Just For A Day (studio album) by Slowdive

Just For A Day by Slowdive
Year: 1991
Overall rank: 1,425th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 272 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1991 (25th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (259th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,425th)
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Slowdive bestography

Just For A Day is ranked 3rd best out of 9 albums by Slowdive on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Slowdive is Souvlaki which is ranked number 116 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 12,293.

Slowdive album bestography « Higher ranked (492nd) This album (1,425th) Lower ranked (1,503rd) »
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Just For A Day track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Just For A Day ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 272 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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From 09/27/2023 12:13
Good enough for putting on as background music, but it's lacking something special. I see comparisons to The Cocteau Twins and MBV, but I don't hear it. The aforementioned artists gave us songs with hooks and points of entry; these songs just seem to go by like the ever-repeating background visuals in a cartoon chase scene.
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85/100
From 06/29/2023 07:46
Great album, they're clearly inspired by Disintegration, but change this sound into their own. Some songs are really beautiful, especially Spanish Air and Primal. I also love Ceila's Dream and Catch The Breeze.
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90/100
From 06/22/2021 21:05
As with many other debut albums, Slowdive wears their influences on their sleeve on Just For a Day. You can hear Cocteau Twins, The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, but there is also a distinct uniqueness. Slowdive don't mess around when it comes to making heavenly music.

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From 05/20/2018 06:20
This rating applies to the double-disc version. Favourite tracks: Catch the Breeze, Slowdive, Morningrise.
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85/100
From 12/27/2016 02:59
Así es como debería de sonar el shoegaze siempre. Brillante.
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90/100
From 10/06/2015 01:54
It's fine, a great record. Nice from start to finish
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From 10/01/2015 20:01
Not quite as layered as "Souvlaki", and feels closer to 90's alt rock. Solid record.
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From 05/07/2014 06:33
Another crazy good album by this masters of beautiful noise. While Souvlaki is definitely these guys shining star, this album is pretty close. Once you hear Spanish Air you know you're into something good
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95/100
From 05/04/2014 20:39
An endless daydream washes away all of your cares in the world.
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85/100
From 08/06/2013 22:11
Slowdive continue with the philosophy laid down by My Bloody Valentine and Cocteau Twins but with 'Just For A Day', the band took their music to new ethereal extremes. Never has the synthesis of the Dream Pop and Shoegaze genres been so perfectly realized than on this album. The result is a symphonic psychedelic sound of beauty that encompasses hypnotizing harmonies and breathtaking soundscapes, the results of which are deeply psychological and mystical.
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