Aztec Camera - Dreamland (1993) - 24 May 2010

Artist: Aztec Camera
Album: Dreamland
Released: 1993
Source: WEA
Genre: new romantics
Format: eac.ape.covers

Quote

Whoever got the idea of putting erstwhile lo-tech pop hero Roddy Frame in the studio with the legendarily hi-tech keyboardist/composer/producer Ryuichi Sakamoto ought to at least get credit for thinking outside the box. And if the experiment wasn't an unqualified success, well, that's what usually happens when you think outside the box. Dreamland is far from a failure; by this point in his career, Frame's pop craft is too instinctive to permit that. But Sakamoto does occasionally threaten to overwhelm the songs with his patented super-smooth production and studio fripperies (those strings! those backing vocals!), and in a few cases the songs themselves aren't structurally capable of supporting all that added weight. Several tracks, in particular the rather silly "Spanish Horses," will leave you thinking "Gosh, that was pretty. How did it go again?" And "Safe in Sorrow," a gorgeous pop/soul ballad, feels like it wants to go twice as fast as it does, but can't. All that said, there are some great moments here, including the aching "Let Your Love Decide" and the slightly creepy "Valium Summer"; fans of the Camera should like this album just fine. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

1 Birds (4:56)
2 Safe in Sorrow (4:56)
3 Black Lucia (4:00)
4 Let Your Love Decide (5:03)
5 Spanish Horses (4:34)
6 Dream Sweet Dreams (3:26)
7 Pianos and Clocks (4:53)
8 Sister Ann (5:13)
9 Vertigo (4:54)
10 Valium Summer (5:53)
11 Belle of the Ball (3:24)

Code

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 3 from 28. July 2007

EAC extraction logfile from 21. October 2007, 10:02

Aztec Camera / Dreamland

Used drive  : Optiarc DVD RW AD-7170A   Adapter: 1  ID: 0

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

Read offset correction                      : 48
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                    : Installed external ASPI interface

Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format      : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo

TOC of the extracted CD

       Track |   Start  |  Length  | Start sector | End sector
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          1  |  0:00.00 |  4:56.55 |         0    |    22254
          2  |  4:56.55 |  4:56.20 |     22255    |    44474
          3  |  9:53.00 |  3:59.72 |     44475    |    62471
          4  | 13:52.72 |  5:03.10 |     62472    |    85206
          5  | 18:56.07 |  4:34.73 |     85207    |   105829
          6  | 23:31.05 |  3:26.72 |    105830    |   121351
          7  | 26:58.02 |  4:53.63 |    121352    |   143389
          8  | 31:51.65 |  5:13.10 |    143390    |   166874
          9  | 37:05.00 |  4:54.00 |    166875    |   188924
         10  | 41:59.00 |  5:53.72 |    188925    |   215471
         11  | 47:52.72 |  3:24.53 |    215472    |   230824

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       Filename C:\Aztec Camera - Dreamland.by.rat.eac.ape.covers\Aztec Camera - Dreamland.by.rat.eac.ape.covers.wav

       Peak level 99.3 %
       Range quality 100.0 %
       Copy CRC 4348DDC5
       Copy OK

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