Diary (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Diary
Type = Album
Artist = Sunny Day Real Estate


Released = May 10, 1994
Recorded = November 1993
Genre = Emo Grunge Alternative rock
Length = 52:47
Label = Sub Pop
Producer = Brad Wood
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:iy09kettkq7q link]
Last album =
This album = "Diary" (1994)
Next album = "Sunny Day Real Estate" (1995)

"Diary" is the first studio album from the band Sunny Day Real Estate. The album is considered by many to be the first defining "emo" album of the second wave. [cite web| title='Diary' album review on Allmusic.com | publisher=Allmusic| url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:iy09kettkq7q | accessdate=2008-07-22] The song "Seven" was played live on the Jon Stewart Show.

Track listing

#"Seven" – 4:45
#"In Circles" – 4:58
#"Song About an Angel" – 6:14
#"Round" – 4:09
#"47" – 4:34
#"The Blankets Were the Stairs" – 5:27
#"Pheurton Skeurto" – 2:33
#"Shadows" – 4:46
#"48" – 4:46
#"Grendel" – 4:53
#"Sometimes" – 5:42

Demos

There are three circulating demos from Diary recording sessions, which took place at Idful Studios, in Chicago.
*"In Circles"
*"Rodeo Jones"
*"Song About an Angel"

Trivia

*The "butterfly" drawing on the album's book was created by Nate Mendel's father.
*The vinyl has been released in three limited edition pressings, all of which are out of print. The first was a multi-colored splatter vinyl, released on "Glitterhouse Records" in Germany. The second was a black vinyl pressing on Sub Pop. A repress followed on green vinyl (and possibly a second black pressing) but the label for this second pressing states "Edition II" under the Sub Pop logo. All three vinyl pressings are missing 3 songs that are present on the CD, possibly due to the time constraints of vinyl (the album clocks in at 53 minutes). The missing songs are "Round", "48" and "Grendel".
*The album cover features the popular children's toy Little People.

Personnel

*Jeremy Enigk – vocals, guitar, typesetting
*Nate Mendel – bass
*Dan Hoerner – guitar, vocals, typesetting
*William Goldsmith – drums
*Brad Wood – producer, engineer, mixing
*Lynn Hamrick – photography
*Chris Thompson – artwork

References