Poletown

Donnie Iris | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 1, 1997)
• Label: Seathru Records
• ASIN: B000003M2P
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,081 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Poletown

2. How You Gonna Mend It?

3. Valeire

4. I'Am Your Eyes

5. The Stalker

6. Don't Want Be A Hero

7. I Lie Down

8. Bitter Lemons

9. Hey Rembrandt

10. Scream

11. Within Me + Without You

12. Come, Come, Come

13. Cross The Rubicon

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Covers the whole Donnie Iris range! Best Stuff yet!, March 31, 1999

By 

cirdie "cirdie" (Geneva, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Poletown (Audio CD)

This latest album digs up some dark stuff from old Don's psyche (or that of writer Mark Avsec) Steely guitar riffs and blue-collar backbeat puts the guts into a couple of the songs, but there are some mature ballads on this album that are GREAT melodies without being sugary and syrupy. Sung by a tough guy. If you like DI, this one's for you!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Donnie Iris's Best Work, September 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Poletown (Audio CD)

This album was a big disappointment to me. Being a fan, the only really good song on this one is Poletown.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Give it time!, November 27, 2007

By 

Jon Taylor "Train-Drum-Photo Nut" (Metropolitan Pleasant Hill, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Poletown (Audio CD)

Five stars might be a little strong, but one star? Come on! Poletown is definitely a little "out there" for the Cruisers, but it's still good. It seems like on this album they tried to be Monty Python: "And now for something completely different." I'm not sure what they were trying to accomplish here, but they weren't quite successful. That being said, nearly every song on this album intrigues me in some way. Whether it is a pleasing or catchy refrain, a good guitar break or background riff, or just interesting lyrics, I still like this album. There are two redeeming characteristics. First, the vocals - Donnie's usual awesome, gut-wrenching, soulful work. The backgrounds/harmonies are typical stuff also, the Cruisers Wall of Sound. The real gem of this disc, in my opinion, is Marty's guitar work. I'm a drummer, and this stuff is not my style of music, but I love how Marty creates a mood, and pulls you along into the changes in that mood right within the songs. One warning: Scream just feels wrong, makes me feel all uncomfortable just like when I listen to "Mother" by the Police. What sounded a little out of character on "Footsoldier In The Moonlight" comes to full fruition here on "Poletown," and if you're not a true blue DI&TCs fan you won't be pleased. They got it right on the third try on "Ellwood City" - new and different and excellent. I was going for three stars, but talked myself into four - if for no other reason than the title track. If you don't like this, well I CAN'T HEAR YOU (no more).