These Days

Grapes of Wrath (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 27, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B00000DRCR
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #255,533 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Nice little jewel from1991, February 1, 2005

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Stewart W. Brown - See all my reviews
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This review is from: These Days (Audio CD)

Memories are what good recordings conjure up for us. Where were you when you first heard this song or what were you doing when it came out? For me when I first heard the single "You May Be Right" off this album by Canadians Grapes of Wrath, I thought what a great tune.

I still remember working in a newspaper darkroom in a small town in Espanola, Ont. listening to the local AM station and hearing more and more of this album over the radio.

I always found this album to have a nostaligic feel to it on three levels: I) The band I think was capturing the sound of a Beatles lp (my favourite band), II) it takes me back to that time when I was a young, aspiring, newspaper reporter and my first time away from home, III) for Canadians it contains the sounds of summer at the cottage [A good example being "A Fishing Tale"].

Amazingly I find that this album, years and years later (it was released in 1991), still sounds fresh. I particularly enjoy the lead guitar of Kevin Kane on this album.

This album contains a certain sentimentality and whistfulness, that I've enjoyed on may other artists' recordings, but the band doesn't really sound like any particular band per se (well except the Beatles, maybe). Many of these songs are in the vein of recollection and memory and longing maybe even for home. Titles like "Away", "I Can't Find My Home", "I'll Be There", and "I Am Here", all recall a location or place (in most cases "home") that the singer wants back to, and even the "love songs" conjure up the idea of "loss" or "getting things right" and then all will be well.

Unfortunately, I believe the band broke up shortly thereafter and never attained the quality that was evident on this recording.

5.0 out of 5 stars Their most rockin' album., December 13, 2010

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ScottE (Kansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: These Days (Audio CD)

The Grapes Of Wrath are a Vancouver, B.C. folk-rock based band. They released 5 albums before calling it quits in 1992. 1991 brought us "These Days", which was produced by John Leckie (who produced the 1st Stone Roses and "The Bends" by Radiohead in 1995 and early XTC). This showed the band at their most rockin'. "These Days", opens with the perfect pop of "Away", just fine pop with some snazzy organ and floating acoustic and electric guitars. They turn it up a notch on "You May Be Right" #7*, the beauty of "I Can't Find My Home", with the great pedal steel of John Lacey. One of my favorites is the most beautiful melody of "Days", grand organ and majestic guitars. "I Am Here", #8* and #27 American modern rock, is a hypnotic rocker, just good grooves. The folk of "No Reason", would of fit perfectly on any Simon And Garfunkel album. "Travelin'", is a super pop-rockerwith flashing organ and a good guitar solo. "A Fishing Tale", #60* is a great chugging rocker, the Dukes Of the Stratosphere (XTC) appear on this track, watch the video on Youtube, saw it on Muchmusic back in the day. "Thru To You", a slide guitar rocker. "Now", is a pretty organ, piano pop tune. They close the album with "Miracle", a number that resembles a Beatles track, another fine guitar solo by Kevin Kane. This album should of gave this band a bona-fide hit, but American radio stayed away from this transcending album.

*Canada Top 100

The Band:
Chris Hooper:Drums
Tom Hooper: Vocals,Bass
Vincent Jones: Keyboards, Organ
Kevin Kane: Guitar, Vocals