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Boomtown

David and David (Artist) | Format: Audio CD
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
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This LP takes a hard look at urban life in the 1980s, a time when many were fulfilling the American Dream of financial success and upward mobility. The characters depicted in the songs are often dealing with major problems such as drugs and domestic violence. The album features the hit "Welcome to the Boomtown."

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5.0 out of 5 stars Still a top play after 20 years Mar 17 2008
By Decairn
Format:Audio CD
Bought the LP. Bought the CD in '86 the first week it was out. Still in the main-play list all these years later; the songs and production are top-notch.
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5.0 out of 5 stars They don't make 'em like they used to! April 13 2004
By Craig S. O'neill
Format:Audio CD
I just recieved my CD copy of Boomtown.
Wow the memories just flood back. Of all the CD's that I own this one has to be the most powerful. Although Baerwald and Ricketts pretty much dispised each other, they created an album that after 18 years stands up to anything published today. In fact it excells. I was an impressionable teenager (19) when this record was first released and "swallowed by the cracks" was my anthem. To hear it restored in digital form is a real treasure. Although a bleak album about drugs, drug abuse, spousal abuse, the funny way that close friends seem to just drift apart and things they had in common suddenly don't exist.
David and David are writing about real life.. People change... Habits change.. but sometimes when you're down and out, hope is around the corner. This album in my opinion will stand the test of time.
If you have never heard this CD, give it a spin..you will want it for your own. If you owned the album or cassette now is the chance at a very low price to own what I consider to be one of the best group efforts to ever be put in to digital form.
In closing... BUY THIS CD.. You Will NOT be dissapointed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Stuff Jan 21 2004
By Randy Given
Format:Audio CD
This is great stuff. I got their album when it originally came out and loved it. I recently got the CD and love it even more. Upbeat, downbeat, creative, clean recording, snappy, brainy, feeling and more. Somewhat "classic rock" with a hint of "top 40". This album still holds its own. Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best CD of the last 20 years, hands down
Seventeen years after I first heard the lead track from this album, it still rocks out. There is no other CD in my collection to which I return again and again, pleasantly... Read more
Published on Dec 19 2003 by Gabrielle S. Hon
5.0 out of 5 stars Still an amazing sound; has not aged!
1986, freshman in College (Colorado). Went to meet a girl, she wasn't home yet... so I wandered into a music store to kill time. Read more
Published on Nov 25 2003 by G. Graham
5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless
To me, this sounds as good as when it came out. Not dated at all.
Published on Oct 3 2003 by James Moens
5.0 out of 5 stars PRICELESS
YEAH, THIS ALBUM IS A CLASSIC. I ALSO HAVE A VIDEO OF THE TITLE TRACK FROM THE ALBUM, WHICH I OBTAINED FROM A LOCAL RECORD STORE SOME YEARS AGO. AMAZING. Read more
Published on May 23 2003 by MR. T. WEBB
5.0 out of 5 stars An All-Time Favorite
I bought the album when it was first reviewed in Rolling Stone back in the late 80's. Thank you RS, for delivering this music to my ears. Read more
Published on May 18 2003 by "joanmc53"
5.0 out of 5 stars great album most people never heard
The first time I ever heard the song "welcome to the boomtown" I thought man who the heck is this! I thought the song was an instant classic and became one of my favorite songs and... Read more
Published on April 22 2003 by brad aldrich
4.0 out of 5 stars Good tunes
A bit "'80's" but still good stuff. "Boomtown" and "Swallowed by the Cracks" are the two stand out tunes.
Published on Nov 7 2001 by Jesse Milligan
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the finest examples of intelligent art
This is definitely music for those that enjoy intelligence and meaning in their aural pleasure!

Cynical, insightful, thoughtful and very much a gut reaction to the execrable... Read more

Published on July 22 2001 by "michelleliliedahl"
5.0 out of 5 stars One hell of a ride!
This album has it all ... smart lyrics, solid rhythms, and raw, heart-felt vocals--all performed with a rough, dark-city edge that'll keep you listening again and again. Read more
Published on July 12 2001
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my all-time favorites
I bought this when it first came out in my senior year of high school. I loved it the first time I listened and each and every time thereafter. Read more
Published on Jan 20 2001
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