Miracle Mile

Miracle Mile

Track Listings

1. Dr. Jones and The Kings of Rhythm

2. Shoeshine Johnny

3. Long Way Home

4. I Found Love

5. Sweet Mystery

6. Let It Roll

7. Mr. Do Wrong

8. Curiosity (Killed the Cat)

9. Sister Wisdom

10. Captain

11. You & I

12. Do You Know What Love Is

Miracle Mile,Guardian,Sony,Hard Rock,Heavy Metal,Popular Music,Rock

Average customer rating:

Miraculous indeed!!

Wow, I wasn't expecting this!

Excelente disco El mejor de Guardian hasta la fecha

Brilliant and Powerful.... Guardian at their Best!

The best Guardian to date, in my humble opinion.

Miracle Mile
Guardian
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Dr. Jones and The Kings of Rhythm
Shoeshine Johnny
Long Way Home
I Found Love
Sweet Mystery
Let It Roll
Mr. Do Wrong
Curiosity (Killed the Cat)
Sister Wisdom
Captain
You & I
Do You Know What Love Is

Customer Reviews:

Miraculous indeed!!.......2007-07-20

I saw this band on a late night Christian video show called Zmusic a few years back with a video from Fire and love and I must say that I was blown away!! I had to go out and get it so I could experience Guardian for myself. I thoroughly enjoyed F&L so when I saw this I had to give it a spin. I would truly put this up against any of the "secular" bands such as Gotthard,Harem Scarem,House of Lords,and TNT. Yes,they are that good.There's not any filler material here as the entire cd has a good flow.Contray to popular belief,Stryper is not the only Melodic Rock band with a positive message.If you don't pick this cd up at these prices on Amazon,it ought to be a sin.

Wow, I wasn't expecting this!.......2005-10-21

Despite being a long-time fan of rock and metal, I was just not prepared for Miracle Mile. I have plenty of other Christian bands in my collection, but this was my first Guardian disc. I was essentially expecting the righteous equivalent of some other mainstream band - Whitecross is to Ratt what Barren Cross is to Iron Maiden is what Guardian is to...you get the idea. Guardian, with their Miracle Mile album, just shattered that expectation. Their unique sound does not follow any one band or even a particular genre. That's not to say they don't have a familiar sound, because there are elements of other bands present. The closest point of comparison would be Mr. Big meets King's X with hints of Giant and Tyketto.

Miracle Mile is a brilliant album in every sense of the word. It's quite well written, holding to a central concept and theme while maintaining the individuality of each song. Each song stands on its own, but taken as a whole they have even more impact. The lyrics are cleverly written as well. Unlike some of their fellow Christian rockers, Guardian does not wear their spirituality on their sleeve or wield their faith like a blunt instrument. The lyrics present a story and some positive themes, but the listener is free to interpret them. It is obviously written by a Christian band, but not in a way that would make the average listener feel uncomfortable. It doesn't hurt that the lyrics are delivered by a truly outstanding vocalist who injects real emotion and energy into his performance.

The music is excellent too. It's probably closer to melodic hard rock than anything else, but it definitely does not take a formulaic approach. While bands like Slaughter and Firehouse were giving us "metal by the numbers" in 1993, Guardian provided a rock & roll album with some metal undertones and a healthy dose of rhythm and blues, as well as some heartfelt lyrics with plenty of conviction. I have to think that if the country hadn't been in the middle of its grunge infatuation, Miracle Mile could have made a major impact. Instead it is probably one of the best albums most people have never heard. Much to my dismay, it took me more than a decade to discover this album.

Miracle Mile is a powerful album, and I recommend it highly. Metal purists will probably want to pass it by, as it is not really an aggressive album, but fans of melodic hard rock, hair metal, AOR, or just plain rock and roll should by all means check this one out. You'll probably find yourself bobbing your head and singing along before you know it!

Excelente disco El mejor de Guardian hasta la fecha.......2005-05-19

Fantastico, fabuloso, excelente, extraordinario!!!!!!!!

El mejor diso de Guardian, Miracle Mile es uno de los más finos discos de la historia del hard rock y el mejor en la historia del rock cristiano.
Canciones como Dr. Jones and the kings of Rhythm, Sister wisdom, Shoeshine Johnny son una fantastica demostración del rock cristiano. La voz de Jamie rowe y las guitarras de Tony palacios hacen una combinación extraordinaria.

Ni siquiera un disco de Stryper me ha gustado tanto.
Estos chicos son una gran bendicion, no cabe duda alguna.

Brilliant and Powerful.... Guardian at their Best!.......2005-05-09

After listening to Guardian's awesome 1990 release "Fire and Love", you may not believe anything Guardian produced after that album could top it. Well, they delivered big time! "Miracle Mile" is an unbelievably powerful album, much like "Fire and Love", but more polished with that same true hard metal sound and great vocals by Jamie Rowe and company. I cannot choose one favorite song from this album, because all 12 tracks are simply awesome. Get this CD, trust me!

The best Guardian to date, in my humble opinion........2003-06-03

First off, I'm gonna plug my site here: ...as of now, it's the only up-to-date Guardian site on the net. The band is no more, but their spirit lives on in their music.

