Showing posts with label singer-songwriter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label singer-songwriter. Show all posts

14 March 2013

Music is well, thank you: Selah Sue - "Raggamuffin"

Some people like to complain that true music died and all that contemporary artists produce is shit. Usually it is strangely related to those people getting older and becoming less open, more nostalgic and focused on the past. Well... What can you do? The world moves on.

However, as long as you can still top the charts just with a good melody, powerful voice and acoustic guitar, I officially announce: the Music is well, thank you for your concern.

OK, good looks won't hurt, either. ;-P



Selah Sue - "Raggamuffin"

10 March 2013

Peszek, Maria - "Maria Awaria" (2008)

Maria Peszek is a highly acclaimed Polish singer/songwriter. She is considered to be controversial, especially by right-wing retards and tabloids, because she is not afraid to openly discuss - both in lyrics to her songs and in interviews - themes such as sex, faith, patriotism and mental diseases. Each of her three albums was a commercial success, at the same time being praised by the critics and receiving many awards in her native Poland. She sings exclusively in Polish.

Maria Awaria (Maria the Failure) is a loose concept album about sex, love and femininity. All lyrics are in Polish and they are really good, witty and powerful, being an important factor in making these songs as awesome as they are. Therefore, this album may not appeal to non-Polish speaking public, as some tracks are built around lyrics with musical background playing only a small part ("Milosc w systemie Dolby Surround", "Reks", "Ladne slowa to").

Nevertheless, I still encourage you to check this album out, because many other tracks are brilliant from the musical side too (e.g. "Rosol", "Hujawiak", "Maria Awaria", "Muchomory"). From the musical perspective this is a pop (or pop rock) record, with some jazz and modern electronica influences. The album is masterfully produced by one of the best Polish producers and electronica composers, Andrzej Smolik, so the said musical background is full of pleasant surprises on many occasions. Many of Peszek's vocal lines are catchy as hell too and should be enjoyable even without understanding of her lyrics.
Maria Awaria To zdecydowanie najbardziej kobieca i erotyczna płyta na polskim rynku od czasów... Hmmm... No właśnie, takiego albumu jeszcze w kraju nad Wisłą nie było.

Maria Peszek na swoim drugim krążku odkrywa przed słuchaczami swoją kobiecą naturę. Bez zażenowania śpiewa o tym, że "dla własnej wygody zapuszcza swe ogrody i kolekcjonuje wzwody". Zdradza też swoje swoje erotyczne fantazje. Zachęca kochanka do lizania, solenia i miętolenia swego drobnego ciała.

Z niemal fotograficzną dokładnością opisuje również style współczesnych kobiet, które z jednej strony "chude, wysokie z wydepilowanym krokiem", a z drugiej mogą być kurami domowymi. Odkrywa też swoją romantyczną duszę i w piękny, metaforyczny sposób (swoim delikatnym aksamitnym głosem) śpiewa o tęsknocie.

I od razu zapewniam: mimo różnych – może kontrowersyjnych – stwierdzeń teksty nie są wulgarne, nie przekraczają cienkiej granicy dobrego smaku (choć się do niej niebezpiecznie zbliżają).

Jeszcze słowo o samej muzyce, za którą odpowiedzialny był Andrzej Smolik. To miks przeróżnych styli muzycznych: od delikatnego, transowego, nastrojowego trip-hopu i chilloutu pełnego "powietrza" i ciepłych muzycznych plam, przez nieco jazzujące swingi, altarnatywnego retropopu, po elementy starego rocka z lat 60-tych. I mimo takiego przemieszania gatunków płyta jest zaskakująco spójna. Szczerze polecam!
[Mariusz Rodziewicz]

Tracklist:

01. Mis                                                 [03:33]
02. Kobiety pistolety                                   [04:52]
03. Marzne bez Ciebie                                   [03:28]
04. Rosol                                               [02:38]
05. Milosc w systemie Dolby Surround (feat. Edek)       [03:48]
06. Reks                                                [00:26]
07. Hujawiak                                            [03:29]
08. Maria Awaria                                        [03:40]
09. Superglue                                           [02:26]
10. Cialo                                               [04:00]
11. Rozpuda                                             [03:27]
12. Hedonia                                             [03:57]
13. Ladne slowa to                                      [03:03]
14. Muchomory                                           [03:47]

Playing Time.........: 46:40






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31 January 2013

Sylmer - "Perdus dans le temps"

Bad bad bad (2/10)
Ce troisième disque que je mets en partage est dédié à mon père disparu le 12 janvier dernier.

