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The Madding Crowd is the debut major-label album by the American rock band Nine Days, released on May 16, 2000, by Epic Records. It spawned the major hit "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" and another single, "If I Am". It peaked at #67 on the US Billboard 200. The album's title is a reference to Thomas Hardy's 1874 novel Far from the Madding Crowd.

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The Madding Crowd
Studio album by Nine Days
Released	May 16, 2000
Recorded	Tree Studios
Genre	Alternative rock, Roots rock, rock
Length	53:45
Label	550
Producer	Nick DiDia
Nine Days chronology
Three (1998) The Madding Crowd (2000) So Happily Unsatisfied (2002)
Singles from The Madding Crowd
"Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" Released: 2000 "If I Am" Released: 2000 "257 Weeks" Released: 2000

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "So Far Away" (Brian Desveaux, John Hampson) – 3:56
2. "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" (Hampson) – 3:09
3. "If I Am" (Hampson) – 4:18
4. "End Up Alone" (Hampson) – 3:57
5. "Sometimes" (Desveaux) – 5:14
6. "Bob Dylan" (Desveaux, Bob Dylan) – 4:35
7. "257 Weeks" (Hampson) – 4:04
8. "Bitter" (Desveaux) – 6:21
9. "Back to Me" (Desveaux) – 4:00
10. "Crazy" (Desveaux, Hampson) – 4:14
11. "Revolve" (Hampson) – 3:54
12. "Wanna Be" (Desveaux) – 6:03

Personnel

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

Commercial performance

"The Madding Crowd" debuted at number 63 on the US Billboard 200.[2] The album was certified Gold in the United States with 500,000 album copies sold.[3]

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[4]	67

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5]	Gold	500,000

Demo recordings

In January 2013, upon the relaunch of the band's official website, several old live recordings and demos were made available to the band's fans for the first time. Included among these were the original demos for The Madding Crowd.

These demos were recorded in 1998 and 1999 between the band's independently released album Three and their first mainstream hit, "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)."

1. Another Day
2. Absolutely
3. If I Am
4. Too Much Love
5. Esteem
6. Nobody
7. Revolve
8. Bring It Back (released as "Sometimes" on the studio release)
9. Day By Daybreak
10. Heart Defect
11. Side To Side (an early version of "257 Weeks")
12. Wanna Be
13. That's How You Are

Of the songs included in the demo collection, five were later recorded and included on the actual release of the album in, more or less, an unaltered, though more produced, form. One more track, "Side To Side", carries the same melody and many of the same lyrics as "257 Weeks" but is not completely the same song.

In popular culture

• "Another Day" was included on the soundtrack of the 2001 film Summer Catch.

See also

• Far from the Madding Crowd

References

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