The Days of Our Nights is an album by Luna

Luna (band)

Luna was a dream pop/indie pop band formed in 1991 by Dean Wareham after the breakup of Galaxie 500, with Stanley Demeski and Justin Harwood...

, currently out of print

Out of print

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 in the United States

United States

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. It is notable for a Luna-fied cover of the Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album...

 hit "Sweet Child o' Mine

Sweet Child O' Mine

"Sweet Child o' Mine" is the third single by American rock band Guns N' Roses, and the third from their 1987 debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction. Released on August 17, 1988, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the band's first and only number-one single in the U.S...

".

Release

The album was recorded as Luna's fifth LP for Elektra Records

Elektra Records

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, a part of the Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

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 music family. Due to the major label consolidations that occurred in the late 1990s, many alternative rock

Alternative rock

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 bands signed to major labels were dropped in this time period, including Luna. In an ironic twist, the album was picked up by Jericho records, a subsidiary of Sire Records

Sire Records

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, which is also part of the Warner Bros. Records family. It would, however, prove to be the final album by the band to receive major-label distribution.

Track listing

All songs written by Dean Wareham

Dean Wareham

Dean Wareham is an American musician, who formed the band Galaxie 500 in 1987. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Wareham moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia, before settling in New York City in 1977. Wareham attended high school at Dalton School in New York, and then attended Harvard...

, except where noted.

1. "Dear Diary" – 4:06
2. "Hello, Little One" – 4:49
3. "The Old Fashioned Way" – 4:36
4. "Four Thousand Days" – 4:21
5. "Seven Steps to Satan" – 4:58
6. "Superfreaky Memories" – 4:53
7. "Math Wiz" – 3:59
8. "Words Without Wrinkles" – 4:22
9. "The Rustler" – 4:07
10. "U.S. Out of My Pants!" – 6:08
11. "The Slow Song" – 3:17
12. "Sweet Child o' Mine" (Guns N' Roses
    Guns N' Roses
    Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album...
    
    ) – 4:25