With that said, "Miracle Mile" is an astonishing album. It grabs you from the get-go and doesn't look back. Reminiscent of the late 80s early 90s hard rock that defined radio and television, Guardian took this style and made it their own with Jamie Rowe's impressive vocals (outshining IMO the best of the mainstream vocalists like Axl and Bon Jovi) and Tony Palacios' killer guitar playing. Many many bands will stop right here, but Guardian has one of the best bassists and drummers in the industry, completing the band with only 4.

If you're looking to rock out, highlight tracks are "Shoeshine Johnny", "Let It Roll", "Mr. Do Wrong", "Sister Wisdom", "Curiosity Killed the Cat", and "You & I". For the softer side of the band, they have some amazing ballads. "I Found Love", "Sweet Mystery", "The Captain", and "Do You Know What Love Is?" are so spectacular, you'll be leaving all your other ballad-laden albums in their cases. And rightfully so! You may call me a Guardian fanatic, but I just like good music.

I find a reoccuring problem with many fans of a certain band is a lack of variety in their music. I've read many old school rockers ripping on Guardian's newer albums because it doesn't have that arena hard rock sound like they want. Of course, I love the old stuff as well as the new, but to get an idea of where I'm coming from, another one of my favorite bands is Radiohead...a polar opposite of anything Guardian's done (although RH's "The Bends" is listed as a favorite of vocalist Jamie Rowe's albums). As far as rock music goes, I love anything from Jackson Browne, Zeppelin, and Floyd to Radiohead, Plankeye, Bride, Starflyer 59, Wilco, Jim Brickman, Delirious, and Travis. And with that said, Guardian's "Miracle Mile" leaves any other album in the dust, IMO...save Radiohead's "OK Computer" (I really can't decide which I like better).

Enough of that. Get this album. Then get "Fire & Love". Then get "Swing, Swang, Swung". Then open your mind for a new style and get the darker "Buzz" and the alternative sounding "Bottle Rocket". Eat, breath, and sleep Guardian. All your base are belong to us.

Miracle Mile: Original Soundtrack From The Hemdale Motion Picture
Average customer rating:

Great movie; flawed soundtrack

The Best Soundtrack by Tangerine Dream!

tangerine dreams best soundtrack!

Dynamic percussive flamenco

One of Tangerine Dream's finest soundtracks

Miracle Mile: Original Soundtrack From The Hemdale Motion Picture
Tangerine Dream
Manufacturer: Private Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Customer Reviews:

Great movie; flawed soundtrack.......2006-12-15

One wouldn't expect a low-budget apocalyptic movie to feature a sound track of this caliber. No worries. This is not just any apocalyptic movie, this is "Miracle Mile", an outstanding exemplar of the genre. Done on a shoe string and filmed within a mile (or two) of LA's Miracle Mile (Wilshire Blvd near the tarpits, the museums, etc.). Never in either director Steve De Jarnatt's or the viewer's eyes, are things that simple. (No spoilers here.) Suffice it to say that this is one flick which needs more exposure for De Jarnatt's and Tangerine Dream's creativity in using their respective minimalistic canvasses to flesh out such a rich story.

Tangerine Dream is one of the big reasons why this film succeeds as well as it does. The last hour of the film runs roughly in real time, with events reaching the inevitable hair-raising climax. Tangerine Dream's music sets the pedal point for both the metaphorical and the very real deadline clock portrayed in the plot. At points the movie is all Tangerine Dream, with the action taking place in the background. But the story inevitably carries through and in the devastating end, there is a melding of the two.

Two quibbles, although one has been addressed by previous reviewers. First, the cuts on the album all fade out at the end. This is an unfortunately side effect of squeezing a 90 minute movie into a somewhat shorter audio CD. Still, having seen the movie multiple times, one misses the bridge music.

The other is a more serious flaw, but is easily fixed. That's the disorder between the cuts. This is explained to make the album sound more musically reasonable when listened to. Unfortunately, the producers neglected to consider who might want to purchase this CD. I want the CD to start with "Museum Walk" like the movie, and to build in tension throughout the album to the end, again like the movie. "Miracle Mile" soundtrack producers have twisted the order all around. It literally ends with the beginning. Wrong. Well, you can always program your player to present the tracks in their proper order, so this is a minor quibble.

Oh, and by the way. This is damned good Tangerine Dream. All the better if you've seen the movie. If you haven't, what are you waiting for?

The Best Soundtrack by Tangerine Dream!.......2006-02-27

This low budget apocolyptic film Miracle Mile may not have aged well over the years but the music is as great as ever.The throbbing menace of it immediately captures your attention in the movie and even on it's own it's riveting.Even the slow tracks have an eerie quality to them.A haunting classic.If you're looking for Tangerine Dream film music start at the top with this 1989 score.

tangerine dreams best soundtrack!.......2003-09-24

this has some of the most haunting and beautiful music ever. my favorites are if its all over and on the spur of the moment. if you have not seen the movie see the movie. but the music is excellant!

