The Madding Crowd is the major-label debut album

Album

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 by the band Nine Days

Nine Days

Nine Days is an American rock band who were popular in the early 2000s. Formed in Oyster Bay by frontman John Hampson and Brian Desveaux, they released three independent albums in the 1990s before their mainstream debut album, The Madding Crowd, released in 2000...

. It spawned two major hit singles, "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" and "If I Am". The Madding Crowd peaked at #67 on the Billboard Top 200.

The Madding Crowd was certified Gold within six months of release, despite not peaking inside the top 50 in America.

Track listing

All songs written by John Hampson and Brian Desveaux, except where noted

1. "So Far Away" – 3:56
2. "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)
   Absolutely (Story of a Girl)
   "Absolutely " is a power pop song written by John Hampson for Nine Days' debut solo album The Madding Crowd . The song was released as the album's first single in early 2000 and entered the top ten on the majority of the charts it appeared on, including the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US, where...
   
   " (Hampson) – 3:09
3. "If I Am" (Hampson) – 4:18
4. "End Up Alone" – 3:57
5. "Sometimes" (Desveaux) – 5:14
6. "Bob Dylan" (Desveaux/Bob Dylan
   Bob Dylan
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   ) – 4:35
7. "257 Weeks" (Hampson) – 4:04
8. "Bitter" (Desveaux) – 6:21
9. "Back to Me" (Desveaux) – 4:00
10. "Crazy" – 4:14
11. "Revolve" (Hampson) – 3:54
12. "Wanna Be" (Desveaux) – 6:03

Personnel

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