N' hésitez pas à me critiquer où à me faire un don symbolique /


Another miss. And no progress since "Ultime cri". Unfortunately...

The album has been released on Jamendo and is available for downloading in mp3 encoding format.
Beware!

[Creative Commons License]

[Artist's Website]

17 January 2013

Sylmer - "Ultime cri"

Lousy vocals ruin everything (2/10)
Ultime cri , ce sont 10 chansons plutôt tristes et qui sont malheureusement pour moi de circonstance.......
Ce C.D n' est pas mixé plus que celà, mais ce que j' ai voulu exprimer est dedans : il parait que pour apprécier il faut le même symtôme m' a dit un psychanalyste......
La pochette c' est une sculpture sur pommier que j' ai réalisée dans mon jardin et qui s' appèlle "monsieur Bonhomme"
Il me parait évident que les pros de l' enregistrement vont dire que mon son est merdique et ils auront raison.......Retenez uniquement la mélodie simple et les mots.....
A bientôt pour le 3ème CD
Sylvain

Beware!

[Creative Commons License]

[Artist's Website]

What can I say... It's better than "Originaire", but still bad. The same weaknesses as before. Oh, I like the cover photo.

The album has been released on Jamendo and is available for downloading in mp3 encoding format.

16 January 2013

Sylmer - "Originaire"

Beware (1/10)
album DEMO enregistré "à la maison " sur Magix studio 6ème génération avec de trés petits moyens.

un clavier casio (enfant), un magnéto 4 pistes(table), un micro chant, et une guitare

electro-acoustique LAG modèle spring. Les moyens de production sont faibles mais l' essentiel est posé.Je ne suis pas un "chanteur". Je suis trés heureux de partager avec les auditrices et les auditeurs de JAMENDO.

INFO: un deuxième CD est en préparation ( il faut dire que je stocke depuis logtemps maintenant..)

Beware!

[Creative Commons License]

[Artist's Website]
I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Lousy voice, terrible drums, uninteresting melodies. Guitar is quite good, but all is wasted because of badness of other elements. Poor production tops it off, but the biggest problem is lack of vocal and arranging talent. Maybe the lyrics are impressive? I don't know it, because I can't speak French.

The album has been released on Jamendo and is available for downloading in mp3 encoding format.

20 December 2011

Celibatfighters - "Remise en ordre"

Lack of interesting melodies, too eclectic (5/10)

Second album d'une longue série: Plus guilleret, il mêle une grande partie de nos influences musicales. Parlant des choses qui nous entourent, qui nous font rire, pleurer et nous énervent. Cet album est moins intime mais reste très proche de notre état d'esprit.

I was not too pleased with this recording. It lacks interesting melodies and is too eclectic. Eclecticism must not be a bad thing, but only if it is a planned action. Eclecticism on this album seems to be a result of a coincidence: "we somehow succeeded in composing some songs, so here they are". Also technical skills and quality of recording of some of these tunes are questionable (e.g. 03 Qu'est ce qui m'arrive?).

Only two tracks are better than average:
1 Aller simple - a very dark and moody tune with an interesting melody;
10 Bande a part - a light acoustic guitar song with a funny melody.

[Artist's Myspace]

Creative Commons License

07 December 2011

Kaczmarski, Gintrowski, Lapinski - "Mury" (1981)

Jacek Kaczmarski (March 22, 1957, Warsaw - April 10, 2004, Gdańsk) was a Polish singer, songwriter, poet and author.

Kaczmarski was a voice of the Solidarity trade union movement in 1980s Poland, for his commitment to a free Poland, independent of Soviet rule. His songs criticized the ruling communist regime and appealed to the tradition of patriotic resistance within Poles. He remains best known for his protest songs on social and political subjects ("Mury" (Walls) based on "L'estaca" by Lluís Llach, "Obława" (Wolf hunt (lit. Raid))). However, he was more a poet than a political singer, and his texts have not lost their relevance with the demise of the Soviet union and its communist bloc.

