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The Grateful Dead's last lineup returned intact for In the Dark, an album that ironically thrust the band back into the spotlight on the strength of the band's lone Top 40 single, "Touch of Grey." Fans had long mused that the Dead's studio albums lacked the easygoing energy and natural flow of their live performances, and In the Dark does come close to capturing that lightning in a bottle. Jerry Garcia, who apparently had to relearn the guitar after a near-fatal illness, approaches his instrument recharged, while his voice (a beneficiary of the extended hiatus?) shows some of its original smoothness. Of his four songwriting collaborations with long-standing lyricist Robert Hunter, "Touch of Grey" is far and away the best. "When Push Comes to Shove" and "West L.A. Fadeaway" use familiar blues-based riffs that lack the pair's often-contagious chemistry, and "Black Muddy River" has one foot firmly stuck in mawkish MOR terrain (although Garcia can be dealt a free pass here in light of the song's real-life implications as an attempt to make his peace with the world). What pushes In the Dark past the band's also-rans are two terrific songs from Bob Weir and John Barlow, the cheerfully cranky "Hell in a Bucket" (co-written with Brent Mydland) and the cautionary tale "Throwing Stones." Rarely have Weir's songs sounded so effortless; punctuated by Garcia's guitar, they have more in common with the upbeat, flavorful sound of past Garcia/Hunter compositions than the pair's own work this time out (a rare case of role reversal). In the middle of it all is a country-rock song from Mydland, "Tons of Steel," that sounds oddly out of place. Although the album is unmistakable as the work of the Dead, much of it recalls the punchy, pungent production of Dire Straits' recent work. It's not the second coming of the Dead, but a more entertaining epilogue you couldn't ask for.
© Dave Connolly /TiVo
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Robert Hunter, Writer - David Roberts, AdditionalEngineer - Phil Lesh, Bass Guitar - Grateful Dead, MainArtist - Mickey Hart, Drums, Percussion - Joe Gastwirt, Additional Production, Remastering Engineer, AdditionalEngineer - Bob Weir, Guitar, Vocals - Jerry Garcia, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Bill Kreutzmann, Drums - Brent Mydland, Keyboards, Vocals - Jimmy Edwards, AssociateProducer - James Austin, ReissueProducer - Guy Charbonneau, Engineer - Dan Healy, AdditionalEngineer - Bob Bralove, Programmer - Tom Flye, MixingEngineer - Robbie Taylor, Equipment Technician - Jeffrey Norman, AdditionalEngineer - David Lemieux, ReissueProducer - John Cutler, Producer, Engineer - Jeff Sterling, AdditionalEngineer - Scott Pascucci, AssociateProducer - Robert Gatley, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Justin Kreutzmann, AdditionalEngineer - Laurence "Ram Rod" Shurtliff, Equipment Technician - John McIntire, Manager, Album Coordinator - Cameron Sears, ReissueProducer - Hale Milfgrim, AssociateProducer - Robin Hurley, AssociateProducer - Steve Parish, Equipment Technician - Bill Candelario, Equipment Technician - Harry Popick, Equipment Technician - Billy Grillo, Equipment Technician
© 1987 Grateful Dead Productions ℗ 1987 Grateful Dead Productions
David Roberts, AdditionalEngineer - Phil Lesh, Bass Guitar - Grateful Dead, MainArtist - Mickey Hart, Drums, Percussion - Joe Gastwirt, Additional Production, Remastering Engineer, AdditionalEngineer - Bob Weir, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - JOHN BARLOW, Writer - Jerry Garcia, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Bill Kreutzmann, Drums - Brent Mydland, Keyboards, Vocals - Jimmy Edwards, AssociateProducer - James Austin, ReissueProducer - Guy Charbonneau, Engineer - Dan Healy, AdditionalEngineer - Bob Bralove, Programmer - Tom Flye, MixingEngineer - Robbie Taylor, Equipment Technician - Jeffrey Norman, AdditionalEngineer - David Lemieux, ReissueProducer - John Cutler, Producer, Engineer - Jeff Sterling, AdditionalEngineer - Scott Pascucci, AssociateProducer - Robert Gatley, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Justin Kreutzmann, AdditionalEngineer - Laurence "Ram Rod" Shurtliff, Equipment Technician - John McIntire, Manager, Album Coordinator - Cameron Sears, ReissueProducer - Hale Milfgrim, AssociateProducer - Robin Hurley, AssociateProducer - Steve Parish, Equipment Technician - Bill Candelario, Equipment Technician - Harry Popick, Equipment Technician - Billy Grillo, Equipment Technician
