The Dreamland Café was the seventh and last studio album from Christian rock

Christian rock

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 band Mad at the World

Mad at the World

Mad at the World was a Christian rock band active from 1987 to 1998 in Southern California. It originally consisted of brothers Roger and Randy Rose with Mike Pendleton, later joined by Brent Gordon. Pendleton and Gordon left the band in 1992 and were replaced by Mike Link and Ben Jacobs...

. It continued the pop

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, Beatles-esque sound they had used on The Ferris Wheel

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History

The Dreamland Café was released in 1995, the bands' final studio

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 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

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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."