The Best Day (album)

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The Best Day
A black-and-white photograph of a woman in water holding a dog. In the upper-left corner, white text inside a teal circle reads "Thurston Moore" in standard case, followed by "The Best Day" in uppercase text.
Studio album by Thurston Moore
Released October 20, 2014 (2014-10-20)
Genre Alternative rock, Noise rock
Length 50:22
Label Matador
Producer Thurston Moore
Thurston Moore chronology
Demolished Thoughts
(2011)Demolished Thoughts2011		 The Best Day
(2014)
Singles from The Best Day
  1. "Detonation"
    Released: February 7, 2014

The Best Day is the fourth studio album by the American alternative rock musician Thurston Moore, released on October 20, 2014 on Matador Records. The album cover is a photograph of Moore's mother, circa 1940.[1]

Release

The Best Day was announced for release in March 2014 on Sonic Youth's official news blog.[2] A month prior to its announcement, Moore released "Detonation" as a standalone 7-inch single, backed with "Germs Burn" as its B-side, on the independent English label Blank Editions as part of its Solo Series.[3][4]

A formal announcement of The Best Day, including cover art, a track listing and release dates, was made on August 20 by Matador Records.[5] The album is due to be released on October 20 in Denmark, France, Sweden and the United Kingdom; October 21  in Spain and the United States; and October 24 in Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Officially-licensed streams of the album were made available on NPR Music and The Guardian's official web sites a week prior to its international release.[6][7] The Best Day will be issued as a double LP, single CD and as a digital download, with the first 100 U.S. LP pressings featuring an autographed poster.[8]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 75/100[9]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[10]
The A.V. Club B[11]
Consequence of Sound B–[12]
Cuepoint (2-star Honorable Mention)[13]
The Guardian 4/5 stars[14]
NME 8/10[15]
Pitchfork Media 7.1/10[16]
PopMatters 7/10[17]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[18]
Slant Magazine 4/5 stars[19]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Speak to the Wild"   8:30
2. "Forevermore"   11:15
3. "Tape"   5:54
4. "The Best Day"   4:31
5. "Detonation"   2:56
6. "Vocabularies"   4:31
7. "Grace Lake"   6:53
8. "Germs Burn"   5:52
Total length:
 50:22

Personnel

The Thurston Moore Band

Release history

Region Date Format Label Catalog
Denmark[20] October 20, 2014 2×LP, CD, digital download Matador N/A
France[21]
Sweden[22]
United Kingdom[23]
Spain[24] October 21, 2014
United States[25]
Germany[26] October 24, 2014
Ireland[27]
Netherlands[28]
Switzerland[29]

References

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