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''Poletown'' is the eighth studio album by American rock singer Donnie Iris, released in 1997.〔(The Unofficial Donnie Iris Site - Poletown )〕 It was Iris' third post-major label release, and was released independently on Seathru Records. ==Background== Though the album followed on from 1993's ''Footsoldier in the Moonlight'', ''Poletown'' marked the end of a long hiatus for the original band. The members re-congregated at Jeree's Recording Studio to record the album, which fans soon considered to be the finest Donnie Iris and the Cruisers album. The album marked a dramatic departure from the band's previous work, with the songs being lyrically and musically dark and brooding. Ten of the album's tracks were musically written by all members of the band, with Mark Avsec writing all lyrics. He also solely wrote the other three tracks on the album. ''Poletown'' was the last time that the band recorded with engineer Jerry Reed, who died in 1999.〔http://www.donnieiris.com/donnie/〕 During 1997, Iris was also the recipient of this year's Lifetime Achievement Award.〔http://www.parallel-time.com/articles/achievement.htm〕 ''Poletown'' was largely ignored by radio upon its release, even from the band's long-time supporter WDVE.〔http://www.parallel-time.com/articles/liferock.htm〕 The song's title track tells the story of immigrants who build a small town, which later becomes devastated when the major employer leaves. The lyrics refer to General Motors workers in Michigan, though a photo of West Aliquippa was included within the album's booklet.〔http://www.parallel-time.com/articles/lanrev.htm〕 In a 1998 interview with Feeway Cummings of bangSheet, Avsec revealed how the album materialized: "The "Poletown" record was done right after I finished law school, and right before I started studying for the bar. It was sort of, well not really a last blast, but I knew I was going to get real busy. I had all these tunes, so we did the album. And, from my standpoint, I do still like to write, though it's not so much the co-writing it once was. It could be, like the Poletown record was musically. We just got the original guys together, and we pretty much went in there just jamming on all the tracks. That's why everyone is listed as a writer. Then, I pretty much wrote the lyrics and made songs out of them." Avsec also agreed that the album sounded more "mature" and that "lyrically it's better" and "more thoughtful".〔http://www.parallel-time.com/articles/bsconv.htm〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Poletown (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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