Diary (album)

Diary
Studio album by Sunny Day Real Estate
Released	May 10th, 1994
Recorded	November 1993
Genre	Emo
Length	52:47
Label	Sub Pop
Producer	Brad Wood
Professional reviews
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Sunny Day Real Estate chronology
Diary (1994) Sunny Day Real Estate (1995)

Diary is the first studio album from the band Sunny Day Real Estate. The album is considered by many to be the first defining "emo" album of the 1990s. The song "Seven" was played live on the Jon Stewart Show.

Track listing

1. "Seven" – 4:45
2. "In Circles" – 4:58
3. "Song About an Angel" – 6:14
4. "Round" – 4:09
5. "47" – 4:34
6. "The Blankets Were the Stairs" – 5:27
7. "Pheurton Skeurto" – 2:33
8. "Shadows" – 4:46
9. "48" – 4:46
10. "Grendel" – 4:53
11. "Sometimes" – 5:42

Demos

There are three circulating demos from Diary recording sessions, which took place at Idful Studios, in Chicago.

• "In Circles"
• "Rodeo Jones"
• "Song About an Angel"

Trivia

• The "butterfly" drawing on the album's book was created by Nate Mendel's father.
• The vinyl has been released in three limited edition pressings, all of which are out of print. The first was a multi-colored splatter vinyl, released on "Glitterhouse Records" in Germany. The second was a black vinyl pressing on Sub-Pop Records. A repress followed on both black and green vinyl, but the label for this pressing states "Edition II" under the Sub Pop logo. All three vinyl pressings are missing 3-4 songs that are present on the CD.

Personnel

• Jeremy Enigk – vocals, guitar, typesetting
• Nate Mendel – bass
• Dan Hoerner – guitar, vocals, typesetting
• William Goldsmith – drums
• Brad Wood - producer, engineer, mixing
• Lynn Hamrick - photography
• Chris Thompson - artwork