Days Are Mighty Explained

Days Are Mighty
Type:	studio
Artist:	Jeb Loy Nichols
Cover:	daysaremightycover.jpg
Released:	2007
Genre:	Pop/Rock
Length:	33:24/23:40 (Disc 2)
Label:	Tuition Records (UK) Compass Records (US)
Producer:	Jeb Loy Nichols, Jonathan Lee, Andy Hamilton, Jennifer Carr
Prev Title:	Now Then
Prev Year:	2005
Next Title:	Parish Bar
Next Year:	2009

Days Are Mighty is the fifth album by American-born singer-songwriter Jeb Loy Nichols, released in 2007 on the Tuition record label in the UK and the Compass record label in the US. The US release also included a limited edition 2-CD set in which the second disc was a set of demos featuring Nichols singing and playing the acoustic guitar.

Track listing

1. "My Kind" – 2:53
2. "Days Are Mighty" – 2:47
3. "Lay Down and Cry" – 3:11
4. "25 Years Too Late" – 3:17
5. "Can't Find the Words" – 2:16
6. "Poor Little Barn" – 2:58
7. "That's Not What She Said to Me" – 2:40
8. "After November" – 3:07
9. "Let's Not Fall" – 3:06
10. "Almost" – 2:55
11. "I Need You So" – 4:14

Disc 2 (available only on limited edition Compass Records release)

1. "I Need You So" – 2:19
2. "Let's Not Fall" – 2:47
3. "My Kind" – 2:20
4. "Days Are Mighty" – 2:14
5. "Can't Find the Words" – 2:22
6. "Lazy Afternoon" – 1:48
7. "Poor Little Barn" – 1:51
8. "Almost" – 2:16
9. "25 Years Too Late" – 2:56
10. "Still Tomorrow" – 2:47

Reception

Nichols' fifth release received positive reviews. Allmusic said "this is the best recording he's issued yet. He has no gimmick, no schtick; his artful, unpretentious songwriting is accessible to virtually anyone, and is so precise in a musical sense that it is poetic and spacious without having to venture to reach very far."^[1] Twangville said "overall Jeb Loy Nichols has given us a group of songs on Days are Mighty that provide an impactful musical and emotional milieu."^[2]

Notes and References

1. allmusic review
2. http://twangville.com/874/jeb-loy-nichols-days-are-mighty/ Twangville review