Kaczmarski was known not only for his politically motivated lyrics but also for his characteristically dynamic — even aggressive — classical guitar playing, and expressive performance style. His deep knowledge of not only his nation's history but also of classical literature gave his songs a particularly deep and multi-layered resonance (e.g. "Powtórka z Odysei," recalled Homer's Odyssey, and "Lalka," was a masterful strike at the heart of a riveting Polish novel). He often performed before contrastingly different audiences: groups of friends in their homes, campus venues, and large concert halls in Poland, the rest of Europe and America.



MURY to płyta, od której wszystko się zaczęło, pierwszy program artystyczny tria Przemysław Gintrowski/ Jacek Kaczmarski/ Zbigniew Łapiński. Mury to także tytuł pieśni dzisiaj jeszcze, ponad 20 lat później, utożsamianej z narodzinami fenomenu, jakim była w Polsce lat „Solidarności" (1980–1981) autorska piosenka literacka o kontekście historycznym i politycznym. Nikt wcześniej, ale też i nikt później, nie wykonywał tekstów tak głęboko osadzonych w tradycji kulturowej. Co więcej – absolutnie nikt nie czynił tego z taką pasją, jak Gintrowski i Kaczmarski.

To czysty przypadek, że znalazła się na tej płycie – jakże ważna dla twórczości Jacka Kaczmarskiego – pieśń Źródło, ale MURY są źródłem właśnie: zjawiska jakim miała się okazać działalność artystyczna tria Gintrowski/Kaczmarski/Łapiński oraz źródłem indywidualnej drogi obu bardów, Gintrowskiego i Kaczmarskiego. Oczywiście wkład twórczy tego ostatniego jest dominujący – Kaczmarski pisze i komponuje muzykę do swoich tekstów. Gintrowski komponuje do wierszy poetów, w tym – a w przyszłości coraz więcej – do wierszy Kaczmarskiego. Zbigniew Łapiński w niezwykle świeży i nieustannie twórczy sposób wzbogaca dość monotonną i jednolitą muzykę kolegów. Jego muzyka do wierszy Kaczmarskiego zacznie z czasem odgrywać istotną rolę.

Kilka zaprezentowanych tu piosenek Jacka Kaczmarskiego sygnalizuje podstawowe wątki kontynuowane następnie w całej jego dalszej i dojrzalszej twórczości. Młodość jest w nich niepodważalnym atutem, to z niej płynie gniew poety i pasja wykonawcy. Ale wiersze Kaczmarskiego zaskakują powagą oraz głębią przemyśleń, zapowiadają długą drogę artystyczną, a jak konsekwentna miała się okazać, zademonstrował czas.

Wizytówką Kaczmarskiego-poety jest piękny wiersz, Źródło, jedna z ulubionych pieśni barda i metafora, do której będzie wracał w dalszej twórczości: „I niech łączą się zbocza bezlitosnych wąwozów, bo cóż drąży kształt przyszłych przestrzeni, jak nie rzeka podziemna?" Młodego poetę porwie już wkrótce owa „podziemna rzeka", ale nadzieja – wbrew logice – pozostanie, dopóki źródło... „źródło wciąż bije".

Zaskakuje dojrzałością obserwacji życia wkoło piosenka Starzy ludzie w autobusie. Przy swoich szerokich zainteresowaniach historią, literaturą czy sztuką, Kaczmarski pozostał wiernym świadkiem codzienności i jej bacznym, uważnym obserwatorem: „[...] pasażerów chór nas zdławi i dobrotliwie skarci nas, dwie możliwości nam zostawi – pętlę lub do zajezdni zjazd". A rozmowa z kierowcą zabroniona...

