The Days of Wine and Roses
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| The Days of Wine & Roses | ||
 |
||
| Studio album by The Dream Syndicate | ||
| Released | 1982 | |
| Recorded | Sep 1982 | |
| Genre | College rock | |
| Length | 42:33 | |
| Label | Slash | |
| Producer(s) | ? | |
| Professional reviews | ||
|---|---|---|
|
||
| The Dream Syndicate chronology | ||
| The Days of Wine & Roses (1982) |
Medicine Show (1984) |
|
The Days of Wine and Roses was the debut long-play album of Dream Syndicate, released 1982 on Slash Records. It was released on CD in 1993.
[edit] Track listing
This is the track listing of the original release. Later re-releases have included bonus tracks from an earlier EP, rehearsals and alternate takes.
"Halloween" was written by Karl Precoda; all others were by Steve Wynn.
- "Tell Me When It's Over"
- "Definitely Clean"
- "That's What You Always Says"
- "Then She Remembers"
- "Halloween"
- "When You Smile"
- "Until Lately"
- "Too Little, Too Late"
- "The Days of Wine and Roses"
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.
