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TRACKS ARE..., August 7, 2006
This review is from: Mystery Street (Audio CD)
1. Desolation Angel 2. Primitive Emotion 3. The Drifter 4. Shadows In The Night 5. Paradise Highway 6. Dreaming Girl 7. Mystery Street 8. The Wild One 9. Searching For Satisfaction 10. Twilight Is Over 11. Running With The Storm
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Great Lost Album of the '80's!, June 26, 2008
This review is from: Mystery Street (Audio CD)
Most listeners know John Brannen by his Alt. Country output, but damned if his best work wasn't his first. Mystery Street has been out of print for a dozen years or more, which is a shame- Brannen's voice has never sounded more powerful, and his songcraft hasn't met this standard since. Think of a cross between Bon Jovi and Springsteen and you'll get some idea of what this sounds like. "Desolation Angel" in particular is a brilliant piece; I recall watching the video at home as a teenager, but it too has seemingly gone the way of the Dodo bird. "Twilight Is Over" is gorgeous and yearning; "Paradise Highway" packs a hard punch. Why Brannen turned away from this genre, particularly as he was so darn good at it, is beyond me. I own three of his other discs and he does country well enough, but "Mystery Street" is his defining, albeit out-of-print work. It's a lost, late-80's classic in the best sense.
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