| Crashing Dream | ||||
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| Released | 1985 | |||
| Recorded | September 1985 | |||
| Studio | Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Steve Gronback | |||
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Crashing Dream is the second album by the American band Rain Parade, released in 1985 by Island Records. [1]
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| Source | Rating |
| 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]
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