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Kerrang!Jul 24, 2012A fine album from an often overlooked band. [30 Jun 2012, p.53]
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Apr 22, 2014Overall, Days Go By ends up as a solid record only because there are traces of The Offspring again and not a band that tries to copy others.
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Entertainment WeeklyJun 29, 2012It's the same old story on the veteran SoCal punk revivalists' ninth album: pogo-and-whine thrash with a faux-funky detour. [6 Jul 2012, p.73]
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Jul 2, 2012'Days Go By' doesn't catapult them back to their prime; there's a lot of issues that can be picked out, be it recognisable musicality or questionable song choices. Having said that, when The Offspring do get it right on this record, they are great.
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Jun 28, 2012Days Go By is more for fans who have been with the band for a while than those just tuning in, and while die-hard Offspring followers will be able to see the shift in the band's sound as part of a logical progression, new listeners would be better served by checking out some of their earlier, more urgent work.
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Jun 28, 2012Two (incredibly) horrible songs aren't enough to discount the entire album, no. Yet it's unfortunate that Days Go By doesn't provide any delirious highs to counter its abysmal lows.
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Aug 30, 2012At best, the songs on their ninth album are bland recreations of their past successes.
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Q MagazineAug 1, 2012The general rule with Offspring albums is that their buoyant Californian punk will always be pockmarked by two wildly irritating songs. So it is with Days Go By.
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Jul 17, 2012The Offspring's nervousness is palpable in their protestations of relevance and liveliness, but no matter how fast or loud things get, there's no energy or wit, nothing to convince you this band could win, or even prolong, a fight with oblivion.
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Jul 9, 2012It is with frightful ease that one can declare 'Days Go By' as a parody of the efforts which came before.
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Jun 28, 2012The Offspring's newest release, Days Go By, is both disjointed and mildly out of its element, containing one-third of this act's best output since pre-Splinter by a minuscule margin at best. It's just good old fashioned "meh."
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Jun 28, 2012Nine albums in, these Cali punks are coasting by on dourly told jokes and reheated mad-at-the-world bluster.
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Jun 28, 2012So there are a couple of silly tracks - but then there were two silly Bennett sisters [in Austen's Pride and Prejudice]. Sadly, the remainder of the album is all Mary and no Elizabeth; devoid of life, wit, or energy.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 35 out of 55
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Mixed: 11 out of 55
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Negative: 9 out of 55
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