© 1987 Grateful Dead Productions ℗ 1987 Grateful Dead Productions
Robert Hunter, Writer - David Roberts, AdditionalEngineer - Phil Lesh, Bass Guitar - Grateful Dead, MainArtist - Mickey Hart, Drums, Percussion - Joe Gastwirt, Additional Production, Remastering Engineer, AdditionalEngineer - Bob Weir, Guitar, Vocals - Jerry Garcia, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Bill Kreutzmann, Drums - Brent Mydland, Keyboards, Vocals - Jimmy Edwards, AssociateProducer - James Austin, ReissueProducer - Guy Charbonneau, Engineer - Dan Healy, AdditionalEngineer - Bob Bralove, Programmer - Tom Flye, MixingEngineer - Robbie Taylor, Equipment Technician - Jeffrey Norman, AdditionalEngineer - David Lemieux, ReissueProducer - John Cutler, Producer, Engineer - Jeff Sterling, AdditionalEngineer - Scott Pascucci, AssociateProducer - Robert Gatley, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Justin Kreutzmann, AdditionalEngineer - Laurence "Ram Rod" Shurtliff, Equipment Technician - John McIntire, Manager, Album Coordinator - Cameron Sears, ReissueProducer - Hale Milfgrim, AssociateProducer - Robin Hurley, AssociateProducer - Steve Parish, Equipment Technician - Bill Candelario, Equipment Technician - Harry Popick, Equipment Technician - Billy Grillo, Equipment Technician
© 1987 Grateful Dead Productions ℗ 1987 Grateful Dead Productions
Robert Hunter, Writer - David Roberts, AdditionalEngineer - Phil Lesh, Bass Guitar - Grateful Dead, MainArtist - Mickey Hart, Drums, Percussion - Joe Gastwirt, Additional Production, Remastering Engineer, AdditionalEngineer - Bob Weir, Guitar, Vocals - Jerry Garcia, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Bill Kreutzmann, Drums - Brent Mydland, Keyboards, Vocals - Jimmy Edwards, AssociateProducer - James Austin, ReissueProducer - Guy Charbonneau, Engineer - Dan Healy, AdditionalEngineer - Bob Bralove, Programmer - Tom Flye, MixingEngineer - Robbie Taylor, Equipment Technician - Jeffrey Norman, AdditionalEngineer - David Lemieux, ReissueProducer - John Cutler, Producer, Engineer - Jeff Sterling, AdditionalEngineer - Scott Pascucci, AssociateProducer - Robert Gatley, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Justin Kreutzmann, AdditionalEngineer - Laurence "Ram Rod" Shurtliff, Equipment Technician - John McIntire, Manager, Album Coordinator - Cameron Sears, ReissueProducer - Hale Milfgrim, AssociateProducer - Robin Hurley, AssociateProducer - Steve Parish, Equipment Technician - Bill Candelario, Equipment Technician - Harry Popick, Equipment Technician - Billy Grillo, Equipment Technician
© 1987 Grateful Dead Productions ℗ 1987 Grateful Dead Productions
David Roberts, AdditionalEngineer - Phil Lesh, Bass Guitar - Grateful Dead, MainArtist - Mickey Hart, Drums, Percussion - Joe Gastwirt, Additional Production, Remastering Engineer, AdditionalEngineer - Bob Weir, Guitar, Vocals - Jerry Garcia, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Bill Kreutzmann, Drums - Brent Mydland, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Jimmy Edwards, AssociateProducer - James Austin, ReissueProducer - Guy Charbonneau, Engineer - Dan Healy, AdditionalEngineer - Bob Bralove, Programmer - Tom Flye, MixingEngineer - Robbie Taylor, Equipment Technician - Jeffrey Norman, AdditionalEngineer - David Lemieux, ReissueProducer - John Cutler, Producer, Engineer - Jeff Sterling, AdditionalEngineer - Scott Pascucci, AssociateProducer - Robert Gatley, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Justin Kreutzmann, AdditionalEngineer - Laurence "Ram Rod" Shurtliff, Equipment Technician - John McIntire, Manager, Album Coordinator - Cameron Sears, ReissueProducer - Hale Milfgrim, AssociateProducer - Robin Hurley, AssociateProducer - Steve Parish, Equipment Technician - Bill Candelario, Equipment Technician - Harry Popick, Equipment Technician - Billy Grillo, Equipment Technician
© 1987 Grateful Dead Productions ℗ 1987 Grateful Dead Productions
