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Five Days in July

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Recorded
  
July 1993

Five Days in July (1993)
  
Nowhere to Here (1995)

Release date
  
1993

Genre
  
Country rock

Length
  
59:09

Artist
  
Blue Rodeo

Producer
  
Blue Rodeo

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Released
  
October 26, 1993 (Canada) September 27, 1994 (US)

Label
  
WEA (Canada) Discovery (US)

Nominations
  
Juno Award for Album of the Year, Juno Award for Recording Package of the Year

Similar
  
Blue Rodeo albums, Country rock albums

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Five Days in July is the fifth studio album by Blue Rodeo. The band's most commercially successful album, it has been certified six times platinum as of 2008.

Contents

The album was recorded on singer/guitarist Greg Keelor's farm in Southern Ontario in July 1993. While the band originally intended for the recordings to serve only as demos, they found that the songs had a warmth and spontaneity that warranted releasing the collection as an album. Guest musicians on the album include Sarah McLachlan, Colin Linden and Anne Bourne. This album was keyboardist James Gray's first album with the band

This album is supposed to be a tribute to the Harvest-era Neil Young sound. "5 Days in May", "Hasn't Hit Me Yet" and "Bad Timing" were notable hit singles for the band.

Track listing

All songs by Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy, except where noted.

  1. "5 Days in May" – 7:12
  2. "Hasn't Hit Me Yet" – 5:14
  3. "Bad Timing" – 5:09
  4. "Cynthia" – 4:40
  5. "Photograph" – 4:10
  6. "What is This Love" – 6:16
  7. "English Bay" – 3:20
  8. "Head Over Heels" – 4:01
  9. "'Til I Gain Control Again" – 4:29 - Rodney Crowell
  10. "Dark Angel" – 5:16
  11. "Know Where You Go/Tell Me Your Dream" – 9:22

Track trivia

  • "What is This Love," "Dark Angel" and "Tell Me Your Dream" feature Sarah McLachlan.
  • Colin Linden appears on "Know Where You Go"
  • Singer/guitarist Jim Cuddy has said that "5 Days in May" was inspired by his sound engineer's practice of writing his wife's name in the sand whenever he finds himself on a beach. Cuddy noticed the engineer doing so while the band was on tour in New Zealand, and was inspired to write lyrics combining this story with the story of how Cuddy met his own wife.

    • Songs

    15 Days in May7:10
    2Hasn't Hit Me Yet5:14
    3Bad Timing5:10

    References

    Five Days in July Wikipedia
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