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Savatage - Streets (Germany) [+Bonus Track] Audio CD

A fair review of the Savatage "Streets (Germany) [+Bonus Track]" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Savatage reviews here, or go back to the Savatage tabs.

Savatage Band: Savatage
Title: Streets (Germany) [+Bonus Track]
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Release Date: 1997-10-07
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Streets 2: Jesus Saves 3: Tonight He Grins Again/Strange Reality 4: Little Too Far 5: You're Alive/Sammy and Tex 6: St. Patrick's 7: Can You Hear Me Now 8: New York City Don't Mean Nothing 9: Ghost in the Ruins 10: If I Go Away 11: Agony and Ecstasy/Heal My Soul 12: Somewhere in Time/Believe

Rock Opera
I am constantly listening to it and look forward to adding more of Savatage's music to my collection. I am so glad I finally purchased this cd it is fantastic. It saddens me that the band broke up but given the the circumstances it is understandable and I'm greatful that they left such fantastic music for us to listen to.


Great music, iffy concept


I gave it 4 stars, but that's only because I reserve 5 stars for something truly exceptional. Awesome music, but doesn't really work that well as a concept album.


a brilliant album
this is a fantastic album that has everything ;rockers,ballads and building climatic songs. when i first got this album i was a little disappointed at first listen,but as i listened to it a couple of more times it really grew on me. i just love john oliva on vocals ;his raspy voice is a perfect foil for his brothers guitar histronics. the rhythm dept. of this band is first rate also. standout selections,saint patricks,ghost in the ruins,tonight he grins again as well as the album closer combo somewhere in time/believe. there are no weak songs or filler on this masterpiece. this is a must for any hard rock fan.


Excellent listening, as always
Another group which, much too soon, was unable to continue producing beautiful music. I was turned on to Savatage a few years ago, and have never been disappointed. It's no wonder TSO is so good.
Savatage produced such thought-provoking music, with such a wide range of song styles, and it all blends together SO well. I will not stop until I have collected all the music they released.


Turning Point
Sirens, Hall Of The Mountain King and Power Of The Night this is not! This is the one that definitely gives them the "Broadway Metal" label. Savatage may have raised some eyebrows and disappointed long time fans with their experimentations with a more grandiose, ballad type sound on Gutter Ballet, but it's Streets that would truly divide the camps.
Producer/Writer Paul O'Neill's manuscript for a musical titled, "Gutter Ballet" was read and enjoyed very much by the members of Savatage(Criss Oliva especially), and soon became the next album. Naturally they had to drop the "Gutter Ballet" title.
Storywise it's about a drug addict rock star and his trials and search for redemption. It's not a bad story by any means, but you really need the liner notes to understand what's going on. O'Neill is a fantastic lyricist, but most of the latter songs give you no clue as to what's happening in the story. The first few songs set the stage, but after awhile it's mostly the thoughts in the head of the main character, making it a bit confusing. Thankfully we have the liner notes to go on.
Musically it's more in the vein of the songs "Gutter ballet" and "When The Crowds Are Gone" from the previous Gutter Ballet album. There are a lot of keyboards, mid paced rock songs and A LOT of piano driven ballads. There are a few up tempo numbers, but the focus on the softer, emotional aspect would definitely turn some metalheads off, bigtime. It was actually supposed to be a double album, but O'Neill and the band thought it would be easier on the consumers' wallets to make it a single disc. Therefore many songs never made it on to the album.
I certainly can't fault anyone who didn't care for this new direction as it is so far removed from where the band had started.
Personally, I friggin' love it. Oh I love the early albums as well, don't get me wrong(sometimes I'm in the mood to only listen to those), but Savatage were really on to something here. This was new, it wasn't something you saw with metal bands. It wasn't a change for mainstream radio play because it isn't poppy enough, this was something different, something unique and big. Today there are a million metal bands out there incorporating many types of music styles into their sound, but nobody has really done what Savatage had done.
Something that must be mentioned, and one of the largest successes of this album, is the vocal performance of Jon Oliva. The man sings his a** off. He sings every song as though it's the last song he'll ever sing. Just listen to Believe for a textbook example of this. There are many talented metal vocalists out there with excellent range, but it is awfully damn hard to find one who can muster the emotion that Jon can. And with the combination of Jon's life of excess, the recording of this album and the tour that followed, he'd destroy his voice in the end, which is why you don't hear him on the next album.
So all in all, I have to say Streets is fantastic. A bit slow, a bit sappy, and maybe even a bit tedious, but it'll kick you in the teeth just as well as an Overkill album will.


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