Crashing Dream

Crashing Dream is the second and final album by American paisley underground band Rain Parade, released in 1985 by record label Island.

Crashing Dream
Studio album by
Rain Parade
Released1985 (1985)
RecordedSeptember 1985
StudioCherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre
LabelIsland
ProducerSteve Gronback
Rain Parade chronology
Emergency Third Rail Power Trip
(1983)		 Crashing Dream
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Trouser Pressgenerally unfavorable[2]
Creemgenerally unfavorable[3]

Track listing
  1. "Depending On You" – 3:33
  2. "My Secret Country" – 3:17
  3. "Don't Feel Bad" – 3:20
  4. "Mystic Green" – 3:49
  5. "Sad Eyes Kill" – 3:13
  6. "Shoot Down The Railroad Man" – 3:23
  7. "Fertile Crescent" – 3:38
  8. "Invisible People" – 3:05
  9. "Gone West" – 3:44
  10. "Only Business" – 1;45

Personnel
  • Matt Piucci – vocals, guitar, sitar
  • Steven Roback – vocals, bass
  • Will Glenn – keyboards
  • Mark Marcum - drums
  • John Thoman - guitar, vocals

Critical reception

Writing in Trouser Press, reviewers held forth praise for just one song ("Depending on You") and remarked that "the album is attractive but flimsy — competent technique in search of a spine and a direction. In other words, it sounds like the work of a band on the verge of breaking up — which, in fact, Rain Parade did not long after the album's release."[2] In a separate review published in Creem, Ira Robbins described the band's various musical appropriations and concluded that "Rain Parade is all dressed up – in other people's clothes – with no place to go."[3]

References
  1. Pruett, Jon. "Crashing Dream – Rain Parade | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
  2. Leland, John; Robbins, Ira; Schinder, Scott. "TrouserPress.com :: Rain Parade". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
  3. Robbins, Ira (July 1986). "Green On Red: No Free Lunch; Rain Parade: Crashing Dream". Creem. Retrieved July 26, 2018 – via Rock's Backpages.
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