Best Day

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Best Day
Dala-Best-Day-Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 29, 2012 (US)
June 5, 2012 (CA)
Recorded2012
Genre Folk, Rock, Acoustic
Length36:50
Label Campus Music/Lenz Entertainment
Producer Mike Roth
Dala chronology
Everyone Is Someone
(2009)
Best Day
(2012)

Best Day is the fifth studio album by Canadian band Dala. It was released on May 29, 2012 in the US and June 5, 2012 in Canada.

Contents

Reception

Best Day was released to critical acclaim. It earned three Canadian Folk Music Award nominations for English Songwriter of the Year, Vocal Group of the Year, and Producer of the Year, [1] and was listed at #24 on Muruch's Top 25 Albums of 2012 [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sheila Carabine, Amanda Walther and Mike Roth, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Life on Earth"3:56
2."Best Day"1:58
3."Not Alone" (Carabine)3:32
4."Lennon and McCartney"2:59
5."Good as Gold" (Carabine/Walther)3:55
6."The Great Escape"3:33
7."Father" (Walther)2:51
8."Virginia Woolf"3:39
9."Peggy" (Carabine)3:05
10."First Love" (Walther)3:03
11."Still Life" (Carabine/Roth)3:06
12."Too Many Kittens" (hidden track)1:13

Personnel

Use in media

Good as Gold is featured in the Canadian science fiction television series Continuum episode 2.3, Second Thoughts.

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References

  1. "Nominees - 2016 - Canadian Folk Music Awards".
  2. "Muruch's Top 25 Albums of 2012 - Muruch".