Streets: A Rock Opera

by Savatage

Streets: A Rock Opera cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 4 October 1991
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:16:32
  • Community rating: 3.21/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Paul O'Neill

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Conceived by Paul O'Neill and Jon Oliva, this ambitious concept album chronicles the rise and fall of a fictional rock star in New York City. The project dramatically shifted the group's sound toward theatrical arrangements, heavy piano use, and Broadway-style song structures.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, conceptual, drugs, alienation

Tracklist

  1. Streets (6:50)
  2. Jesus Saves (5:13)
  3. Tonight He Grins Again (3:29)
  4. Strange Reality (4:58)
  5. A Little Too Far (3:26)
  6. You're Alive (1:51)
  7. Sammy And Tex (3:08)
  8. St. Patrick's (4:18)
  9. Can You Hear Me Now (5:11)
  10. New York City Don't Mean Nothing (4:02)
  11. Ghost In The Ruins (5:33)
  12. If I Go Away (5:17)
  13. Agony And Ecstasy (3:34)
  14. Heal My Soul (2:36)
  15. Somewhere In Time (3:17)
  16. Believe (5:42)
  17. This Isn't What We Meant (acoustic version) (3:16)
  18. Morning Sun (acoustic version) (4:41)

Credits

  • Savatage - primary artist
  • Robert Kinkel - keyboards [additional]
  • Ludwig H眉mmler - lacquer cut by
  • Criss Oliva - written-by
  • Jon Oliva - written-by

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