Days (album)

Days is the second studio album by American indie rock band Real Estate, released on October 18, 2011 on Domino Records.

Days
Studio album by Real Estate
Released	October 18, 2011
Studio	Marcata Recording (New Paltz, New York), Rear House (Brooklyn, New York)[1]
Genre	Indie rock indie pop jangle pop dream pop
Length	41:25
Label	Domino
Producer	Kevin McMahon, Jarvis Taveniere
Real Estate chronology
Real Estate (2009) Days (2011) Atlas (2014)

Background

The album was recorded over the course of five months in a remote New Paltz, New York barn with Kevin McMahon as the producer, except for Out of Tune, which was recorded by Jarvis Taveniere at Rear House in Brooklyn, New York.[2] The album was subsequently mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound in New York City.

A video for the lead track "Easy" was released through Funny or Die and directed by Tom Scharpling.[3]

Artwork

The artwork for the album uses a 1966 photograph entitled "Row of New Tract Houses," which features a tract housing in Bayonne, New Jersey. The photograph is from conceptual artist Dan Graham's 1967 photographic collection Homes for America.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.5/10[5]
Metacritic	77/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
The A.V. Club	A[8]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[9]
The Guardian	[10]
Mojo	[11]
NME	7/10[12]
Pitchfork	8.7/10[13]
Q	[14]
Rolling Stone	[15]
Spin	7/10[16]

Days received largely positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, based on 32 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[6] Pitchfork labeled it "Best New Music".

The album was recognized as #13 on The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far list by Pitchfork in August 2014.[17]

On their "Top 50 Albums of 2011" lists, Pitchfork placed it at number 9, Q and Uncut placed it at number 24,[18][19] and Paste placed it at number 47.[20]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Martin Courtney, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Easy"		3:53
2.	"Green Aisles"		5:01
3.	"It's Real"		2:48
4.	"Kinder Blumen"	Matthew Mondanile	3:55
5.	"Out of Tune"		4:51
6.	"Municipality"		3:36
7.	"Wonder Years"	Alex Bleeker	2:34
8.	"Three Blocks"		3:18
9.	"Younger than Yesterday"		4:08
10.	"All the Same"		7:21
Total length:			41:25

References

1. "Real Estate: Days". discogs.com. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
2. "marcata.net marcata Resources and Information". www.marcata.net. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
3. Pelly, Jenn (2012-01-10). "Video: Real Estate: "Easy"". PitchforkMedia. Missing or empty |url= (help)
4. Moments of History in the Work of Dan Graham Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine. MIT Press. Benjamin H. D. Buchloh. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
5. "Days by Real Estate reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
6. "Reviews for Days by Real Estate". Metacritic. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
7. Phares, Heather. "Days – Real Estate". AllMusic. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
8. Hyden, Steven (October 18, 2011). "Real Estate: Days". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
9. Wood, Mikael; Anderson, Kyle; Maerz, Melissa (October 21, 2011). "Albums: Oct. 28, 2011". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
10. Costa, Maddy (October 20, 2011). "Real Estate: Days – review". The Guardian. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
11. "Real Estate: Days". Mojo (216): 101. November 2011.
12. Sheffield, Hazel (October 14, 2011). "Album Review: Real Estate – 'Days'". NME. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
13. Masters, Marc (October 18, 2011). "Real Estate: Days". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
14. "Real Estate: Days". Q (305): 128. December 2011.
15. Hermes, Will (October 18, 2011). "Days". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
16. Powell, Mike (October 18, 2011). "Real Estate, 'Days' (Domino)". Spin. Archived from the original on October 28, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
17. "The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far (2010-2014)". Retrieved 2015-12-11.
18. "Uncut's Top 50 Albums Of 2011". Stereogum. 2011-11-29. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
19. "Q's 50 Best Albums Of 2011". Stereogum. 2011-11-29. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
20. "The 50 Best Albums of 2011". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-01-05.