Century Days Explained

Century Days
Type:	studio
Artist:	Die Kreuzen
Cover:	Die Kreuzen - Century Days.jpg
Released:	July 1988
Recorded:	– at Breezeway Studio, Waukesha, Wisconsin
Length:	56:35
Label:	Touch and Go
Producer:	Die Kreuzen, Butch Vig
Prev Title:	October File
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Gone Away
Next Year:	1989

Century Days is the third album by Die Kreuzen, released in July 1988 through Touch and Go Records.^{[1] [2]} The album was produced in part by Butch Vig.^[3] It sold around 10,000 copies in its first three years of release.^[4]

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote: "Unlike [bands] who are trying to integrate melody into hardcore without undermining its power, Die Kreuzen ... owes more to early-'70s metal."^[5] Trouser Press deemed Century Days "an album of impressive dynamic range and sonic control."^[6]

Personnel

Die Kreuzen

• Keith Brammer – bass guitar
• Brian Egeness – guitar, piano
• Dan Kubinski – vocals
• Erik Tunison – drums

Production and additional personnel

• Peter Balistrieri – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
• Tim Cole – trumpet
• Richard Kohl – cover art
• Die Kreuzen – production, mixing
• Butch Vig – production, engineering, mixing
• Gene Emery Zanow – cover art

Notes and References

1. News: Gettelman . Parry . Milwaukee's Die Kreuzen Has Class without Classification . Orlando Sentinel . September 17, 1989 . Calendar . 23.
2. Book: Sharpe-Young . Garry . New Wave of American Heavy Metal . 2005 . Zonda Books . 117.
3. Book: Thompson . Dave . Alternative Rock . 2000 . Miller Freeman Books . 811.
4. News: Christensen . Thor . New album buries reports of Die Kreuzen's demise . The Milwaukee Journal . 25 Oct 1991 . D1.
5. News: Jenkins . Mark . Breaking Out of the Hard-land . The Washington Post . 3 June 1988 . N24.
6. Web site: John . Leland . Ira . Robbins . Die Kreuzen . . 2007 . May 26, 2013.