Dynamic percussive flamenco.......2002-01-05

In 1988, Tangerine Dream substantially slowed down with album releases and soundtracks. That trend was to persist in later years as well - and for a few reasons. First of all, the band was now a duo instead of a trio, and the main force behind soundtrack work was missing from the band. Another reason might be that Edgar Froese finally realized that there is an upper limit of compositional burden anyone can take. Previous years showed clearly that even if Tangerine Dream was to become a machine for output creation, it might just as well break, and as any machine, it does have its friction coefficient, and other limitations of physical nature. Whether or not it was in the remaining members' power to continue, is debatable, and best left for the listener.

The year 1988 brought us only two releases from Tangerine Dream (which is little only if compared to their output in previous years) - a studio album "Optical Race", and a soundtrack, "Miracle Mile". Released for public consumption a year later, the album provides us with some very good music, almost worth comparison with previous efforts from the band. Almost, but not quite. On the one hand the album contains watered-down themes resembling previous work on "Canyon Dreams", "Near Dark" and "Heartbreakers". A derivative work, but worth listening. Perfect examples might be 'One for the Books', 'Running Out of Time' and 'After the Call'. On the other hand, we have some unique and original tracks, which are consistently in the moody percussive rhythmic mode. A pleasure to listen, undoubtedly, but nothing that would set us on our knees. Good representative tracks that set the mood on this album are 'Teetering Scales' and 'All of a Dither'. Musically, these tracks do not contribute to the musical heritage of the band, but nevertheless represent solid, good soundtrack work. Proceeding further, we once again come back to slightly derivative work in 'Final Statement', 'In Julie's Eyes', and 'People in the News'. Good old times, one might say. However, time and again we scratch our heads with a powerful deja vu. Have we heard it somewhere already? This album would earn solid five stars if not for these mixed emotions. The cheesy ending, 'Museum Walk' leaves us a little too hungry as well.

Despite all these mumblings and grumblings, this is a must-have for all those who like solid electronic soundtrack work.

One of Tangerine Dream's finest soundtracks.......2001-08-21

The 1988 movie "Miracle Mile" from independent film company Hemdale was a pretty dire production overall - apart from a stunning performance by a very young Anthony Edwards. The Tangerine Dream soundtrack for it, however, is an absolute masterpiece! Edgar Froese and Paul Haslinger certainly pulled out all the stops to produce what is arguably their greatest film score ever and this official TD release (on the Private Music label) delivers some 43 minutes of great music.

Arranged in a sequence that makes for better through-listening than would following the order used in the film, the music on this release covers a much wider sonic spectrum than can be found on most of the band's other releases of the time-or, indeed since! It has moments of great calm and beauty, as well as brooding suspense, frantic action and high drama. (Such a shame that the film never managed to deliver any of these!)

This album is very much the culmination of Tangerine Dream's own unique hallmark blend of minimalist sequencer pulse, multi-layered percussion runs and massed synthesiser choirs-at times almost more "classical" in its outlook than "pop". It also makes great use of some fabulous percussion sounds - I still get shivers down my spine every time I hear 'In Julie's Eyes'!

Since this album, Tangerine Dream's music has been going fairly steadily downhill, but this album manages to recapture some of the magic of their earlier film-score successes, such as "Sorcerer", "Thief", "Risky Business" and "Flashpoint". Ultimately, I think, it delivers rather more than any of the others. Highly recommended.

Miracle Mile
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A Keeper

Miracle Mile
Wayne Horvitz , and The President
Manufacturer: Nonesuch
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Customer Reviews:

A Keeper.......2002-05-20

Wayne comes up with another winner with his cohorts The President.
This album is somewhat quieter and more textural than his previous outing with this group, but no less interesting.
Left of field arrangements, yet accessible.

Average customer rating:

Great movie; flawed soundtrack
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Customer Reviews:

Great movie; flawed soundtrack.......2006-12-15

The Best Soundtrack by Tangerine Dream!.......2006-02-27

tangerine dreams best soundtrack!.......2003-09-24

this has some of the most haunting and beautiful music ever. my favorites are if its all over and on the spur of the moment. if you have not seen the movie see the movie. but the music is excellant!

Dynamic percussive flamenco.......2002-01-05

Despite all these mumblings and grumblings, this is a must-have for all those who like solid electronic soundtrack work.

One of Tangerine Dream's finest soundtracks.......2001-08-21

Since this album, Tangerine Dream's music has been going fairly steadily downhill, but this album manages to recapture some of the magic of their earlier film-score successes, such as "Sorcerer", "Thief", "Risky Business" and "Flashpoint". Ultimately, I think, it delivers rather more than any of the others. Highly recommended.

To Burn Together
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To Burn Together
Miracle Mile
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1. So Long 2. Restless Heart 3. Woman Be Strange 4. Miracle Mile 5. Dancing Barefoot 6. You Got Love 7. Wait Too Long 8. Heartbreak 9. Don't Call Me 10. Time Will Tell

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Miracle Mile
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Indie Explosion! Sampler Vol. One
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From the Journal of Mr. Black
Miracle Mile
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Miracle Mile's 1998 follow up to To Burn Together. This is moody, melodic prog rock at its best!

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