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''In the Dark'' is the 12th studio album by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded in one week in January 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, achieving double platinum certification in the U.S. It reached #6 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, the Grateful Dead's only top ten album. The peppy "Touch of Grey" peaked at #9 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the band's only top forty single;〔Albano, Ric (September 7, 2012). ("''In the Dark'' by Grateful Dead" ), Classic Rock Review. Retrieved March 22, 2014.〕 it also became a frequently played music video on MTV. "Hell in a Bucket" and "Throwing Stones" also achieved significant album-oriented rock radio airplay. ==Production== 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. The album title, "In the Dark", represents how the band compiled the album. The Dead are well known for their striving for that "perfect" sound (e.g. the Wall of Sound) as well as their experimental episodes. Since live music is their forte, they decided to try to capture a "hybrid" live sound for this album. Since the band had been playing the songs for some time, they decided to record the baseline tracks for the album in a darkened theater ("In the Dark") that was empty (no audience), on a stage with the same lighting as they would use on tour (just to have the band perform in a more comfortable, familiar setting). The idea was to capture the "feel" they had for the songs as if they were playing them to a live audience. This was done at Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium in San Rafael, California. Drummer Bill Kreutzmann reminisced, "We ran all the electric instruments through amplifiers in the basement, in isolation rooms, and kept the drums bright and loud on stage. Everything was fed to a recording truck parked outside the venue. Everybody played their parts in real time, together. When we took breaks, we’d go into the wings by the stage door and sit there and talk about what we’d just done. Talking about the music, then going right out to play the music, then talking about it some more was something that we really should’ve done more often — the analysis served the songs and the camaraderie served the band. It really put us in a good spot." They then brought these recorded tracks to the studio and then if needed, "cleaned" them up, overdubbing them or redoing a guitar, vocal, keyboard, or drum track in the studio using the same "riffs" they used on the stage recording. From deaddisc.com:〔(''In the Dark'' Notes - at deaddisc.com ). Retrieved May 10, 2011〕 Garcia spoke about the recording in an interview; "Marin Vets turns out to be an incredibly nice room to record in. There's something about the formal atmosphere in there that makes us work. When we set up at Front Street to work, a lot of times we just sort of dissolve into hanging out. Going in (Vets ) without an audience and playing just to ourselves was in the nature of an experiment...". ''In the Dark'' was released on CD in 1987 by Arista Records〔(''In the Dark'' on deaddisc.com )〕 before being re-released in 2000 by BMG International. It was then remastered, expanded, and released with new cover art 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「In the Dark (Grateful Dead album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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