Century Days

Century Days is the third album by Die Kreuzen, released in July 1988 through Touch and Go Records.^[1][2] The album was produced in part by Butch Vig.^[3] It sold around 10,000 copies in its first three years of release.^[4]

Century Days
Studio album by Die Kreuzen
Released	July 1988
Recorded	December 3, 1987 (1987-12-03)–January 26, 1988 (1988-01-26) at Breezeway Studio, Waukesha, Wisconsin
Length	56:35
Label	Touch and Go
Producer	Die Kreuzen, Butch Vig
Die Kreuzen chronology
October File (1986) Century Days (1988) Gone Away (1989)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]

The Washington Post wrote: "Unlike [bands] who are trying to integrate melody into hardcore without undermining its power, Die Kreuzen ... owes more to early-'70s metal."^[6] Trouser Press deemed Century Days "an album of impressive dynamic range and sonic control."^[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Die Kreuzen.

No.	Title	{{{extra_column}}}	Length
1.	"Earthquakes"		3:19
2.	"Lean into It"		5:11
3.	"Different Ways"		3:28
4.	"So Many Times"		4:33
5.	"These Days"		5:30
6.	"Elizabeth"		5:28
7.	"Stomp"		2:14
8.	"Slow"		3:09
9.	"The Bone"		4:09
10.	"Bitch Magnet"		3:03
11.	"Number Three"		6:22
12.	"Dream Sky"	cassette and CD editions	6:25
13.	"Halloween (John Carpenter)"	CD edition	3:44

Personnel

Die Kreuzen

• Keith Brammer – bass guitar
• Brian Egeness – guitar, piano
• Dan Kubinski – vocals
• Erik Tunison – drums

Production and additional personnel

• Peter Balistrieri – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
• Tim Cole – trumpet
• Richard Kohl – cover art
• Die Kreuzen – production, mixing
• Butch Vig – production, engineering, mixing
• Gene Emery Zanow – cover art