Days Go By
by The Offspring
  • Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Jun 26, 2012
User Score
6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 55 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 55
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 55
  3. Negative: 9 out of 55
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  1. axelkoch
    Dec 17, 2012
    4
    The Offspring tried many things to make their freshest album sound good. There are rock songs, punk songs, party songs and also calm tracks on 'Days Go By'. But they are really bad in terms of writing songs, which really surprised me because their former CD 'Rise And Grace...' was very nice. I listened the album once and I won't listen to it more often because it isn't entertaining. AllThe Offspring tried many things to make their freshest album sound good. There are rock songs, punk songs, party songs and also calm tracks on 'Days Go By'. But they are really bad in terms of writing songs, which really surprised me because their former CD 'Rise And Grace...' was very nice. I listened the album once and I won't listen to it more often because it isn't entertaining. All the tunes are similar and I would recommend those nearly 50 year-olds to just stop making music. It's not worth to listen to the whole thing when only 15% of 'Days Go By' are actually good.… Expand
  2. RyFox
    Dec 20, 2015
    6
    To be honest, this album was a little disappointing for me. There were some good songs, but then other songs were just not too good. Although, 2/3 of the singles were good and the Dividing By Zero/Slim Pickens Does the Right Thing & Rides the Bomb To Hell pairing was great. Other than that, only a few other songs were good.

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Metascore
51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. Sputnikmusic
    Apr 22, 2014
    70
    Overall, 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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  2. NOW Magazine
    Aug 30, 2012
    40
    At best, the songs on their ninth album are bland recreations of their past successes.
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  3. Q Magazine
    Aug 1, 2012
    40
    The 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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