Wild Places//Streets of Fire [Import, Original recording remastered]

Duncan Browne | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Castle/Essential
• ASIN: B00004T9Z2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #594,200 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Wild Places

2. Roman Vecu

3. Camino Real [Pt. 1, 2 & 3]

4. Samurai

5. Kisarazu

6. The Clash

7. Planet Earth

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Music's great - compilation missing a song, July 11, 2000

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Jeffrey J. Lyons (Pembroke, NH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wild Places//Streets of Fire (Audio CD)

I probably would have rated this five stars because I have always been such a fan of the late Duncan Browne. I was thrilled to be able to find an affordable CD that included both of the classic albums. It is also nice to have the liner notes because even though I have been a longtime fan, I never knew much about him. "The Wild Places" and "Streets of Fire" are Browne's better known works, even though most of his material has been largely ignored or unnoticed. He was a true talent with a gift for generating mood-enhancing music. I am extremely disappointed that "Cancion de Cuna: Street Echoes" was left off this collection. That was the final peaceful track on "Streets of Fire." Perhaps the label ran out of room as the two albums combined run about 76 minutes. However it is still pleasant to get clean copies of "The Wild Places," "American Heartbeat," "(Restless) Child of Change" and all of the others.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great but too expensive, January 17, 2001

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R. Bruynesteyn (Horn Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wild Places / Streets of Fire (Audio CD)

I bought this in the Netherlands in 1988 for about half the price. The title track was a big hit in the Netherlands in 1979 and I bought the lp back then.

Obviously, you should go for the twofer one as it is a much better deal. I am not that familiar with Streets of Fire, but based on the Wild Places alone, it is a good buy.

The husky voice and nice acoustic twelve string guitar have been mentioned elsewhere. Apart from that, praise should be given to John Giblin, an amazing bass player who played with (Phil Colins' hobby jazz rock project) Brand X, and later enjoyed fame with Simple Minds. The bass is used as an instrument rather than part of the rhythm section.

Epic melodies, beautifully executed, somewhere between symphonic music and prog music.

The silly cover belies its content.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of a kind, September 17, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Wild Places//Streets of Fire (Audio CD)

I bought Streets of Fire back in the late seventies, when you couldn't pre-listen much; I just liked that cool dagger earring. I must have played it at least 200 times since, probably more, and i bet if i put it on right now it would still reveal nuances I'd never noticed. so spacious, so beautifully woven, natural, uncontrived, no wonder he never really made it that big. last night I dreamt about him. he was the real thing. sigh...