Days to Come (album)

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Days to Come
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Studio album by
Released2 October 2006
Genre
Label Ninja Tune
ZENCD119
ZENCD119X
Bonobo chronology
It Came from the Sea
(2005)
Days to Come
(2006)
Black Sands
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Days to Come is the third studio album by British musician Bonobo. It was released on 2 October 2006 on the Ninja Tune independent record label.

Contents

It has been released in two versions - a standard 1 disc edition (ZENCD119) and a limited edition (ZENCD119X) with a second disc containing instrumental versions of the album's vocal tracks.

Track listing

Tracks 1, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 11 are written and performed by Simon Green; others are credited as is.

No.TitleLength
1."Intro"0:54
2."Days to Come" (featuring Bajka)3:50
3."Between the Lines" (featuring Bajka)4:37
4."The Fever"4:21
5."Ketto"5:07
6."Nightlite" (featuring Bajka)5:10
7."Transmission 94 (Parts 1 & 2)"7:58
8."On Your Marks"4:11
9."If You Stayed Over" (featuring Fink)5:24
10."Walk in the Sky" (featuring Bajka)4:35
11."Recurring"5:07

Limited edition bonus disc

No.TitleLength
1."Days to Come (Instrumental)"3:50
2."Between the Lines (Instrumental)"4:36
3."Nightlite (Demo Version)"5:11
4."If You Stayed Over (Instrumental)"2:16
5."If You Stayed Over (Reprise)"1:44
6."Walk in the Sky (Instrumental)"4:06
7."Hatoa"4:22

Use in Media

The track "Ketto" featured in Skins and was also used in the commercial for the launch of the Citroën C4 Picasso in 2007. "Nightlite", appeared on UEFA Champions League 2006–2007, [4] and "Recurring" was used in a surfing film broadcast on Fuel TV. [5]

"Hatoa" uses samples from the Pentangle song "Light Flight".

"If You Stayed Over" is featured in the episode "The Economist" of "LOST"

Awards

The album was voted Album of the Year in the 2006 Worldwide Awards on Gilles Peterson's BBC Radio 1 show.

In 2012 it was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 20,000 copies throughout Europe. [6]

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