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	Rain Parade Crashing Dream Genres: Pop, Rock Long-awaited release and the first time on CD for this 1985 album from one of the leaders of L.A.'s Paisley Psychedelic movement in the 1980s. Crashing Dream was their third and final album, quite possibly their most compl... more » « less
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All Artists: Rain Parade
Title: Crashing Dream
Members Wishing: 5
Total Copies: 0
Label: LEMON RECORDS
Original Release Date: 1/1/2009
Re-Release Date: 12/22/2009
Album Type: Import
Genres: Pop, Rock
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 5013929774926

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Long-awaited release and the first time on CD for this 1985 album from one of the leaders of L.A.'s Paisley Psychedelic movement in the 1980s. Crashing Dream was their third and final album, quite possibly their most complete work. 10 tracks including 'Depending On You'. Lemon. 2009.

CD Reviews

Cherry Red does it again

Tuzzster | el cerrito, ca United States | 02/20/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"and not in a good way.

This 2nd and final studio lp (if you don't count the mini LP "Explosions in the Glass Palace") released in their lifetime is one of the gems of the mid 80's paisley sound. Whilst Green On Red were reverting to pub rockers, and the Dream Syndicate had gone all aor on us, it was left to the Rain Parade to carry the psych pop banner. And how they delivered.

Filled with pop gems and plenty of hooks it's amazing that it didn't launch them into the stratosphere of super-stardom, then again this was the synth dominated mid 80's and Island had all but given up promoting them.

Here comes the bad part. firstly, the cd is very hissy in quiet parts, surely it wasn't mastered from a cassette? Island must still have the masters right? and cherry red used them right? (see my review of 'beyond the sunset' for a clue)? and their are no bonus tracks :(

Apparently, nobody at Cherry Red, (Lemon is a subsiduary of theirs), contacted the band prior to releasing this, so Malcolm Dome who writes the very poor sleeve notes (was a writer for Sounds and Kerrang back in the day) gets away with blue murder. There are a some bad spelling mistakes including john thoman being listed as John Thomas (ouch), proofreading anybody.

Still the music is great, if not the shoddy packaging.

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