Halcyon Days

Halcyon Days is an oblique reference to the Greek mythological figures Alcyone and Ceyx and Alcyone, often used to denote a past period that is being remembered for being happy and/or successful. It may also refer to:

Literature

Halcyon Days (book), a 1997 collection of interviews with programmers of early video games
Halcyon Days, a 1991 play by Steven Dietz
Halcyon Days, a play by Shoji Kokami

Music

Albums

Halcyon Days (Sounds of Swami EP), 2009
Halcyon Days (BWO album), 2006
Halcyon Days (Bruce Hornsby album), 2004
Halcyon Days (Ellie Goulding album), 2013
Halcyon Days (Steve Roach, Stephen Kent and Kenneth Newby album), 1996
Halcyon Days (Strawbs album), 1997
Halcyon Days, a 2007 album by Dr. Strangely Strange
Halcyon Days, a 2008 album by The Paper Cranes
Halcyon Days, a 2011 album by Mokhov
Halcyon Days, a 2013 album by Glass Towers
Halcyon Days, a 2022 album by Chagall Guevara

Compositions

"Halcyon Days", a composition by Henry Purcell, written for the semi-opera The Tempest (circa 1695)
"Halcyon Days", the first movement of the suite The Three Elizabeths by Eric Coates

Songs

"Halcyon Days", by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead from The Century of Self
"Halcyon Days", by A Wilhelm Scream from Benefits of Thinking Out Loud
"Halcyon Days", by One Thousand Violins
"Halcyon Days", by Siobhán Donaghy from Ghosts
"Halcyon Days", by Stratovarius from Nemesis
"Halcyon Days", by Tages
"Halcyon Days", by The Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies
"Halcyon Days", by The Spring Standards
"Halcyon Days", by Two Gallants from The Bloom and the Blight
"Halcyon Days", by Prawn
"Halcyon Days (Where Were You Then?)", by Local H from Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles?
- "Halcion Daze", an earlier version of the same song, from '99–'00 Demos
"Halcyon Daze", by Hidden in Plain View from Life in Dreaming
"Halcyon Daze", by Mark Lanegan from Houston Publishing Demos 2002
"The Halcyon Days", by The Tea Party from Triptych

Other uses

Halcyon Days (company), a British retailer of luxury goods