Każda z kolejnych pieśni to początek cyklu, linii tematycznej, obecnej w twórczości Kaczmarskiego już zawsze. Pompeja to wycieczka w antyk: „Odkopywaliśmy miasto Pompeję, jak się odkrywa spodziewane lądy". Jedna z najbardziej znanych wczesnych pieśni tria, Krajobraz po uczcie, jest utworem historycznym z czasów bliskiej sercu Kaczmarskiego-historyka Polski rozbiorowej: „A w stolicy koronacja się zaczyna i król światowy pokazuje szyk, ale z obecnych jeszcze nie wie nikt, że na tortach dał napis: Wiwat Katarzyna!" Imponujący rozmachem utwór Casanova-Fellini (Scena niemiecka) – nieistotne, że inspirowana pośrednio dziełem filmowym – to przykład Kaczmarskiego epickiego. Jego poetycki rozmach zaowocuje z czasem poematami, które przerosną ramy utworu muzycznego (jak chociażby Widzenia na temat końca świata, napisane w Berkeley w 1984 roku). I dalej. Już od pierwszej, debiutanckiej płyty, Kaczmarski realizuje swój niezwykle oryginalny pomysł na pisanie utworów inspirowanych dziełami malarskimi. Pierwszym przykładem owego interesującego, konsekwentnie realizowanego wątku jego twórczości jest pieśń Encore, jeszcze raz według obrazu Fiedotowa („Mam wszystko, czego może chcieć uczciwy człowiek – światopogląd, wykształcenie, młodość, zdrowie, rodzinę, która kocha mnie, dwie, trzy kobiety, gitarę, psa i oficerskie epolety"). Ale owa obrazowość, plastyczność opisu zawsze służy metaforze. Słyszymy to wyraźnie w pieśni Pejzaż z szubienicą według Bruegela (tym razem do muzyki Gintrowskiego), kiedy z ust powieszonego padają zdumiewające słowa: „Tu jasne są przestrzenie i widzę krągłość Ziemi, gdy czasem wiatr podrzuci mnie ponad czarny las..." Na koniec wreszcie została otwierająca album pieśń Ze sceny, według Wysockiego. Jacek Kaczmarski nie ukrywał swojej fascynacji twórczością rosyjskiego barda. Zaadaptował z czasem kilkanaście jego utworów – z legendarną Obławą na czele – zawsze jednak były to przemyślane wybory i twórcze, poetyckie adaptacje tekstów. Oto więc Kaczmarski-tłumacz.

Mury to obrazowy przykład sztuki translatorskiej Jacka Kaczmarskiego. Adaptacje barda zawsze wychodzą poza zwykły przekład i to wychodzą daleko. Tłumaczenie pieśni nie ogranicza się do przekładu języka, bywa często – jak w tym przypadku – szukaniem odpowiednika dla jednej kultury w kulturze drugiej. Dla katalońskiego barda, Louisa Llacha Grande, którego pieśń posłużyła za kanwę Murów, metaforą zniewolenia jest pal, do którego przywiązuje się na pastwiskach owce i oryginalny utwór taki ma właśnie tytuł: L’Estaca („Pal"). Gdyby wszystkie owce pociągnęły postronki w jedną stronę, wyrwałyby pal – stąd metafora, ale zupełnie nieczytelna poza Półwyspem Iberyjskim. Jacek Kaczmarski zamienił pal na mur i powstała najważniejsza pieśń w całym dorobku tria Gintrowski/Kaczmarski/Łapiński, pokoleniowy manifest o przesłaniu tak samo aktualnym wtedy, co i dzisiaj.

Aż zobaczyli ilu ich, poczuli siłę i czas
I z pieśnią, że już blisko świt szli ulicami miast
Zwalali pomniki i rwali bruk – Ten z nami! Ten przeciw nam!
Kto sam – ten nasz najgorszy wróg!
A śpiewak także był sam...

Review by Daniel Wyszogrodzki


I usually discourage people from buying records issued by the majors, as almost all the money goes to the recording industry mafia anyhow and will be used later for committing crimes such as unlawful harassment of fans and bribing authorities to implement changes in law, which would infringe basic human rights.

However, in this case, the said "mafia" did a really good job at remastering all the works of Jacek Kaczmarski and helped reviving his popularity in the 90-ties, supporting him until his premature death in 2004. His works are published with all due respect and esteem that this greatest Polish singer/songwriter deserves. Therefore - you won't hear it from me often - if you like this album, I encourage you to buy it. In this case the record label (Pomaton EMI) really earned its pay and deserves to be rewarded.


