Blue Days Black Nights

Freedy Johnston | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 17, 2010)
• Original Release Date: July 20, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B00000JLM0
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #174,854 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Artful lyrics with soothing tones., October 21, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Blue Days Black Nights (Audio CD)

I was disappointed at the first listen, by the third I was hooked and have listened to it dozens of times. It is best not to compare it with Perfect World which has a rock edge, this album is more pop. I like to listen to this one while cruising a quite highway. Freedys' next CD will be produced by Butch Vig, the same as Perfect World. Blue Days is one of my favorites, never gets old.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars His best work., August 25, 1999

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M. Stocker (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Days Black Nights (Audio CD)

Freedy improves over Never Home. He seemed uncomfortable with those "rocking tunes" on that album, whereas tunes like "Western Sky," "If It's True," and "You Get Me Lost" were standouts to me. This is his most consistent album. No roller coaster rides from upbeat numbers to his more mellow songs. Whenever I listen to Freedy, I feel like it should be cold or raining, but it's not a depressed kind of feeling, you can just feel the cold in the song: like "Cold Again" from TPW, "Pretend It's Summer," and "Moving on a Holiday." I don't know if it's his use of tremolo and chorus or what, but I've got to put on a sweater! This album easily ranks with his two standouts, This Perfect World and Can You Fly. Freedy just sounds right on this one, like he is more comfortable with these songs, and that's just fine wih me.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars still growing on me, August 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Blue Days Black Nights (Audio CD)

I love the other ones. This one is still growing on me. After I bad mouthed it to a fellow fan and let him have it for a couple of weeks, I played it again and began to appreciate it more. It's not as depressed as I originally thought, either. As I get older, I'm realizing that much music does not reveal itself to me right away, and I only come to appreciate it on repeated listenings. Still, this doesn't seem to have the kinds of classic songs that the last 3 discs had. I guess I'd say to Freedy:' I love songs like "The Mortician's Daughter," but it's nice to know that California Thing" is coming up. You seem to have forgotten to mix up the pacing this time. Oh well, keep at it.'