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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
Released	1985 (1985)
Recorded	September 1985
Studio	Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Paisley Underground psychedelic pop jangle pop
Label	Island
Producer	Steve Gronback
Rain Parade chronology
Emergency Third Rail Power Trip (1983) Crashing Dream (1985)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Trouser Press	generally unfavorable[2]
Creem	generally 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

Rain Parade

• 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

External links

• Crashing Dream at Discogs (list of releases)

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