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Blue Oyster Cult - The Essential Blue Öyster Cult (2012) [Official Digital Download]
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Blue Oyster Cult - The Essential Blue Öyster Cult (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Time - 157:06 minutes | 1,78 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Time - 157:06 minutes | 1,78 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover
Since the mid-'90s, Blue Öyster Cult have had their catalog pillaged for hits collections on almost a yearly basis, so the appearance of yet another such beast isn't the welcome return of an old friend that it should be. True, there was a time when a greatest-hits collection was sorely needed, but the double-CD set Workshop of the Telescopes took care of that in 1995, and if that was too massive a retrospective, there was 2000's single-disc Don't Fear the Reaper: The Best of Blue Öyster Cult. Add to those a number of re-recordings and misleadingly packaged live collections and it's hard to justify The Essential Blue Oyster Cult. However, if you look at the collection saga of Blue Öyster Cult as a perfecting of the formula a thinning of the herd then Essential starts to prove its worth as a lean machine all killer, no filler. No BOC collection can stand without their biggest acknowledged hits, "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" and "Burnin' for You," and both of those are here. So is the over-the-top madness of "Godzilla" and the cult hit yes, cult, BOC is a band whose fan base is so disparate there are mainstream and underground fans "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)," which somehow slipped by the previous single-disc collection. Others, like "Veterans of Psychic Wars" and "Harvester of Eyes," carry equal heft and help Essential live up to its name.
Tracklist:
[04:03] 1. Blue Oyster Cult - Cities On Flame with Rock and Roll
[04:58] 2. Blue Oyster Cult - Before the Kiss, a Redcap
[03:43] 3. Blue Oyster Cult - Stairway to the Stars
[03:21] 4. Blue Oyster Cult - Transmaniacon MC
[05:18] 5. Blue Oyster Cult - Buck's Boogie
[04:23] 6. Blue Oyster Cult - The Red & the Black
[04:47] 7. Blue Oyster Cult - O.D.'d On Life Itself
[07:00] 8. Blue Oyster Cult - 7 Screaming Diz-Busters
[04:00] 9. Blue Oyster Cult - Career of Evil
[05:18] 10. Blue Oyster Cult - Flaming Telepaths
[06:24] 11. Blue Oyster Cult - Astronomy
[05:27] 12. Blue Oyster Cult - Hot Rail to Hell
[04:52] 13. Eric Bloom - Harvester of Eyes
[08:02] 14. Eric Bloom - M.E. 262
[06:25] 15. Blue Oyster Cult - Born to Be Wild
[05:08] 16. Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper
[02:22] 17. Albert Bouchard - This Ain't the Summer of Love
[05:17] 18. Blue Oyster Cult - E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)
[03:41] 19. Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla
[04:24] 20. Blue Oyster Cult - I Love the Night
[03:13] 21. Eric Bloom - Goin' Through the Motions
[03:50] 22. Blue Oyster Cult - In Thee
[06:39] 23. Blue Oyster Cult - Black Blade
[05:27] 24. Eric Bloom - The Marshall Plan
[04:49] 25. Blue Oyster Cult - Veteran of the Psychic Wars
[04:54] 26. Blue Oyster Cult - Joan Crawford
[04:31] 27. Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin' for You
[09:06] 28. Blue Oyster Cult - Roadhouse Blues
[07:10] 29. Blue Oyster Cult - Shooting Shark
[04:31] 30. Blue Oyster Cult - Take Me Away
[04:01] 31. Blue Oyster Cult - Dancin' In the Ruins
foobar2000 1.3.7 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2019-08-14 06:43:33
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Analyzed: Albert Bouchard / The Essential Blue Öyster Cult (1)
Blue Oyster Cult / The Essential Blue Öyster Cult (2-27)
Eric Bloom / The Essential Blue Öyster Cult (28-31)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -0.38 dB -11.67 dB 2:22 17-This Ain't the Summer of Love
