Just for a Day is Slowdive's first album, and it shows; when one listens to the magnificent sound of Souvlaki or the brilliant experimentation of Pygmalion, it becomes clear that Just for a Day was only a step toward the greatness they would later achieve.
Its sound is quite like Souvlaki's -- swelling waves of flanged guitars, layers of wispy vocals floating in and out of the mix, and sweet lazy pop songs -- but the production sometimes turns the band's plush, sweet sound into the sort of cheap and cheesy pleasantness one might expect from a new age artist.
A few tracks hint at the sound that would be fully achieved on Souvlaki ("Celia's Dream," "Erik's Song"), and the album as a whole must have sounded wonderful before anyone knew what great things the band was capable of -- but Just for a Day is really Slowdive in their infancy.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish Air | Slowdive | Play | 06:06 | 13 MB | 34 MB |
| 2 | Celia's Dream | Slowdive | Play | 04:12 | 9 MB | 24 MB |
| 3 | Catch the Breeze | Slowdive | Play | 04:21 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 4 | Ballad of Sister Sue | Slowdive | Play | 04:34 | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| 5 | Erik's Song | Slowdive | Play | 04:26 | 10 MB | 19 MB |
| 6 | Waves | Slowdive | Play | 05:54 | 13 MB | 37 MB |
| 7 | Brighter | Slowdive | Play | 03:50 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 8 | The Sadman | Slowdive | Play | 04:47 | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| 9 | Primal | Slowdive | Play | 05:29 | 12 MB | 34 MB |
| 43 mins | 100 MB | |||||
| 43 mins | 254 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Askew | Engineer |
| 2 | Syd Barrett | Composer |
| 3 | Mike Engles | Engineer |
| 4 | Dale "Buffin" Griffin | Producer |
| 5 | Steve Hammons | Project Manager |
| 6 | Chris Hufford | Engineer |
| 7 | Andy Pearce | Remastering |
| 8 | Slowdive | Mixing, Primary Artist |
| 9 | Becky Stewart | Reissue Design |
| 10 | Kieron Tyler | Liner Notes |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |