The Madding Crowd - Nine Days (2000)
A week of one-album wonders
I feel a little bad putting these guys in the “one album wonder” category because they had several releases before this album, and they’ve continued to release new music through the 2 decades since. I guess all I’d say is… um… you probably didn’t know that if I hadn’t just told you. This is the album (and really the single) that people remember.
I don’t know how the lads did on publishing and recording royalties, but I’d venture that someone (hopefully the band) is doing quite well with Absolutely (Story Of A Girl), one of the most recognizable hits of the late cretaceous period of alt rock ruling the airwaves.
Tracks like End Up Alone show some connective tissue between the halcyon days of “Third Eyebox 20 Dolls Than Ezra” to the emerging indie rock sound of Grandaddy and Dandy Warhols and such.
There’s an interesting track called Bob Dylan that seems to examine the Poet’s pursuit of creation for the sake of creation. It might be deep, but it’s hard to tell.
This is a bit of a time capsule artifact of its era, but it’s also quite pleasant.
