I'm with you - it's not the album that made me a fan - New Jersey did that. It was however so different that I just fell in love with it - yes there are some cheesy songs on it - but overall it's a more mature work than their earlier stuff (and even some of their later stuff). And all that aside - I can put it on just about any time and enjoy it. Just for the record - I usually enjoy the harder rocking songs - from other groups too - but there is something about These Days that captured me when it came out and has never let go.

Kathleen