Industry Standard

Industry Standard is a 1982 album by The Dregs. It is their only album featuring vocals (by Alex Ligertwood of Santana and Patrick Simmons of The Doobie Brothers on one track each) and garnered the group their fourth Grammy nomination. Ligertwood sang on "Crank It Up". Simmons sang on and co-wrote "Ridin' High".

Industry Standard
Studio album by
Released1982
RecordedNovember 1981-January 1982
GenreJazz fusion
Length37:27
LabelArista
ProducerSteve Morse, Eddy Offord
The Dregs chronology
Unsung Heroes
(1981)
Industry Standard
(1982)
Off the Record
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Morse, except where noted.

  1. "Assembly Line" – 4:25
  2. "Crank It Up" (Morse, The Dregs) – 3:35
  3. "Chips Ahoy" – 3:39
  4. "Bloodsucking Leeches" – 3:59
  5. "Up in the Air" – 2:27
  6. "Ridin' High" (Morse, Simmons) – 3:40
  7. "Where's Dixie?" – 3:57
  8. "Conversation Piece" – 6:12
  9. "Vitamin Q" – 5:33

Personnel

Guest Performers

References

  1. Gioffre, Daniel (2011). "Industry Standard - The Dregs | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 62. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.



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