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The Best Day is the fourth solo 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, Eleanor Moore, circa 1940 and a photograph of Moore's parents as artwork.[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 was 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
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[9]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[10]
The A.V. ClubB[11]
Consequence of SoundB−[12]
Cuepoint (Expert Witness)(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)[13]
The Guardian[14]
NME8/10[15]
Pitchfork Media7.1/10[16]
PopMatters7/10[17]
Rolling Stone[18]
Slant Magazine[19]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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

  1. ^ "Thurston Moore's New Day: Inside His Upbeat Rock & Roll Solo Album". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  2. ^ "Thurston: New LP The Best Day, upcoming shows w/ Deb Googe, Steve Shelley and James Sedwards". Sonic Youth. March 20, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  3. ^ "Hear Thurston Moore's "Detonation" 7" inspired by Stoke Newington activists". Fact. The Vinyl Factory. January 23, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  4. ^ Minsker, Evan (January 22, 2014). "Listen to Thurston Moore: "Detonation" | News". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  5. ^ "Matablog | Coming October 21: Thurston Moore's The Best Day". Matador Records. August 20, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  6. ^ Mosurock, Doug (October 13, 2014). "First Listen: Thurston Moore, 'The Best Day'". NPR Music. NPR. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  7. ^ "Thurston Moore – The Best Day: album stream | Music". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. October 13, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  8. ^ "The Best Day by Thurston Moore". Matador Records. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  9. ^ "The Best Day - Thurston Moore". Metacritic. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  10. ^ Thomas, Fred. "The Best Day - Thurston Moore". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  11. ^ Mincher, Chris. "In closing the book on Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore holds on to a few pages". The AV Club. Onion Inc. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  12. ^ Bray, Ryan. "Thurston Moore - The Best Day". Consequence of Sound. Townsquare Music. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  13. ^ Christgau, Robert (February 13, 2014). "Expert Witness". Cuepoint. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  14. ^ Gibsone, Harriet. "Thurston Moore: The Best Day review – former Sonic Youth frontman returns to noise-rock". The Guardian. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  15. ^ Cottingham, Chris. "NME Reviews - Thurston Moore - 'The Best Day'". NME. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  16. ^ Berman, Stuart (October 20, 2014). "Thurston Moore: The Best Day". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  17. ^ Gu, Marshall. "Thurston Moore: The Best Day". PopMatters. PopMatters Media.
  18. ^ Brunner, Rob. "Thurston Moore's New Album". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  19. ^ Winograd, Jeremy. "Thurston Moore - The Best Day". Slant Magazine. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  20. ^ "Music – The Best Day by Thurston Moore". iTunes Store. Apple. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  21. ^ "Musique – The Best Day par Thurston Moore" [Music – The Best Day by Thurston Moore]. iTunes Store (in French). Apple. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  22. ^ "Musik – The Best Day av Thurston Moore" [Music – The Best Day by Thurston Moore]. iTunes Store (in Swedish). Apple. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  23. ^ "Music – The Best Day by Thurston Moore". iTunes Store. Apple. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  24. ^ "Música – The Best Day de Thurston Moore" [Music – The Best Day by Thurston Moore]. iTunes Store (in Spanish). Apple. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  25. ^ "Music – The Best Day by Thurston Moore". iTunes Store. Apple. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  26. ^ "Musik – "The Best Day" von Thurston Moore" [Music – The Best Day by Thurston Moore]. iTunes Store (in German). Apple. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  27. ^ "Music – The Best Day by Thurston Moore". iTunes Store. Apple. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  28. ^ "Muziek – The Best Day van Thurston Moore" [Music – The Best Day by Thurston Moore]. iTunes Store (in Dutch). Apple. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  29. ^ "Musik – "The Best Day" von Thurston Moore" [Music – The Best Day by Thurston Moore]. iTunes Store (in German). Apple. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
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