''The Old Days Feeling'' is a collection of out-of-print, reissued, and unreleased songs by American musician

Mirah Mirah (born Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn) is an American musician and songwriter based in Brooklyn, New York. After getting her start in the music scene of Olympia, Washington, in the late 1990s, she released a number of well-received solo albums on ...

. Additionally, the album features collaborative work by

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and

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. Released to a positive reception in 2008, the album received a score of 7/10 by

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Production

In the genre of

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recorded in a

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style, many tracks are similar in nature to Mirah's debut album, ''

You Think It's Like This But Really It's Like This ''You Think It's Like This but Really It's Like This'' is Mirah's debut album, released in 2000 on K Records. In July 2020, Mirah released a 20th anniversary reissue of the album via Double Double Whammy. The double LP reissue includes a remaster ...

''. Additionally, the album features collaborative work by

, who had produced ''

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'' and '' C'mon Miracle'', and

, who also wrote the

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. It was released on the record label Modern Radio on July 15, 2008.

Reception

The album met a largely positive reception.

Pitchfork Media ''Pitchfork'' (formerly ''Pitchfork Media'') is an American online music magazine founded in 1996 by Ryan Schreiber in Minneapolis. It originally covered Alternative rock, alternative and independent music, and expanded to cover genres includin ...

gave it 7.5/10,

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gave it 3.5/5, and

gave it 7/10.

Track listing

# "Location Temporary" - 1:17 # "Slighted" - 2:09 # "Don't Go" - 2:17 # "Dreamboat" - 1:34 # "Lone Star" - 2:24 # "Take Me Out Riding" - 1:22 # "Heat Gets Hotter" - 1:55 # "Birthday Present" - 1:35 # "The Place" - 2:16 # "Get It?" - 1:38 # "Land Ho!" - 2:53 # "The Sun" - 3:01 # "Don't!" - 2:54 # "Lonesome Sundown" - 3:32

References

External links

MirahMusic.com
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