David Roberts, AdditionalEngineer - Phil Lesh, Bass Guitar - Grateful Dead, MainArtist - Mickey Hart, Drums, Percussion - Joe Gastwirt, Additional Production, Remastering Engineer, AdditionalEngineer - Bob Weir, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - JOHN BARLOW, Writer - Jerry Garcia, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Bill Kreutzmann, Drums - Brent Mydland, Keyboards, Vocals - Jimmy Edwards, AssociateProducer - James Austin, ReissueProducer - Guy Charbonneau, Engineer - Dan Healy, AdditionalEngineer - Bob Bralove, Programmer - Tom Flye, MixingEngineer - Robbie Taylor, Equipment Technician - Jeffrey Norman, AdditionalEngineer - David Lemieux, ReissueProducer - John Cutler, Producer, Engineer - John Perry Barlow, Writer - Jeff Sterling, AdditionalEngineer - Scott Pascucci, AssociateProducer - Robert Gatley, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Justin Kreutzmann, AdditionalEngineer - Laurence "Ram Rod" Shurtliff, Equipment Technician - John McIntire, Manager, Album Coordinator - Cameron Sears, ReissueProducer - Hale Milfgrim, AssociateProducer - Robin Hurley, AssociateProducer - Steve Parish, Equipment Technician - Bill Candelario, Equipment Technician - Harry Popick, Equipment Technician - Billy Grillo, Equipment Technician
© 1987 Grateful Dead Productions ℗ 1987 Grateful Dead Productions
Robert Hunter, Writer - David Roberts, AdditionalEngineer - Phil Lesh, Bass Guitar - Grateful Dead, MainArtist - Mickey Hart, Drums, Percussion - Joe Gastwirt, Additional Production, Remastering Engineer, AdditionalEngineer - Bob Weir, Guitar, Vocals - Jerry Garcia, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Bill Kreutzmann, Drums - Brent Mydland, Keyboards, Vocals - Jimmy Edwards, AssociateProducer - James Austin, ReissueProducer - Guy Charbonneau, Engineer - Dan Healy, AdditionalEngineer - Bob Bralove, Programmer - Tom Flye, MixingEngineer - Robbie Taylor, Equipment Technician - Jeffrey Norman, AdditionalEngineer - David Lemieux, ReissueProducer - John Cutler, Producer, Engineer - Jeff Sterling, AdditionalEngineer - Scott Pascucci, AssociateProducer - Robert Gatley, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Justin Kreutzmann, AdditionalEngineer - Laurence "Ram Rod" Shurtliff, Equipment Technician - John McIntire, Manager, Album Coordinator - Cameron Sears, ReissueProducer - Hale Milfgrim, AssociateProducer - Robin Hurley, AssociateProducer - Steve Parish, Equipment Technician - Bill Candelario, Equipment Technician - Harry Popick, Equipment Technician - Billy Grillo, Equipment Technician
© 1987 Grateful Dead Productions ℗ 1987 Grateful Dead Productions
Album review
The Grateful Dead's last lineup returned intact for In the Dark, an album that ironically thrust the band back into the spotlight on the strength of the band's lone Top 40 single, "Touch of Grey." Fans had long mused that the Dead's studio albums lacked the easygoing energy and natural flow of their live performances, and In the Dark does come close to capturing that lightning in a bottle. Jerry Garcia, who apparently had to relearn the guitar after a near-fatal illness, approaches his instrument recharged, while his voice (a beneficiary of the extended hiatus?) shows some of its original smoothness. Of his four songwriting collaborations with long-standing lyricist Robert Hunter, "Touch of Grey" is far and away the best. "When Push Comes to Shove" and "West L.A. Fadeaway" use familiar blues-based riffs that lack the pair's often-contagious chemistry, and "Black Muddy River" has one foot firmly stuck in mawkish MOR terrain (although Garcia can be dealt a free pass here in light of the song's real-life implications as an attempt to make his peace with the world). What pushes In the Dark past the band's also-rans are two terrific songs from Bob Weir and John Barlow, the cheerfully cranky "Hell in a Bucket" (co-written with Brent Mydland) and the cautionary tale "Throwing Stones." Rarely have Weir's songs sounded so effortless; punctuated by Garcia's guitar, they have more in common with the upbeat, flavorful sound of past Garcia/Hunter compositions than the pair's own work this time out (a rare case of role reversal). In the middle of it all is a country-rock song from Mydland, "Tons of Steel," that sounds oddly out of place. Although the album is unmistakable as the work of the Dead, much of it recalls the punchy, pungent production of Dire Straits' recent work. It's not the second coming of the Dead, but a more entertaining epilogue you couldn't ask for.
© Dave Connolly /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:50
- Main artists: Grateful Dead
- Label: Grateful Dead - Rhino
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1987 Grateful Dead Productions ℗ 1987 Grateful Dead Productions. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
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