Tracklist:
01. Ze sceny
02. Encore, jeszcze raz
03. Pani Bovary
04. Przyjaciele, których nie miałem
05. Pejzaż z szubienicą
06. Śmiech
07. Casanova - Fellini. Scena niemiecka.
08. Pompeja
09. Kraj
10. Krajobraz po uczcie
11. Dziady
12. Cesarz
13. Starzy ludzie w autobusie
14. Mur
15. Źródło (Wąwóz)
16. Mury

[Wikipedia]



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Interested? Follow this link:
http://polskiecd.blogspot.com/2009/08/gintrowski-kaczmarski-apinski-mury.html

12 August 2011

Plastic Evolution - "At A Wooden Desk"

Not catchy enough (6/10)

electric-acoustic-singer-songwriter-lo-fi-indie music written by a person in his room by touching strings, using vocal cords, arranging samples, clapping hands, hitting bottles and so on...

This is simple dreamy guitar pop rock. This is a professional recording and will find its fans for sure. For me, however, it is not catchy enough to keep my attention focused. The songs flow slowly and my eyelids get heavier and heavier... Good night.

By the way, this is just a half of the album you can get in other websites.

[Artist's Myspace]

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06 June 2011

ajk - "Uratowac resztke mnie cz. 2 (akt 2: Czlowiek w swej wielkosci, Dezintegracja)"

Decent lyrics wrapped in bad music and delivered with weak voice (4/10)

ajk is a singer from Poland.

Wszystkie utwory i teksty: ajk
Projekt okładki i produkcja: tasaLin

Like I already wrote in the other review, this artist is not a bad lyricist. So it's a pity his lyrics are illustrated with such uninteresting or even ugly (a terrible track no. 1) music. He is also a rather lousy vocalist, singing - or in fact reciting - without passion and sometimes almost out-of-tune. To sum it up: waste of time. Maybe he should think about publishing poems instead?

The album has been released on Jamendo and is available for downloading in mp3 or ogg format.
Beware!

[Creative Commons License]

26 April 2011

ajk - "Uratowac resztke mnie cz. 2 (akt 3: Bog, ...)"

Decent lyrics + primitive music (4/10)

ajk is a singer from Poland.

Wszystkie utwory i teksty: ajk
Projekt okładki i produkcja: tasaLin

The artist is quite a talented lyricist. So it's a pity he wraps his poetry in such ugly music. Maybe some musical ideas are interesting, but execution is very weak. The tracks nos. 2 & 3 are listenable electropop tunes, but no. 1 is just a terrible production failure, to the point of the singer being out-of-tune at places. On the track no. 4 the "happy" arrangement is equally clumsy.

The album has been released on Jamendo and is available for downloading in mp3 or ogg format.
Beware!

[Creative Commons License]

18 April 2011

ajk - "Uratowac resztke mnie cz. 2"

Decent acoustic rock (6/10)

ajk is a singer from Poland.

Album został nagrany 02 czerwca 2009 roku, w Studiu KWART w Bochni.
Projekt okładki: Adam Pyrz Trzeci

It is quite decent acoustic rock. First of all, we have here good lyrics sang in tune and with confidence. Maybe the voice of the artist could be stronger, maybe the melodies could be catchier, but it is not a bad recording. Check it out if you are a fan of the genre.

All the songs are in Polish, and since lyrics are quite important in such kind of music, this work probably will not be interesting for people not speaking po polsku. ;-)

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27 March 2011

Bluz'n'Harp - "Nobody's perfect"

Mediocre folk rock (4/10)

It's generic folk rock (or maybe rather singer/songwriter folk-influenced pop) of mediocre quality. The singer's voice is uninteresting, the tunes boring and production quite amateurish. It's not a disaster though, and considering that quality of melodies is a matter of taste, I can imagine it may be appreciated by some people. So if you're a dedicated fan of the genre and you don't care about shortcomings of performance and production, you may give it a try, 'cause "Nobody's perfect".

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17 March 2011

Mihkay - "Everything Changes" [demo]

Everything changes but Lenin lives forever (4/10)
OK chaps. Here is my final demo for this year.

Everthing changes- This song was conceived while standing on a pile of rubble on the South end of the Forth Bridge in Scotland. The rubble was the remains of a hotel built in the 1960's. Now, 30 years later it was gone. No bad thing, but made me think, especially as there was one of those wonderful Scotish summer sunsets at the time. 30 minutes later I wrote most of what became "Future shines" (On Mihkay Demos). It was a good day for me.

