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The Dreamland Café

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Released
  
1995

Length
  
41.50

Producer
  
Roger Rose

Artist
  
Mad at the World

Label
  
Alarma Records

Recorded
  
MATW Studios

Language
  
English

The Dreamland Café (1995)
  
World History (1998)

Release date
  
1995

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Genres
  
Christian rock, Alternative rock

Similar
  
The Ferris Wheel, Through the Forest, Seasons of Love, Flowers in the Rain, Boomerang

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The Dreamland Café was the seventh and last studio album from Christian rock band Mad at the World. It continued the pop, Beatles-esque sound they had used on The Ferris Wheel.

Contents

History

The Dreamland Café was released in 1995, the bands' final studio album. It continued the trend of softer, Beatleseque powerpop-oriented rock. This is also the only disc where Roger plays drums. In an interview, Roger said that there were songs where he did everything, and it was the result of a small budget and having a hard time getting everybody together. Thematically, he said the album could be interpreted "as a metaphor for the Church, or...Christianity or Christ...it's a little metaphor for...the optimistic, hopeful side of Christianity." This was the only one of their discs not represented on the World History collection.

The Dreamland Café was also the final album for Frontline Records.

The band dissolved in 1998, having performed with various line-ups for eleven years.

Track listing

All songs written by Roger Rose, except "I Need You" written by Randy and Danny Rose

  1. On The Stage - 4:59
  2. The Dreamland Café - 5:30
  3. Floating Down A River - 4:33
  4. I Need You - 3:58
  5. Still A Way To Heal - 4:05
  6. Another One Is Fooled Again - 3:30
  7. Living In The Shadows - 4:38
  8. This Is How We Get To Heaven - 4:39
  9. Don't End Your Dreams - 4:00
  10. If It Were The Last Day - 4:48

Personnel

  • Roger Rose - Vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano, drums
  • Randy Rose - Vocals, guitar and drums
  • Mike Link - Bass
  • Ben Jacobs - Lead and rhythm guitar
  • Other Personnel

  • Ray Rose - Bass on "I Need You"
  • Jason Squire - Cello on "Still A Way To Heal" and "Don't End Your Dreams," flute on "Don't End Your Dreams"
  • Matt Duffy - Guitar on "Don't End Your Dreams"
  • Ray Rose, Roger and Randy's older brother, was not an actual member of the band but did play bass on three songs.

    Roger Rose played all the instruments on "Floating Down A River" and "If It Were The Last Day."

    Songs

    1On the Stage5:00
    2The Dreamland Cafe5:30
    3Floating Down a River4:34

    References

    The Dreamland Café Wikipedia