Madding Crowd (Nine Days)

John Hampson released a solo album "Shiny New Album" that is really FANTASTIC. If you love great music and well-crafted songs, it comes highly recommended.

This was a great CD. The music is very good, consistent without being boring and sounding the same. Each song was interesting on its own, but cohesive with the CD. Although most of the songs were not as well known as their most famous "Absolutely"- story of a girl song, they were all very good. I would definitely recommend this CD to anyone that enjoys music such as the Fray, We the Kings, Jimmy Eat World, One Republic etc...

I like many loved and still today love "The Madding Crowd" (TMC) and one day I did a search on web and found Wiki - that led me to their website and I couldn't believe that an album as honest and wonderful as "So Unhappily Unsatisfied" was available for free download and this was the TREMENDOUS follow up to TMC. I got it and loved it. I just wonder why they didn't stay with a major label - maybe the pressures may have changed them as a band or they would have been the typical, made a few great albums and split. We need them back as they make quality music (and it looks like they are coming back for the better), for example: Favourite Song, The In Crowd (from their album "17 minutes and 33 seconds in the dark"), Lost You, the fun Mexico, their Springsteen influenced Long Hard Road and Shoes on the Bed & 7 Windsor Ct, again their rocking ability really shines in Don't Look Back, Ocean is MAGNIFICENT with the lyric "Love what you've got" - Beautiful, Marvellous, Good Friend, Things ... Read more

But it was their major label debut. This album is very mainstream and pop(py) at times but shouldn't take away from the fact that these guys are top-flight musicians and interesting songwriters who had been playing together 5 years before this record ever came out. They are more than the throwaway pop that some of the reviews seem to indicate on here. I'm just a really big fan of ninedays and they are currently touring behind a new record (Slow Motion life Pt. 1) and if you get a chance to see them live you should really take it, impessive live act. All six of their other records are available at their official web sites. Please buy all means, if you liked this record at all and are even a little interested in some of their other work (much of it vastly different than what you hear on this album) check them out: (...) Great music still to be had from them and they are a great bunch of guys who got shafted by Sony after they wouldn't release their second album since it wasn't a... Read more

Nine Days is most known for their pop smash "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" from 2000. The song became an instant success. But, just like that, Nine Days was pretty much off in the sunset. In the end, you could say they were popular for...NINE DAYS!!! All joking aside, this is a very solid disc for those that don't like the "bubble-gum" pop, but are not into the heavier rock, as well. After "Absolutely", they released "If I Am", which was a modest hit, but simply couldn't match the fanfare from their debut single. After owning the disc for several years, it's still a good disc to jam to on a sunny afternoon with nothing else to do. Other notable songs include "257 Weeks", "Crazy", and "Revolve". I believe they released a sophomore album in 2002, but don't quote me on it because I don't know much else about that. I highly doubt they will emerge out of nowhere to release a "come-back" album, so fans of the band will have to rely on the memories that this effort generates.

This album is a great collection of catchy rock songs that even your parents won't mind. The "boring" songs on this album would be the better songs on other albums. I like this band and hope to see much more of them in the future.

THIS CD IS ON MY MUST HAVE LIST! NINE DAYS IS AWESOME ON THE CD, AND IN CONCERT! I LISTEN TO THIS CD ALMOST EVERYDAY!

NINE DAYS KICK BUTT, I THINK THEY HAVE TO BE THE BEST ALTERNATIVE BOY BAND SO FAR!!!!!

this is an awesome cd that has a lot of great songs on it that will become hits.

I enjoy their music,,,Absolutely, Story of a Girl is a big hit for them and their careers are just taking off.