DR11 -0.15 dB -12.92 dB 4:04 01-Cities On Flame with Rock and Roll
DR10 -0.68 dB -12.75 dB 4:58 02-Before the Kiss, a Redcap
DR10 -0.45 dB -12.39 dB 3:43 03-Stairway to the Stars
DR11 -0.20 dB -12.49 dB 3:22 04-Transmaniacon MC
DR10 -0.20 dB -11.32 dB 5:18 05-Buck's Boogie
DR10 0.00 dB -11.39 dB 4:23 06-The Red & the Black
DR10 -0.20 dB -12.10 dB 4:47 07-O.D.'d On Life Itself
DR10 -0.82 dB -12.41 dB 7:01 08-7 Screaming Diz-Busters
DR9 -1.08 dB -11.38 dB 4:00 09-Career of Evil
DR8 -1.38 dB -10.81 dB 5:19 10-Flaming Telepaths
DR9 -1.03 dB -12.82 dB 6:25 11-Astronomy
DR9 -0.89 dB -11.56 dB 5:28 12-Hot Rail to Hell
DR8 -0.89 dB -11.06 dB 6:26 15-Born to Be Wild
DR9 -0.37 dB -11.42 dB 5:09 16-(Don't Fear) The Reaper
DR10 0.00 dB -11.12 dB 5:18 18-E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)
DR10 -0.21 dB -11.92 dB 3:42 19-Godzilla
DR11 -0.32 dB -14.49 dB 4:25 20-I Love the Night
DR11 -0.56 dB -13.46 dB 3:50 22-In Thee
DR11 -0.10 dB -13.65 dB 6:40 23-Black Blade
DR10 -0.13 dB -11.94 dB 4:50 25-Veteran of the Psychic Wars
DR10 -0.09 dB -13.03 dB 4:54 26-Joan Crawford
DR11 -0.12 dB -12.05 dB 4:32 27-Burnin' for You
DR9 -0.94 dB -12.88 dB 9:07 28-Roadhouse Blues
DR12 -0.06 dB -14.12 dB 7:11 29-Shooting Shark
DR10 -0.44 dB -11.63 dB 4:32 30-Take Me Away
DR10 -0.14 dB -13.28 dB 4:02 31-Dancin' In the Ruins
DR9 -0.85 dB -11.87 dB 4:53 13-Harvester of Eyes
DR9 -0.89 dB -11.33 dB 8:03 14-M.E. 262
DR10 -0.21 dB -12.06 dB 3:13 21-Goin' Through the Motions
DR12 -0.17 dB -13.75 dB 5:27 24-The Marshall Plan
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Number of tracks: 31
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1645 kbps
Codec: FLAC
================================================================================
log date: 2019-08-14 06:43:33
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Analyzed: Albert Bouchard / The Essential Blue Öyster Cult (1)
Blue Oyster Cult / The Essential Blue Öyster Cult (2-27)
Eric Bloom / The Essential Blue Öyster Cult (28-31)
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -0.38 dB -11.67 dB 2:22 17-This Ain't the Summer of Love
DR11 -0.15 dB -12.92 dB 4:04 01-Cities On Flame with Rock and Roll
DR10 -0.68 dB -12.75 dB 4:58 02-Before the Kiss, a Redcap
DR10 -0.45 dB -12.39 dB 3:43 03-Stairway to the Stars
DR11 -0.20 dB -12.49 dB 3:22 04-Transmaniacon MC
DR10 -0.20 dB -11.32 dB 5:18 05-Buck's Boogie
DR10 0.00 dB -11.39 dB 4:23 06-The Red & the Black
DR10 -0.20 dB -12.10 dB 4:47 07-O.D.'d On Life Itself
DR10 -0.82 dB -12.41 dB 7:01 08-7 Screaming Diz-Busters
DR9 -1.08 dB -11.38 dB 4:00 09-Career of Evil
DR8 -1.38 dB -10.81 dB 5:19 10-Flaming Telepaths
DR9 -1.03 dB -12.82 dB 6:25 11-Astronomy
DR9 -0.89 dB -11.56 dB 5:28 12-Hot Rail to Hell
DR8 -0.89 dB -11.06 dB 6:26 15-Born to Be Wild
DR9 -0.37 dB -11.42 dB 5:09 16-(Don't Fear) The Reaper
DR10 0.00 dB -11.12 dB 5:18 18-E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)
DR10 -0.21 dB -11.92 dB 3:42 19-Godzilla
DR11 -0.32 dB -14.49 dB 4:25 20-I Love the Night
DR11 -0.56 dB -13.46 dB 3:50 22-In Thee
DR11 -0.10 dB -13.65 dB 6:40 23-Black Blade
DR10 -0.13 dB -11.94 dB 4:50 25-Veteran of the Psychic Wars
DR10 -0.09 dB -13.03 dB 4:54 26-Joan Crawford
DR11 -0.12 dB -12.05 dB 4:32 27-Burnin' for You
DR9 -0.94 dB -12.88 dB 9:07 28-Roadhouse Blues
DR12 -0.06 dB -14.12 dB 7:11 29-Shooting Shark
DR10 -0.44 dB -11.63 dB 4:32 30-Take Me Away
DR10 -0.14 dB -13.28 dB 4:02 31-Dancin' In the Ruins
DR9 -0.85 dB -11.87 dB 4:53 13-Harvester of Eyes
DR9 -0.89 dB -11.33 dB 8:03 14-M.E. 262
DR10 -0.21 dB -12.06 dB 3:13 21-Goin' Through the Motions
DR12 -0.17 dB -13.75 dB 5:27 24-The Marshall Plan
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Number of tracks: 31
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1645 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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