A time of happiness and prosperity.

Halcyon is the Greek for a kingfisher, compounded of hals (the sea) and kuo (to brood on). The ancient Sicilians believed that the kingfisher laid its eggs and incubated for fourteen days, before the winter solstice, on the surface of the sea, during which time the waves of the sea were always unruffled.

Halcyon Days was Bodies Without Organs' (also known as BWO) second album, released in 2006 as a follow-up to Prototype. It contained twelve tracks, and four bonus tracks, including the previous album's big hit, Sixteen Tons Of Hardware.

A remixed version, Halcyon Nights followed, containing remixes from the first two albums and the four Halcyon Days' singles. Produced by Alexander Bard and Anders Hansson, familiar names from Army Of Lovers, Vacuum and Alcazar, the habit of tacking on remixes and previous hits is now expected.

Musically, Halcyon Days contains more of the computer-generated synthpop which featured on Prototype, although there seems to be an awful lot more schmaltzy, ballad-type songs on Halcyon Days. Nevertheless, Halcyon Days reached number one in the Swedish album charts, and received a gold award from the Swedish Recording Industry Association.