Days Go By

Days Go By
The Offspring's studio album
Publication (s)	June 26, 2012
admission	2009–2012
Label (s)	Columbia Records , Sony Music
Format (s)	CD, LP
Genre (s)	Punk rock
Title (number)	12
running time	42:43
occupation	Guitar , vocals : Dexter Holland Guitar, backing vocals : Noodles E-bass : Greg K. Drums : Pete Parada , Josh Freese
production	Bob rock
chronology Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008) Days Go By -
Single releases April 27, 2012 Days Go By April 30, 2012 Cruising California (Bumpin 'in My Trunk) October 14, 2012 Turning Into You

Days Go By (. English for " day pass ") is the ninth studio album of American punk rock - band The Offspring . It was released on June 26, 2012 via Columbia Records and Sony Music .

Emergence

During the tour of the previous album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace , the band began to write material for the album. Already in May 2009 the collaboration with Bob Rock for the next album was announced in an interview . Front man Dexter Holland also said in another interview that they wanted to try not to take that long again until the next album was released. Preparatory work began in autumn 2009, but there were only a few demo recordings at that time . In mid-2010 the band had already moved on and worked in the studio. However, the originally planned release date of 2010 could not be kept. However, the band praised the collaboration with Bob Rock:

“Working with Bob Rock has been the best experience that we had in the studio. Bob is obviously a great producer, but beyond that Bob and we get along and sort of see the record making process similarly ... the songs sometimes take a little longer to finish but the end result is far better for taking the time and is something we're very proud of. "

“Working with Bob Rock was the best experience we had in the studio. Bob is obviously a great producer, on top of that, Bob and we get along and look at the recording process similarly ... the songs sometimes take a little longer to finish, but the end result is well worth the time and that is something we are very proud of. "

- Dexter Holland

With Pete Parada a new drummer can be heard on the album. Some pieces were also recorded by session drummer Josh Freese , who worked for the band on the previous albums.

Cover design

The album cover shows a boy and an old man sitting on a bench in the forest. It is autumn and the ground is covered with leaves from the trees. In the upper part of the picture are the white lettering The Offspring and Days Go By .

Track list

#	title	length
1.	The Future Is Now	4:08
2.	Secrets from the Underground	3:09
3.	Days Go By	4:01
4th	Turning into You	3:41
5.	Hurting as One	2:49
6th	Cruising California (Bumpin 'in My Trunk)	3:30
7th	All I Have Left Is You	5:18
8th.	OC Guns	4:07
9.	Dirty Magic	4:00
10.	I Wanna Secret Family (With You)	3:01
11.	Dividing by Zero	2:22
12.	Slim Pickens Does the Right Thing and Rides the Bomb to Hell	2:35
13.	The kids aren't alright

1. ↑ Re-release of the song from the album Ignition
2. ↑ Live, bonus only on pre-order issue

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Days Go By   DE 5 07/06/2012 (8 weeks)   AT 6th 07/06/2012 (12 weeks)   CH 8th 07/08/2012 (12 weeks)   UK 43 07/07/2012 (1 week)   US 12 07/14/2012 (6 weeks)

Days Go By entered the German album charts at number 5 and stayed in the top 100 for eight weeks.

The songs Days Go By , Cruising California (Bumpin 'in My Trunk) and Turning Into You were released as singles, but none of them made it into the charts.

reception

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
laut.de
cdstarts.de
undergrounded.de
Rolling Stone
allmusic

Kai Butterweck from laut.de sees the album split. On the one hand, titles like Cruising California or OC Guns are “trimmed for young hops” and “superficial cerebral excursions”, but he praises the arrangements and says “that they [The Offspring] are no more ahead of established mid-tempo broadband rock music. Colleagues have to hide. "( Kai Butterweck : criticism on laut.de )

Matthias Reichel awards 6.5 out of 10 points on cdstarts.de and sees the album in line with previous releases. He concludes that The Offspring present a “routine album”, “which of course can no longer compete with the youthful energy of their early works, but is still more relevant than the large number of publications in the punk rock sector.” ( Matthias Reichel : Critique on cdstarts.de )

Peter Ehmann paints a somewhat more positive picture on Undergrounded.de: on “Days Go By” you have “... actually only punk anthems with catchy tunes. Some of them only become apparent after listening to them a second time, but you can already sing along with the chorus. "(Rating 8 out of 10 points)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Article from ocregister.com
2. ↑ Article from ultimate-guitar.com
3. ↑ album cover
4. ↑ Chart sources: DE ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AT CH UK US 
5. ↑ Chart tracking Days Go By on musicline.de ( Memento of the original from April 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Rating: laut.de
7. ↑ Rating: cdstarts.de
8. ↑ Rating: undergrounded.de
9. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone
10. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
11. ^ Peter Ehmann: The Offspring - Days Go By , accessed on November 14, 2012.