And on a more recent, personal note.... and not such a good day........ ." .......there was a paper mill at Guardbridge until July 2008"

Dress to kill - While working,I ended up becalmed fot a few days on Ibiza! Not my natural habitat. Too hot too dusty and full of drunk Brits! lol. I don't dance so I was a fish out of water. This song is the result.

The cover is a photo shot by my girlfriend Sue, in Podolsk, just outside Moscow earlier this year.

I'm sorry the title of the review is a comment on the cover, not music, but I just couldn't resist.

As for the music. I know it's just a demo, but still, I listened to some demo albums made by other artists, which were so good I kept them in my collection and listen with pleasure. Unfortunately, that's not the case here.

Both songs are simple pop rock played by a one-man orchestra on guitar, bass, drums, keyboard and vocals of course. I guess that already puts him out of the crowd and requires quite a talent, but I won't raise my points because of that. I rate general listenability, which for me is limited.

On my scale good recording starts at 7/10. The main problem for me here are uninteresting melodies, which lower the rating to 5/10. Production or technical issues lower it one point more. What issues? Firstly, the drums. They are monotonous and overwhelm the rest of instruments. And their sound is very flat. All of this makes for a really tiring effect. I think they would be tiring even if they were exceptionally good, but they are weak. Use and placement of guitar, bass and keyboard is much better, maybe except for the "piano" sound on the second track, which is quite artificial. I also didn't like the guitar effect at 2:53 of the first song. It is out-of-place there, doesn't fit in this song. Finally, the vocals. The artist should work on his voice, because now it just lacks power and confidence. But it is not a disaster either and definitely there is a room for improvement.

Don't get me wrong. This is not a bad album. My main problem with it are boring melodies and this is a very subjective issue. What's boring for one is great for the others. There are many top pop rock bands, which for me have only boring tunes. Yet they are still on top and many people love their songs. So for someone else technical issues could mean lowering the rating not from 5/10, but from 10/10.

If you like pop rock and have free 8 minutes, you might check this out and who knows...? Moreover, it is clear the artist is still learning (and eager to learn). So with better production skills, slightly better equipment, some singing lessons and a bit of luck in composing catchy tunes, he might come up with a real blockbuster. Again - who knows...? So a pop rock fan could keep him on a watchlist, just it case "everything changed".

By the way, I briefly listened also to "Mihkay Demos", just to have some comparison and my first impression was that those songs were better. Maybe they were worse produced (as the artist wrote himself in the album's description) but they were much more diverse with regard to accompaniment. The melodies didn't catch my ear either, but because of the interesting arrangement, my attention was more focused.

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[Artist's Myspace]

06 March 2011

Bat For Lashes - "Two Suns" [Special Edition] (2009)

Brighton, England's Bat for Lashes is the brainchild of singer/songwriter Natasha Khan. The Pakistan-born Khan pulls from her art school education and her experience producing multimedia installations when it comes to writing songs. She also cites Steve Reich and Susan Hiller as influences, while echoes of Björk and Siouxsie Sioux are heard throughout Bat for Lashes' mystical indie rock sound. [by MacKenzie Wilson / Allmusic.com]



Ultimately, Two Suns is nearly as graceful and poetic as Bat for Lashes' best work; it's just that the album's massive concepts and sounds require a little more time and patience to unravel to get to the songs' hearts. It's clear that Khan's talent and ambition are both huge, and for her to slightly overreach is better than not aiming as high as she can. [Read more --->]

Warning! The artist probably* does not sell this record outside of the official distribution, so if you buy this album, almost all the money will go to the recording industry mafia and will be used later for committing crimes such as unlawful harassment of fans and bribing authorities to implement changes in law, which would infringe basic human rights.

*) If you know the way of paying the artist directly for this work, please let me know and I will gladly update this page.

