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The Wild Places / Streets of Fire
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Track Listing
- Wild Places
- Roman Vécu
- Camino Real, Pt. 1-3
- Samurai
- Kisarazu
- Crash
- Planet Earth
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #863779 in Music
- Released on: 2002-06-11
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
great but too expensive
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.
Before the "New Romantic".
Having purchased these two albums back in the late seventies I was surprised to see them on disc. I was a huge Metro fan from 1977. Duncan Browne was an overlooked pioneer of cool stories of love and loss much like Bryan Ferry. The musicianship on these tracks is excellent , with standout performances by bassist John Glblin, who went on to successful gigs with Simple Minds and Brand X. If you like your music dressed to the nines and your songs soundtracks of the elusive girl that got away, Duncan Browne is your man.
