Its melodic but urgent sound has had a clear mark on future emo groups. Despite being the only album by the band to never chart, it has since become the seventh best-selling album released on Sub Pop, having sold more than 231,000 copies. Rolling Stone writes, "Diary captures the vague inner-turmoil of Enigk's lyrics and propels those turbulent emotions to the heavens." Diary was ranked amongst the best emo albums of all time in the Italian music magazine XL. It has appeared on various best-of emo album lists by Junkee, Kerrang!, LA Weekly, NME, and Rolling Stone, as well as by journalists Leslie Simon and Trevor Kelley in their book Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture (2007). The album was ranked at number 155 on Spins "The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (1985–2014)" list. Ian Cohen from Pitchfork writes, "it's the terse yet tender delivery of the lyrics from Jeremy Enigk that ultimately drew people in." "In Circles" and "Seven" appeared on a best-of emo songs list by Vulture. The song "Seven" was featured in the South Park episode "Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers", and it was performed by the band on an episode of The Jon Stewart Show. It is also featured in Guitar Hero 5, and it was also released on the Rock Band Network on July 5, 2010. YouTube comedian Jarrod Alonge covered "Seven" on his album Awkward & Depressed. Track listing Personnel Sunny Day Real Estate Jeremy Enigk – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards Dan Hoerner – lead guitar, backing vocals Nate Mendel – bass guitar William Goldsmith – drums, percussion Additional personnel Brad Wood – producer, engineer, mixing Lynn Hamrick – photography Chris Thompson – artwork References Citations Sources External links Diary at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed) "In Circles" music video Sub Pop albums Sunny Day Real Estate albums 1994 debut albums Albums produced by Brad Wood