The Madding Crowd is the major-label debut album by the American rock band Nine Days. It spawned to the major hit ' Absolutely (Story of a Girl) ' and other single ' If I Am '. The Madding Crowd peaked at #67 on the Billboard Top 200. Far from the Madding Crowd. The New York rock band Nine Days titled their debut The Madding Crowd to express their allegiance to modernity in opposition to Hardy.

References Thomas Hardy in the title of its major-label debut,, but beyond the literary association the group is also making a point about its songs, which are embedded in modern life, not, as in Hardy, far from it. Co-leaders (he of the smoother voice and the somewhat perkier attitude) and Brian Desveaux (whose throaty singing usually expresses more desperate feelings) have written an album's worth of songs about personal relationships that are often rocky, but always involved and involving. The 'I' who is addressing a 'you' most of the time frequently is trying to get back into her good graces, while admitting mistakes, though sometimes 'you' isn't in such great shape, either. 'If I Am,' for example, begins with the line, 'So you're standing on a ledge,' but pledges, 'I will not let you down,' an assurance with a double meaning. You don't have to listen for the Hammond organ wail to realize that these guys have been influenced by, and they erase any doubt in 'Bob Dylan,' for which they have received permission to sample excerpts from the master's 'It's All Over Now, Baby Blue.' But fans of more contemporary rock will be reminded more of and, with the catchy 'Absolutely (Story of a Girl)' suggesting. The alternating and harmonizing voices of the two lead singers often are reminiscent of BoDeans, though the group's music is usually more complexly arranged.

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Hampson and Desveaux still need to work on their songwriting, which can get too wordy and occasionally trips over itself ('If I Am,' for example, employs the awkward line 'Have in me a little faith' for the sake of a near-rhyme), just as their music can be a little dense at times. But is a promising debut by talented musicians who are headed in the right direction.

Nine Days is a really good 90s pop rock band from Long Island, New York that is famous for it's song Absolutely (Story of a Girl), but didn't get a whole lot of publicity beyond that. I was unable to find most of their songs, so I thought I'd share them with everyone. This album, The Madding Crowd is The more popular of their two more famous albums, alongside So Happily Unsatisfied, and this album is undoubtedly one of their best. If you want to listen to more of their music, view my profile or subscribe, and their Music can be bought off of iTunes as well as other similar applications.