Haven't heard that either, I might check that out. For me Streets is the ultimate rock opera, and as a concept album, should be ranked as high as all the great such as; SFAM, O:M, The Wall etc. The pure atmosphere of the whole album is intense and Jon and the band portray the story perfectly, in lyric form and in music form. It shows diversities in the band's sound and songwriting and the song in general were really just so damn strong.
Would have loved to hear the 2 disc version too. I don't think more dialogue would have done the album any favours, but it would have been great to hear it how it was intended, especially with the extra tracks. I must say the SPV remaster was a waste. The bonus tracks were wrong and useless, and I hate how some of the tracks were put together, never understood that.
Believe is simply one of the best album closers ever and quite frankly, a perfect song. The whole album is perfect from start to finish, briliiant music, criminally underrated.