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░ ██ ██ Artist: Streets ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Crimes In Mind █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2002 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2016-01-17 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Hard Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Wounded Bird Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Reissue ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Originally released in 1985, Crimes in Mind was █
█ the second album from American melodic rock band █
█ Streets, which was formed by vocalist Steve Walsh █
█ after he left his long-time band Kansas. Walsh was █
█ joined by bassist Billy Greer, guitarist Mike █
█ Slamer (of City Boy) and drummer Tim Gehrt. █
█ With Streets, Walsh and company moved away from █
█ their progressive rock roots and tried their hand █
█ at radio-friendly melodic rock, and the result was █
█ just incredible. Crimes in Mind is wall-to-wall █
█ melodies, catchy hooks, and polished, made for █
█ radio rock songs. Unfortunately radio didn't pay █
█ much attention to the album. It might be a better █
█ overall album than the band's 1983 debut 1st, but █
█ it wasn't as successful. It's a shame, because the █
█ Walsh and Slamer songwriting team came up with █
█ some first rate melodic rock songs here. The title █
█ track in particular is just a great rocker, as is █
█ "Don't Look Back." Even the ballad "Broken Glass" █
█ works well. █
█ Sadly, this was the final Streets album. Walsh █
█ went on to rejoin Kansas, taking Greer with him, █
█ and Slamer eventually joined the excellent (though █
█ unfairly overlooked) Steelhouse Lane. If you're a █
█ fan of the classic `80s AOR/melodic rock sound, █
█ this is an absolute must have release. Fans of █
█ Journey, Foreigner, Aldo Nova and the like should █
█ absolutely love Crimes in Mind, as should fans of █
█ Kansas's more radio-friendly material. AOR doesn't █
█ get much better than this! █
█ Wounded Bird reissued Crimes in Mind in 2002, and █
█ while it's definitely good that they got this too █
█ long out of print album back into circulation, █
█ it's a pretty bare-bones reissue. No remastering, █
█ no bonus tracks, nothing much in the liner notes. █
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░ 1. Don't Look Back 3:22 ░
░ 2. The Nightmare Begins 3:16 ░
░ 3. Broken Glass 3:54 ░
░ 4. Hit 'n' Run 3:08 ░
░ 5. Crimes in Mind 3:38 ░
░ 6. I Can't Wait 3:46 ░
░ 7. Gun Runner 3:44 ░
░ 8. Desiree 3:50 ░
░ 9. Rat Race 3:27 ░
░ 10. Turn My Head 4:33 ░
░ 36:38 ░
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