Days Are Mighty is the fifth album by American-born singer-songwriter Jeb Loy Nichols, released in 2007 on the Tuition record label in the UK and the Compass record label in the US. The US release also included a limited edition 2-CD set in which the second disc was a set of demos featuring Nichols singing and playing the acoustic guitar.
Track listing "My Kind" – 2:53 "Days Are Mighty" – 2:47 "Lay Down and Cry" – 3:11 "25 Years Too Late" – 3:17 "Can't Find the Words" – 2:16 "Poor Little Barn" – 2:58 "That's Not What She Said to Me" – 2:40 "After November" – 3:07 "Let's Not Fall" – 3:06 "Almost" – 2:55 "I Need You So" – 4:14
Disc 2 (available only on limited edition Compass Records release) "I Need You So" – 2:19 "Let's Not Fall" – 2:47 "My Kind" – 2:20 "Days Are Mighty" – 2:14 "Can't Find the Words" – 2:22 "Lazy Afternoon" – 1:48 "Poor Little Barn" – 1:51 "Almost" – 2:16 "25 Years Too Late" – 2:56 "Still Tomorrow" – 2:47
Reception
Nichols' fifth release received positive reviews. Allmusic said "this is the best recording he's issued yet. He has no gimmick, no schtick; his artful, unpretentious songwriting is accessible to virtually anyone, and is so precise in a musical sense that it is poetic and spacious without having to venture to reach very far."[ allmusic review] Twangville said "overall Jeb Loy Nichols has given us a group of songs on Days are Mighty that provide an impactful musical and emotional milieu."Twangville review
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