Diary (Sunny Day Real Estate album)

Diary
Studio album by
Sunny Day Real Estate
ReleasedMay 10, 1994 (1994-05-10)
RecordedNovember 1993
StudioIdful, Chicago, Illinois
Genre
Length52:47
LabelSub Pop
ProducerBrad Wood
Sunny Day Real Estate chronology
Diary
(1994) 		Sunny Day Real Estate
(1995)
Singles from Diary
  1. "Seven"
    Released: 1994
  2. "In Circles"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The A.V. ClubA[2]
Drowned in Sound8/10[4]
Pitchfork8.7/10[5]
PopMatters9/10[6]
Q[7]
Record Collector[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]

Diary is the debut studio album by American rock band Sunny Day Real Estate, released on May 10, 1994. The album is considered by many to be a defining emo album of the second wave,[1] and key in the development of its subgenre, Midwest emo. It has also been called the missing link between post-hardcore and the nascent emo genre.[10]

Diary was remastered and reissued in 2009, with bonus tracks "8" and "9" from their 1993 7-inch Thief, Steal Me a Peach and newly written liner notes.[11]

  1. ^ a b c d Huey, Steve. "Diary – Sunny Day Real Estate". AllMusic. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Ryan, Kyle (September 22, 2009). "Sunny Day Real Estate: Diary / LP2". The A.V. Club. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  3. ^ Grubbs, Eric (October 2, 2009). "Sunny Day Real Estate Reunites At Just The Right Time". Dallas Observer.
  4. ^ Metcalfe, Will (October 15, 2009). "Album Review: Sunny Day Real Estate – Diary and LP2 (reissues)". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on April 24, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  5. ^ Cohen, Ian (September 3, 2009). "Sunny Day Real Estate: Diary / LP2". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  6. ^ Jayasuriya, Mehan (September 14, 2009). "In Circles: Sunny Day Real Estate Reconsidered". PopMatters. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  7. ^ "Sunny Day Real Estate: Diary". Q. No. 99. December 1994. p. 147.
  8. ^ "Sunny Day Real Estate: Diary". Record Collector. 2009. pp. 108–09. [U]nique ... with its bare-boned, visceral raw heart honesty ...
  9. ^ Randall, Mac (2004). "Sunny Day Real Estate". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 793. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  10. ^ - Monday (2010-05-25). "Sub Pop at 20: life after grunge - The National". Thenational.ae. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
  11. ^ "Sub Pop Records : Sunny Day Real Estate : Diary" (2009 ed.). Subpop.com. 2009-09-15. Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2012-02-13.