The Days of Wine & Roses | |
Type: | Album |
Artist: | The Dream Syndicate |
Cover: | Thedaysofwineandroses1982.jpg |
Released: | 1982 |
Recorded: | September 1982 |
Genre: | Post-punk, jangle pop, Paisley Underground |
Length: | 42:33 |
Label: | Ruby Records/Slash (original release) Rhino Records (reissue) Rough Trade Records |
Producer: | Chris D. |
Prev Title: | The Dream Syndicate (EP) |
Prev Year: | 1982 |
Next Title: | Medicine Show |
Next Year: | 1984 |
The Days of Wine and Roses is the second record and the debut full-length album by American alternative rock band the Dream Syndicate. Produced by Chris D. (of the Flesh Eaters/Divine Horsemen), it was recorded in Los Angeles in September 1982 and released later that year on Chris D.'s Ruby Records, which was a division of Slash Records. It was released for the first time on CD in 1993. 2001 and 2015 reissues on CD featured different bonus tracks.
The phrase "days of wine and roses" is originally from the poem "Vitae Summa Brevis" by the English writer Ernest Dowson (1867–1900):
They are not long, the days of wine and roses:
Out of a misty dream
Our path emerges for a while, then closes
Within a dream.
The album is ranked number 99 in Blender
This is the track listing of the original release. Later re-releases have included bonus tracks from the earlier Down There EP, rehearsals, alternate takes, and the 1981 single recorded by 15 Minutes (a Steve Wynn collaboration with members of the Davis, California band Alternate Learning).
All tracks written by Steve Wynn except as noted.