In the Dark

Infobox Album | Name = In the Dark
Type = Album
Artist = the Grateful Dead


Released = July 6 1987 (US)

Recorded = January 6-13, 1987
Genre = Country rock, folk rock, rock
Length = 40:37
Label = Arista Records (US)

Producer = Jerry Garcia, John Cutler
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:he861vgjzzxa link]
*Robert Christgau (C+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1445&name=Grateful+Dead link]
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thegratefuldead/albums/album/135241/review/5944317/in_the_dark link]
Last album = "Dead Set"
(1981)
This album = "In the Dark"
(1987)
Next album = ""
(1987)

"In the Dark" is the twelfth studio album by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded between January 6 and 13, 1987 and originally released on July 6, 1987.

"In the Dark" was the band's first album in six years, and its first studio album since 1980's "Go to Heaven". It became unexpectedly popular. The peppy "Touch of Grey" became a top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100, the highest ranking the band would ever achieve, and a frequently played music video on MTV. "Hell in a Bucket" and "Throwing Stones" also achieved significant album oriented rock radio airplay. The album itself reached the top ten of the Billboard 200 album chart, again the highest ranking the group would ever have.

Most of the songs on this album had been played by the Dead since 1982 or 1983, which gave them a five year edge on perfecting these songs for this album. After the critically panned "Go to Heaven", which contained songs that were mostly under a year old, the maturity of "In The Dark" was significantly more appreciated.

"In the Dark" was released on CD in 1987 by Arista Records [ [http://www.deaddisc.com/disc/In_The_Dark.htm "In the Dark" on deaddisc.com] ] before being rereleased in 2000 by BMG International. It was then remastered, expanded, and released as part of the "Beyond Description (1973-1989)" 12-CD box set in October 2004. The remastered version was later released separately on CD, on April 11, 2006, by Rhino Records.

Track listing

Original release

ide one

#"Touch of Grey" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:47
#"Hell in a Bucket" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:35
#"When Push Comes to Shove" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:05
#"West L.A. Fadeaway" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:39

ide two

#"Tons of Steel" (Mydland) – 5:15
#"Throwing Stones" (Barlow, Weir) – 7:18
#"Black Muddy River" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:58:"My Brother Esau" was omitted from the CD release of "In the Dark", but the track was included on international releases."

2004 reissue

#"Touch of Grey" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:50
#"Hell in a Bucket" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:37
#"When Push Comes to Shove" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:08
#"West L.A. Fadeaway" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:38
#"Tons of Steel" (Mydland) – 5:18
#"Throwing Stones" (Barlow, Weir) – 7:20
#"Black Muddy River" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:07
#"My Brother Esau" (single B-side) (Barlow, Weir) – 4:20
#"West L.A. Fadeaway" (alternate version) – 7:09
#"Black Muddy River" (studio outtake) – 5:41
#"When Push Comes to Shove" (studio outtake) – 4:22
#"Touch of Grey" (studio outtake) – 5:47
#"Throwing Stones" (live) – 9:36

Personnel

Grateful Dead:
*Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
*Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
*Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals
*Phil Lesh - bass
*Bill Kreutzmann - drums
*Mickey Hart - drumsProduction:
*Bob Bralove - programming, special effects, spatialization
*Guy Charbonneau, Dan Healy, Jeffrey Norman, David Roberts, Jeff Sterling - engineers
*John Cutler - producer, engineer
*Gail Grant - design
*Herb Greene - art direction, photography
*Randy Tuten - cover art

Bonus tracks production details

*"My Brother Esau" - single B-side, recorded on January 15, 1987
*"West L.A. Fadeaway" - alternate version, recorded in March 1984
*"Black Muddy River" - studio outtake recorded on December 5, 1986
*"When Push Comes To Shove" - studio outtake recorded on December 5, 1986
*"Touch Of Grey" - studio outtake recorded in August 1982
*"Throwing Stones" - recorded live at Sullivan Stadium in Foxboro, MA on July 4, 1987

Reissue production credits

*David Lemieux, James Austin - reissue producers
*Reggie Collins, Dennis McNally - liner notes
*Sheryl Farber - editorial supervision
*Cameron Sears - executive producer
*Joe Gastwirt - mastering, production consultant
*Tom Flye - mixing
*Robert Gatley - mixing assistant
*Hugh Brown, Steve Vance - art coordinator
*Jimmy Edwards, Robin Hurley, Hale Milfgrim, Scott Pascucci - associate producer
*Eileen Law - research
*Vanessa Atkins, Steven Chean, Bill Inglot, Randy Perry - project assistants
*Tom Ingalls - design
*Justin Kreutzmann- engineer
*John McEntire - coordination
*Susana Millman, John Werner - photography

Charts

Album - Billboard

References