THE DREAM SYNDICATE : OUT OF THE GREY

1. Out of the Grey
2. Forest for the Trees
3. 50 in a 25 Zone
4. Boston
5. Blood Money
6. Slide Away
7. Dying Embers
8. Now I Ride Alone
9. Drinking Problem
10. Dancing Blind
11. You Can't Forget

Label : Big Time Records

Release Date : May 23, 1986

Length : 48:21

Review (Wikipedia) : Out of the Grey was released in 1986 as the first studio album after the band was dropped from A&M Records due to disappointing sales after the release of the 1984 album This Is Not the New Dream Syndicate Album......Live!. The band pondered its future and even retired temporarily, while lead singer and songwriter Steve Wynn made a record with Dan Stuart (as Danny & Dusty). The duo's album, Lost Weekend (1985), was produced by Paul B. Cutler, who also produced The Dream Syndicate's eponymous first EP (1982). Jamming with Cutler, a guitar player, rekindled the desire in Wynn to bring The Dream Syndicate together again. The band reformed after some personnel changes, most notably the replacement of lead guitarist Karl Precoda by Cutler. The band's sound changed also, to a "considerably more aggressive, but simultaneously country-inflected outlook." The "more mainstream" sound, however, did not lead to commercial success. The response to the album from fans and critics was positive, and after its release the band toured Europe before going on its first American tour in two years. Right after the release of the record, when the band seemed to be "back on track," the label, Big Time Records, folded, to the band's detriment; it went back into inactivity and Wynn played acoustic solo dates for a while.

Review (AllMusic) : Like nearly everything released that year, Out of the Grey suffered from a touch of the post-new wave flu. But "50 in a 25 Zone" has that old, bluesy Syndicate spirit, as does "Now I Ride Alone," and Steve Wynn is still an exceptional vocal stylist, bringing heart and meaning to every word he writes.