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Dreamland Cafe

Mad At The World

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Classic

In the early-mid 90's revival of psychedelia, Mad at the World gave this offering. Much like Jellyfish at the same time, there are quirky elements of power pop and Beatle-esque vocals and orchestration. I listened to this when it was new and enjoyed it then. Coming back now 15 years later, it has not lost its charm or vibe. If you like Beatle power pop, this is a good one to add to your library.

mad at this band

for being so full of potential and completely wasting their fans time and money on this album. a travesty.

One final statement...

I'm not going to lie. I was disappointed at first. Here's a band called Mad at the World (MATW), and they made a record that sounded positively content with the world. The Dreamland Cafe was probably the most polarizing and misunderstood of all MATW's releases. "What's with those drum sounds?"…"Why do they sound so whimsical now?"..."Why did they decide to stop rocking?"….oh the madness.

Well, yeah, you'll obviously need to get past the pit-patty drum sounds (provided courtesy of Roger, rather than Randy, this time around), the twee-ish melodies, and the lack of real rockers to truly appreciate this album for what it is: a very well-arranged pop album. Taking cues from Jellyfish and Sgt. Pepper-era Beatles, The Dreamland Cafe is probably MATW's most intricately layered album (unless you count their first two keyboard sample-heavy releases). It starts off with "On the Stage", an ode to being a little known band attempting to make an impact on an audience. What's kind of interesting about this particular song is that it's one of the few the band has released that doesn't seem to have some kind of obvious Bible-based message, or at least not one I managed to notice ("Summer's Gone" from Seasons of Love is another that comes to mind). That notion is short-lived though beginning with track 2, which informs the listener: "Jesus loves the broken-hearted castaways who've gone astray". The album gets a bit bogged down in the middle with some of the band's weaker material, but it's book ended with 6 pretty strong songs. Final track, "If It Were the Last Day", is sure to bring out the introspective nature in any listener as it begs the question of whether or not one is living life to the fullest, or just complacently filling up the gap "with a nap, or some TV and magazines".

The Dreamland Cafe ended up being shunned when it came to compiling the band's "best of" compilation entitled World History released in 1998, which is unfortunate. It certainly deserves some recognition. Although we never got to hear a follow up to Dreamland, it was a fitting close to a brief but prolific career for one of CCM's best kept secrets.

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