Melting in the Dark

by Steve Wynn

Melting in the Dark cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 30 July 1996
  • Label: Zero Hour
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:45:21
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded with the Boston-based indie rock band Come serving as his backing group, the former Dream Syndicate frontman delivers a remarkably gritty solo effort. 'Melting in the Dark' benefits from raw, live-in-the-studio energy, blending classic roots songwriting with heavy, feedback-laden guitar interplay.

Genres

Descriptors: male-vocals, guitars, vintage, melodic, jangly

Tracklist

  1. Why (2:47)
  2. Shelley's Blues, Pt. 2 (3:26)
  3. What We Call Love (3:21)
  4. Drizzle (2:49)
  5. The Angels (2:53)
  6. Epilogue (4:53)
  7. Silence Is Your Only Friend (2:27)
  8. Stare It Down (2:21)
  9. Smooth (2:29)
  10. For All I Care (2:58)
  11. The Way You Punish Me (4:41)
  12. Down (4:01)
  13. Melting in the Dark (5:23)
  14. Follow Me - Unreleased Radio Performance (3:53)
  15. James River Incident - Unreleased Demo (5:05)
  16. Shelley's Blues, Pt. 2 - Unreleased Demo (3:21)
  17. Smooth - Unreleased Demo (2:51)
  18. Down - Unreleased Demo (2:38)
  19. Nothing at All - Unreleased Demo (4:04)
  20. Nothing But the Shell - Unreleased Demo (4:29)
  21. Silence Is Your Only Friend - Unreleased Demo (2:20)
  22. Stare It Down - Unreleased Demo (2:20)
  23. Swallowed Me Whole - Unreleased Demo (3:12)
  24. The Angels - Unreleased Demo (2:50)
  25. What We Call Love - Unreleased Demo (3:07)
  26. What Would It Take - Unreleased Demo (3:59)
  27. Why - Unreleased Alternate Version (2:40)
  28. The Air That I Breathe (4:21)
  29. James River Incident - Studio Outtake (5:11)
  30. Make It Up to You - Unreleased Studio Outtake (4:16)

Credits

  • Sean O'Brien - bass
  • Arthur Johnson - drums
  • Chris Brokaw - guitar, vocals
  • Thalia Zedek - guitar, vocals
  • Come - performer

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