Search - Dreams So Real :: Rough Night in Jericho

Beautiful urgency

CrackerBarrel | Pensacola, Texas | 08/17/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"this might be the MOST underrated album of the last 25 years. Dreams So Real whips up a collection of songs filled with themes of introspective regret, visions of Biblical cataclysms, and reflections on the joy (and the "nervous unknown") of what love TRULY is. the whole album "snaps" and "glows" with the relentless "crackling" energy of the embers of a late-night wind-blown campfire in the wee hours of a Georgia evening. the production is great, the songs are superb AND the entire journey is a wonderfully melodic, jangling pop-rock trip saddled with introspective urgency. a real beauty and a MUST have."

One of the Best of the 1980s. Period.

Tim Nekritz | Oswego, NY United States | 08/24/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It's a crying shame this band never made it. Their passion, their lyrics, their hooks were all top-notch. No one said the music industry was fair, and "Rough Night in Jericho" by Dreams So Real could be Exhibit A. Like a more raw version of R.E.M., this Athens trio may have been slightly ahead of their time; this disc would have been right at home in any early-1990s modern-rock playlist. The driving and haunted title track, the shimmering "Bearing Witness," the wistful "California" and the hope-against-hope set closer "Love Fall Down" are timeless treasures. Heck, the whole album is excellent. This hidden gem is, in my opinion, of the best albums of the 1980s, if not the last few decades. It's that good."

Where are they now ????

Tracie Patterson | Austin, Tx United States | 04/30/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This was the best band... where are they now?? great lyrics, great music.... just a GREAT band. They should have made it..I could always tell their hearts were in their music...live or recorded..."