WORLD THEATRE - WORLD THEATRE - 1989

THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(9-TRACKS)
1-IF I STUMBLE
2-THIS TALK
3-GENTLY DOWN(The Last Day)
4-WATER SPILL
5-DREAM IT'S SAFE
6-MONDAY
7-10 TEARS
8-TAKES SO LONG
9-PAIN,DESIRE,FAITH
CREDITS:
Jimmy Abegg: Guitar
Bill Bullock: Bass, Percussion
Dennis Childers: Songwriter
Linford Detweiler: Piano, Bass, Keyboards
Gary Egger: Guitar
Gene Eugene: Mixed
David Jahnsen: Engineer
Eric Kibbe: Engineer
Tim McAllister: Producer, Engineer, Songwriter,
Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Drum Programming, Vocals
Paul Stewart: Lap Steel, Vocals.
Tim McAllister first appeared in the eighties as the songwriter, singer and guitarist of Flock 14 and World Theatre.Flock 14’s frantic stage shows gained them a large following in their hometown, leading to three record offers. They signed with Blue Collar (Undercover, Adam Again, 441) but the record company folded before recording the album. I took a chance on this album pulling it out of a bargain bin. I'm glad I did. I was very pleasantly surprised with an album full of mostly low-key, mature pop song stylings from a mostly one-man band by the name of Tim McAllister. McAllister's voice has a nice range of affective emotions from melancholy to growing hope. Several of the songs have a story outline to them and, while the lyrics are fairly routine, the music and arrangements are evocative and serve the songs nicely. "Gently Down (Last Thursday)" is a heart-breaking eulogy for his sister and her passing and shows what fine, little snippets of life can be captured in song. I'Ve Given this album 5 stars because some of the Synthesized music dates the album. However, if you're ever in the mood to chance a Cure-ish, emotionally rich album you could do a lot worse. My Favos Tracks Are " Dream it's Safe" And " Takes So Long " Those Tracks Are A Little Melancoly But They My Favo Cuz They Contain Full Power of Reality of his own life of Tim And Life,I Really Recomend IT if You Find it there Don't Think Twice,Note That You May Listen To Some Previews (ON LIGHTRADIO SYSTEM)

TIM REVIEW:
Tim McAllister here - well… The details are a bit off. World Theatre was my band, though Gary did play on it, and I was the one who played with Servant. I really enjoyed playing with Gary. I recorded an earlier incarnation of Garys Band (which included Scott On Drums) called envoy.Tim, modified the correct write-up for Human Condition. Thank you for pointing out the corrections. Which Servant album did you play in. We’re talking of Sandie and Owen Brock’s Servant are we? )Listened to the new material you had and I’m liking it, really good stuff. We’re glad your back making alternative music again. We thought that you were pretty much pre-occupied in making Blues music with Papa Salty.Human Condition was essentially a one-man-band project by Gary Egger. Human Condition was perhaps the best of all the Christian groups that tried to sound like The Cure; indeed. they were so good at it that the self-titled debut album was criticized as the work of an imitative tribute band. But True Tunes would grant that on the sophomore Impressions of Grace Egger allows "influence to be influence and develops his own mode of Euro-alternative pop." Lyrically, the latter album is true to it's name, offering glimpses of hope and beauty amidst a soundscape of "dark shades and haunting atmospheres.".Flock 14 is a techno-pop band from the Portland, Oregon aea. Some of their music is danceable New Music and some is moody synthesizer oriented.The four members of the band are : Tim Mc Allister on vocals, guitar, keyboards ; Dennis Childers- keyboards ; Jerry Michaels - keyboards; and Bryan Dehart on drums. The band has opened for Daniel Amos, Rez and Undercover. They play the same dance clubs where Quarterflash and Nu Shooz play.Their sound has been categorized as "an avant-garde twist combined with elements of The Fixx or Devo."Great band! Only released one album, “Brave New World?” (1987), on Caesar Kalinowski’s Graceland (later Wonderland) Record label, before changing their name to World Theatre and releasing one self-titled album on Frontline Records in 1989. I believe that they morphed into Human Condition after that. Both of these albums were released on CD, but the “Brave New World?” CD is very rare(http://www.holymetalrob.com/)