Crashing Dream

Crashing Dream is the second album by the American band Rain Parade, released in 1985 by Island Records.[1]

Crashing Dream
Studio album by
Rain Parade
Released1985 (1985)
RecordedSeptember 1985
StudioCherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California
LabelIsland
ProducerSteve Gronback
Rain Parade studio album chronology
Emergency Third Rail Power Trip
(1983)		 Crashing Dream
(1985)		 Last Rays of a Dying Sun
(2023)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[1]

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."[3] 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."[4] The Los Angeles Times noted that "the lyrics written by Paraders Matt Piucci and Steve Roback tend to drag down the complete aural experience these guys seem to be going for."[5]

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

Rain Parade

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

References
  1. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 574–575.
  2. Pruett, Jon. "Crashing Dream – Rain Parade | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
  3. Leland, John; Robbins, Ira; Schinder, Scott. "TrouserPress.com :: Rain Parade". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
  4. Robbins, Ira (July 1986). "Green On Red: No Free Lunch; Rain Parade: Crashing Dream". Creem. Retrieved July 26, 2018 – via Rock's Backpages.
  5. Greenstein, Jane (23 Mar 1986). "Cosmic Rain". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 61.
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