Just for a Day

Just for a Day was recorded at Courtyard Studios in Abingdon in the Thames Valley, formerly known as Georgetown Studios.

Just for a Day peaked at number 32 on the UK Albums Chart and number 3 on the UK Indie Chart. Upon its release, copies of the album were labelled with a sticker that read "like a mind altering substance, without the risk".

The album was re-released by Sanctuary Records in 2005, supplemented by an extra disc with tracks from the band's early EPs, effectively including the Slowdive, Holding Our Breath and Morningrise EPs. All the tracks included on the previous compilation Blue Day were present.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B[3]
NME	8/10[4]
Pitchfork	7.0/10[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
Select	3/5[7]
Stylus Magazine	A−[8]

Just for a Day has been generally well-received by critics. Jon Ridge, reviewing the album for Lime Lizard magazine, thought the album was premature, describing it as "more a continuation, or aqueous celebration rather, than an advancement over their rather spiffing previous three EPs".[9] Pitchfork's review of the album, while generally favourable, wrote: "There's a lot less weight to it, and if anything in Slowdive's catalogue will seem dated, it's the overgroomed production on these songs".[5] Trouser Press wrote that it was "up and down in material, but the songs that are solid are breathtaking, and those that aren't are at least hypnotic and slowly sensuous."[10]

In 1999, critic Ned Raggett ranked the album at number 17 on his list of "The Top 136 or So Albums of the Nineties" for Freaky Trigger.[11] In 2016, Pitchfork listed the album at number 7 on its list of ″The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time″.[12]

All tracks are written by Neil Halstead.

Slowdive

• Rachel Goswell – vocals, guitar
• Neil Halstead – vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Christian Savill – guitar
• Nick Chaplin – bass guitar
• Simon Scott – drums