Rough Night In Jericho

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Album Information

Total Tracks: 10   Total Length: 40:21

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Scene: Athens, Georgia, 1980s-2000

By Andy Battaglia, eMusic Contributor

The idyllic little town of Athens, Ga., really does identify with kudzu and rusty train trestles and a surfeit of weird and endearing Southern-gothic charm—all the hallmarks that came to greet it after myths of its music scene started to spread. That began to happen in the early 1980s, when R.E.M. found an audience beyond crowds of fellow Georgians crammed into beery parties at discarded churches and clubs. When it came out in 1983, the… more »

They Say All Music Guide

Athens, GA was a musical hotbed in the ’80s, and the Athens-based trio Dreams So Real was in the right place at the right time. Musically, Dreams So Real differed from their more successful city counterparts R.E.M., but their sound was also not as distinctive as Michael Stipe’s crew. Sometimes they sounds strangely like the Moody Blues. There are some decent songs among the ten tracks on Rough Night in Jericho, including the title track. An okay album by an okay band. – Tim Griggs