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Billy Joel - Streetlife Serenade (1974) [Audio Fidelity 2015] MCH PS3 ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Posted By: HDAtall

Date: 30 Jul 2019 23:23:23

Billy Joel - Streetlife Serenade (1974) [Audio Fidelity 2015] MCH PS3 ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Streetlife Serenade is the third studio album by American recording artist Billy Joel. The follow-up to his previous album Piano Man, it was his last release until 1993's River of Dreams to be mostly recorded with session musicians, while Joel himself sang and played piano and other keyboards, although some of his backing musicians, guitarists Don Evans and Al Hertzberg, and banjo/pedal steel guitarist Tom Whitehorse played on the album. Joel also featured synthesizers for the first time, namely the Moog synthesizer. The album peaked at No. 35 on the charts, eventually selling over 1 million copies.

Billy Joel hit a bit of a slump with Streetlife Serenade, his third album. Stylistically, it was a reiteration of its predecessor's Tumbleweed Connection obsessions, spiked with, of all things, Rockford Files synthesizers and ragtimes pulled from The Sting. That isn't a facetious reference, either – it's no coincidence that the record's single and best song, "The Entertainer," shares a title with the Scott Joplin rag that provided The Sting with a main theme. Joel is attempting a grand Americana lyrical vision, stretching from the Wild West through the Depression to "Los Angelenos" and "The Great Suburban Showdown." It doesn't work, not only because of his shortcomings as a writer, but because he didn't have the time to pull it all together. There are no less than two instrumentals, and even if "Root Beer Rag" (yet another sign of The Sting's influence) is admittedly enjoyable, they're undeniably fillers, as is much of the second side. Since he has skills, he's able to turn out a few winners – "Roberta," a love song in the vein of Cold Spring Harbor, the mournful "Streetlife Serenader," and the stomping "Los Angelenos" – but it was the astonishingly bitter "The Entertainer," where he not only disparages his own role but is filled with venom over "Piano Man" being released in a single edit, that made the subtext clear: he had enough with California, enough with the music industry, enough with being a sensitive singer-songwriter. It was time for Billy to say goodbye to Hollywood and head back home to New York.

Tracklist:

01. Streetlife Serenader
02. Los Angelenos
03. The Great Suburban Showdown
04. Root Beer Rag
05. Roberta
06. The Entertainer
07. Last of the Big Time Spenders
08. Weekend Song
09. Souvenir
10. The Mexican Connection

Quadrophonic Remix Engineer: Don Young.
4.0 Analog to Hi-Def Digital transfer by Gus Skinas.
SACD Mastering by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio.

Dynamic Range

foobar2000 1.4.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2018-11-20 23:39:48

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Analyzed: Billy Joel / Streetlife Serenade
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -6.63 dB -26.43 dB 5:25 01-Streetlife Serenader
DR10 -5.88 dB -24.64 dB 3:47 02-Los Angelenos
DR10 -4.42 dB -24.08 dB 3:53 03-The Great Suburban Showdown
DR11 -6.04 dB -24.69 dB 3:04 04-Root Beer Rag
DR10 -6.89 dB -25.06 dB 4:34 05-Roberta
DR10 -6.27 dB -24.25 dB 3:42 06-The Entertainer
DR11 -6.14 dB -26.57 dB 4:40 07-Last of the Big Time Spenders
DR10 -4.88 dB -23.68 dB 3:34 08-Weekend Song
DR10 -11.57 dB -30.19 dB 2:05 09-Souvenir
DR10 -6.21 dB -24.15 dB 3:44 10-The Mexican Connection
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR10

Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 5
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 14112 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Billy Joel / Streetlife Serenade
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -5.65 dB -25.53 dB 5:19 01-Streetlife Serenader
DR15 -6.09 dB -23.61 dB 3:42 02-Los Angelenos
DR14 -8.16 dB -26.29 dB 3:46 03-The Great Suburban Showdown
DR15 -6.37 dB -24.84 dB 3:03 04-Root Beer Rag
DR14 -4.37 dB -22.38 dB 4:35 05-Roberta
DR13 -5.01 dB -22.63 dB 3:41 06-The Entertainer
DR14 -6.18 dB -26.22 dB 4:36 07-Last of the Big Time Spenders
DR14 -6.14 dB -22.21 dB 3:31 08-Weekend Song
DR10 -13.36 dB -28.15 dB 2:01 09-Souvenir
DR14 -9.82 dB -27.07 dB 3:41 10-The Mexican Connection
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR14

Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DSD64

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