Tracklist:
01. Glass
02. Sleep Alone
03. Moon and Moon
04. Daniel
05. Peace of Mind
06. Siren Song
07. Pearl's Dream
08. Good Love
09. Two Planets
10. Traveling Woman
11. The Big Sleep
Special Edition:
01. Wilderness
02. Sleep Alone (909s in DarkTimes Mix)
03. Daniel (Lo Fi)
04. A Forest (The Cure cover)
05. Use Somebody (Kings of Leon cover)
06. Good Love (live at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, 19 April 2009)
07. Daniel (live on Radiohead tour at Nimes, 14 June 2008)
08. Lonely (live at Koko, 29 October 2007)

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Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

EAC extraction logfile from 7. September 2009, 19:36

Bat For Lashes / Two Suns (Special Edition)

Used drive  : HL-DT-STDVDRAM GSA-H12N   Adapter: 1  ID: 0

Read mode               : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache      : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction                      : 667
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out          : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks   : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations       : Yes
Used interface                              : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling                                : Appended to previous track

Used output format              : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate                : 768 kBit/s
Quality                         : High
Add ID3 tag                     : No
Command line compressor         : E:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
Additional command line options : -6 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=%e" %s -o %d


TOC of the extracted CD

     Track |   Start  |  Length  | Start sector | End sector 
    ---------------------------------------------------------
        1  |  0:00.00 |  4:33.25 |         0    |    20499   
        2  |  4:33.25 |  4:03.43 |     20500    |    38767   
        3  |  8:36.68 |  3:08.68 |     38768    |    52935   
        4  | 11:45.61 |  4:11.09 |     52936    |    71769   
        5  | 15:56.70 |  3:28.38 |     71770    |    87407   
        6  | 19:25.33 |  4:58.36 |     87408    |   109793   
        7  | 24:23.69 |  4:45.24 |    109794    |   131192   
        8  | 29:09.18 |  4:29.42 |    131193    |   151409   
        9  | 33:38.60 |  4:47.53 |    151410    |   172987   
       10  | 38:26.38 |  3:47.71 |    172988    |   190083   
       11  | 42:14.34 |  2:51.02 |    190084    |   202910   
       12  | 45:05.36 |  3:28.22 |    202911    |   218532   
       13  | 48:33.58 |  4:35.08 |    218533    |   239165   
       14  | 53:08.66 |  4:03.16 |    239166    |   257406   
       15  | 57:12.07 |  3:17.56 |    257407    |   272237   
       16  | 60:29.63 |  2:34.41 |    272238    |   283828   
       17  | 63:04.29 |  5:25.49 |    283829    |   308252   
       18  | 68:30.03 |  4:21.35 |    308253    |   327862   
       19  | 72:51.38 |  3:55.61 |    327863    |   345548   


Track  1

     Filename H:\Music\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (Special Edition) [FLAC]\01 - Glass.wav

     Pre-gap length  0:00:02.00

     Peak level 98.8 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC F1E1C934
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     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK

Track  2

     Filename H:\Music\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (Special Edition) [FLAC]\02 - Sleep Alone.wav

     Peak level 99.6 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 5B690F66
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     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK

Track  3

     Filename H:\Music\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (Special Edition) [FLAC]\03 - Moon And Moon.wav

     Peak level 99.3 %
     Track quality 99.9 %
     Test CRC E99F1126
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     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK

Track  4

     Filename H:\Music\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (Special Edition) [FLAC]\04 - Daniel.wav

     Peak level 99.5 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 0621A7FC
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     Track not present in AccurateRip database
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Track  5

     Filename H:\Music\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (Special Edition) [FLAC]\05 - Peace Of Mind.wav

     Peak level 99.3 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC C9D4712B
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     Track not present in AccurateRip database
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Track  6

     Filename H:\Music\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (Special Edition) [FLAC]\06 - Siren Song.wav

     Peak level 99.4 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 9B68E748
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     Track not present in AccurateRip database
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Track  7

     Filename H:\Music\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (Special Edition) [FLAC]\07 - Pearl's Dream.wav

     Peak level 98.8 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 0CDEC471
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     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK

Track  8

     Filename H:\Music\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (Special Edition) [FLAC]\08 - Good Love.wav

     Peak level 99.4 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC C3AA86F7
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     Track not present in AccurateRip database
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Track  9

     Filename H:\Music\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (Special Edition) [FLAC]\09 - Two Planets.wav

     Peak level 98.8 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 47BFFA76
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     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK

