The Days of Wine and Roses

Review

by Ned Raggett

On the one hand, where the Dream Syndicate came from was so obvious that it almost hurt. The Velvet Underground was a clear touchstone (if not quite the original LaMonte Young ensemble the band name referred to), as were the Doors, the Byrds, and any number of blues and country traditions and more. Had they been around in the late '60s, one might have wondered whether they would have garnered much attention in comparison. But the early '80s was the band's time and place, and their fusions of all the above and more via punk-inspired energy achieved its own level of deserved attention. Capturing the original killer Wynn/Precoda/Smith/Duck …  » Read more

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				Title	Composer	Time
		1		Tell Me When It's Over	Wynn	3:32
		2		Definitely Clean	Wynn	3:29
		3		That's What You Always Say	Wynn	3:12
		4		Then She Remembers	Wynn	4:07
		5		Halloween	Precoda	6:10
		6		When You Smile	Wynn	4:16
		7		Until Lately	Wynn	6:51
		8		Too Little, Too Late	Wynn	3:26
		9		The Days of Wine and Roses	Wynn	7:30

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