrote on the band's website of these recordings:

:In many ways, these demos "beat" the album versions. "Beautiful", "Marvelous" and "Everything" were the first three songs we had for SHU that we all really loved, and we recorded these versions with Nick Didia (producer/The Madding Crowd) in Atlanta while on tour in early 2001. These versions are much closer to what the whole album should have been like.[...]There are also a bunch of songs that never made the final cut, but probably should have.

==Track list==

  1. Beautiful
  2. Marvelous
  3. Everything
  4. Ocean
  5. The Joneses
  6. Ugly
  7. Dirty Poet
  8. Great Divide
  9. Natalie Wood
  10. Leelee Sobieski
  11. Perfect
  12. Clouds of Grey

=SHU Demos 2=

Also released was a second set of demos. Hampson wrote:

:This is the second half of all the demos we did for SHU. Most of the songs were recorded in a 2 or 3 day session we did at a studio on Long Island, NY, but "Sunspots", "American Girl" and "Angel Under The Stars" were recorded live at a rehearsal. There is also an acoustic version of "Good Friend" with alternate lyrics in the verses.

==Track list==

  1. Good Friend (Acoustic/alternate lyrics demo)
  2. American Girl (Live Rehearsal Demo)
  3. Sunspots (Live Rehearsal Demo)
  4. Angels Under Stars (Live Rehearsal Demo)
  5. Still Here
  6. Favorite Song
  7. Emily
  8. I Feel Fine
  9. Good Friend
  10. Marvelous
  11. Beautiful

Personnel

Adapted via Discogs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1728932-Nine-Days-So-Happily-Unsatisfied|title=Nine Days - So Happily Unsatisfied|website=Discogs}}

Nine Days

  • John Hampson – vocals, guitar
  • Brian Desveaux – guitar, vocals, harmonica, mandolin
  • Nick Dimichino – bass
  • Jeremy Dean - keyboards
  • Vincent Tattanelli - drums

Production

  • Ron Aniello - Producer
  • Chris Lord-Alge - Mixing

References

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Category:2002 albums

Category:Nine Days albums

Category:Epic Records albums