Track 10

     Filename H:\Music\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (Special Edition) [FLAC]\10 - Travelling Woman.wav

     Peak level 99.4 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 065CB6E2
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     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK

Track 11

     Filename H:\Music\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (Special Edition) [FLAC]\11 - The Big Sleep.wav

     Peak level 99.3 %
     Track quality 99.9 %
     Test CRC B0587275
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     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK

Track 12

     Filename H:\Music\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (Special Edition) [FLAC]\12 - Wilderness.wav

     Peak level 99.3 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 8A462A86
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     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK

Track 13

     Filename H:\Music\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (Special Edition) [FLAC]\13 - Sleep Alone (909s In Darktimes Mix).wav

     Pre-gap length  0:00:02.01

     Peak level 99.3 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 27B425E2
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     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK

Track 14

     Filename H:\Music\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (Special Edition) [FLAC]\14 - Daniel (Lo Fi).wav

     Pre-gap length  0:00:02.21

     Peak level 98.9 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 6957C1F5
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     Track not present in AccurateRip database
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Track 15

     Filename H:\Music\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (Special Edition) [FLAC]\15 - A Forest.wav

     Pre-gap length  0:00:01.94

     Peak level 99.9 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 7BD0BE80
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     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK

Track 16

     Filename H:\Music\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (Special Edition) [FLAC]\16 - Use Somebody (Lo Fi).wav

     Peak level 98.9 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 136532B7
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     Track not present in AccurateRip database
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Track 17

     Filename H:\Music\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (Special Edition) [FLAC]\17 - Good Love (Live).wav

     Pre-gap length  0:00:00.81

     Peak level 99.7 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC F4A67D99
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     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK

Track 18

     Filename H:\Music\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (Special Edition) [FLAC]\18 - Daniel (Live).wav

     Pre-gap length  0:00:01.44

     Peak level 99.5 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC FD5E41B1
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     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK

Track 19

     Filename H:\Music\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (Special Edition) [FLAC]\19 - Lonely (Live).wav

     Pre-gap length  0:00:01.22

     Peak level 99.8 %
     Track quality 99.9 %
     Test CRC D4072054
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     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK


None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database

No errors occurred

End of status report


AUDIOCHECKER v1.2 - by Dester - opdester@freemail.hu
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

01 -===- X:\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns\+01 - Glass.flac
  Extracted successfully
  Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%

02 -===- X:\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns\+02 - Sleep Alone.flac
  Extracted successfully
  Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%

03 -===- X:\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns\+03 - Moon And Moon.flac
  Extracted successfully
  Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%

04 -===- X:\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns\+04 - Daniel.flac
  Extracted successfully
  Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%

05 -===- X:\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns\+05 - Peace Of Mind.flac
  Extracted successfully
  Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%

06 -===- X:\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns\+06 - Siren Song.flac
  Extracted successfully
  Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%

07 -===- X:\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns\+07 - Pearl's Dream.flac
  Extracted successfully
  Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%

08 -===- X:\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns\+08 - Good Love.flac
  Extracted successfully
  Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 62%

09 -===- X:\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns\+09 - Two Planets.flac
  Extracted successfully
  Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%

10 -===- X:\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns\+10 - Travelling Woman.flac
  Extracted successfully
  Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%

11 -===- X:\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns\+11 - The Big Sleep.flac
  Extracted successfully
  Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 99%

12 -===- X:\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns\+12 - Wilderness.flac
  Extracted successfully
  Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 43%

13 -===- X:\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns\+13 - Sleep Alone (909s In Darktimes Mix).flac
  Extracted successfully
  Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%

14 -===- X:\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns\+14 - Daniel (Lo Fi).flac
  Extracted successfully
  Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%

15 -===- X:\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns\+15 - A Forest.flac
  Extracted successfully
  Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%

16 -===- X:\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns\+16 - Use Somebody (Lo Fi).flac
  Extracted successfully
  Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%

17 -===- X:\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns\+17 - Good Love (Live).flac
  Extracted successfully
  Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%

18 -===- X:\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns\+18 - Daniel (Live).flac
  Extracted successfully
  Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%

19 -===- X:\Bat For Lashes - Two Suns\+19 - Lonely (Live).flac
  Extracted successfully
  Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 99%


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