Pleasant Dreams Addendum

Expanded Edition



A few of Pleasant Dreams's extras are of major historic interest as three songs on the extras are early editions of future tracks.

In the case of "Touring", you are almost listening to the same track that's available in Mondo Bizarro. It has the same drum opening and the vocals are about the same with only CJ adding his backup vocals on the later cut. The only difference is that the guitars are noticeable on the Mondo Bizarro cut, as they are loud! (Honestly, you can't hear them on the original.)

"I Can't Get You Out of My Mind" is brighter and professional in tone than the stripped down, dark sound of the track when it's re-done for "Brain Drain". Joey's double-tracked vocals the main interest here as it gives the impression of someone recalling a memory (It goes with the song.) Of course, Brain Drain omits that and it doesn't sound as good compared to this cut.

"I'm Not An Answer" also makes it's debut here, a track with a similar chord arrangement to "You Sound Like Your Sick", but with different lyrics and tougher in mood. This track sounds tough, but not as tough or quick like the Too Tough to Die bonus track edition with Dee Dee taking over the vocals(and Dee Dee does his hardcore voice, so it's quite a song).

"Sleeping Troubles" wouldn't be of any interest if it wasn't for the way that Joeys sings the verses as it is similar to the CJ-sung "Strength to Endure". The similarities end after that as this has a different riff and musical arrangement.

After that, the other tracks are not of much interest. I hate "Chop Suey" for its obvious cheesiness. It's the kind of song that tries hard to sound appealing, but fails to do so and lands on its face. "Kicks to Try" and "Stares In This Town" are milquetoast and almost add nothing to the extras other than being extra tracks.

Album Info

All time references are taken from my iTunes tracklist.

# of Tracks: 12 (original), 19 (Expanded)
 
Album Length : 34.9 minutes (original), 54.2 minutes (expanded)
Shortest Track: "All's Quiet on the Eastern Front" : 2:14
Longest Track: "7-11" - 3:36

No "Blitzkrieg Bop" on this album.

Note
This is the last CD that I review that has an Expanded Edition. CDs past Too Tough to Die are the same as the original LPs, therefore nothing changes between formats.