Ian Anderson - Homo Erraticus (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Time - 51:56 minutes | 610 MB
ADVD Rip | Sourced track > PCM Stereo 24-48 | Artwork: Basic covers
The new concept album from Jethro Tull frontman. For "Homo Erraticus" Anderson is reunited with Bostock, using lyrics written by Gerald based on an old historical manuscript. The manuscript examines key events from throughout British history before going on to offer a number of prophecies for the future. Suitably dramatised and exaggerated by Bostock as metaphors for modern life, he presented Anderson with ideas for 14 songs, which have now been set to music. The result is "Homo Erraticus".
Two years after Thick as a Brick 2, an explicit 2012 sequel to the 1972 prog classic, Ian Anderson embarked on another ambitious journey, this time assembling a concept record called Homo Erraticus. A loose – very loose – album based on a "dusty, unpublished manuscript, written by local amateur historian Ernest T. Parritt (1873-1928)," Homo Erraticus is an old-fashioned prog record: it has narrative heft and ideas tied to the '70s, where jazz, classical, folk, orchestral pop, and rock all commingled in a thick, murky soup. Divorced from Tull, Anderson favors fruitiness – he likes ripe melodies and baroque arrangements that showcase either his flute or the dexterity of his band – and if the music by and large isn't as forceful as Aqualung, partially due to the absence of muscular musicians, it nevertheless demonstrates a clear-eyed conception that is in the same lineage. Yes, the production on Homo Erraticus is too precise – there's too much air, there's too much room to roam, decisions that diminish the impact of the music – but the contours of the compositions deliberately and delicately recall classic Tull, so Homo Erraticus winds up satisfying: it's as close to '70s prog as is possible in 2014.
Tracklist:
01 - Doggerland
02 - Heavy Metals
03 - Enter The Uninvited
04 - Puer Ferox Adventus
05 - Meliora Sequamur
06 - The Turnpike Inn
07 - The Engineer
08 - The Pax Britannica
09 - Tripudium Ad Bellum
10 - After These Wars
11 - New Blood, Old Veins
12 - In For A Pound
13 - The Browning Of The Green
14 - Per Errationes Ad Astra
15 - Cold Dead Reckoning
Analyzed: Ian Anderson / Homo Erraticus
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -0.30 dB -13.37 dB 4:21 01-Doggerland
DR13 -2.10 dB -17.39 dB 1:33 02-Heavy Metals
DR13 -0.30 dB -14.64 dB 4:12 03-Enter The Uninvited
DR12 -0.30 dB -14.81 dB 7:12 04-Puer Ferox Adventus
DR11 -0.30 dB -14.67 dB 3:35 05-Meliora Sequamur
DR12 -0.30 dB -13.21 dB 3:07 06-The Turnpike Inn
DR11 -0.30 dB -13.70 dB 3:13 07-The Engineer
DR12 -0.30 dB -13.89 dB 3:05 08-The Pax Britannica
DR10 -0.30 dB -12.08 dB 2:50 09-Tripudium Ad Bellum
DR12 -0.30 dB -15.36 dB 4:29 10-After These Wars
DR12 -0.30 dB -14.08 dB 2:32 11-New Blood, Old Veins
DR13 -5.37 dB -20.88 dB 0:37 12-In For A Pound
DR12 -0.71 dB -14.23 dB 4:06 13-The Browning Of The Green
DR16 -1.87 dB -23.22 dB 1:35 14-Per Errationes Ad Astra
DR12 -0.30 dB -14.21 dB 5:30 15-Cold Dead Reckoning
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Number of tracks: 15
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 48000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1545 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -0.30 dB -13.37 dB 4:21 01-Doggerland
DR13 -2.10 dB -17.39 dB 1:33 02-Heavy Metals
DR13 -0.30 dB -14.64 dB 4:12 03-Enter The Uninvited
DR12 -0.30 dB -14.81 dB 7:12 04-Puer Ferox Adventus
DR11 -0.30 dB -14.67 dB 3:35 05-Meliora Sequamur
DR12 -0.30 dB -13.21 dB 3:07 06-The Turnpike Inn
DR11 -0.30 dB -13.70 dB 3:13 07-The Engineer
DR12 -0.30 dB -13.89 dB 3:05 08-The Pax Britannica
DR10 -0.30 dB -12.08 dB 2:50 09-Tripudium Ad Bellum
DR12 -0.30 dB -15.36 dB 4:29 10-After These Wars
DR12 -0.30 dB -14.08 dB 2:32 11-New Blood, Old Veins
DR13 -5.37 dB -20.88 dB 0:37 12-In For A Pound
DR12 -0.71 dB -14.23 dB 4:06 13-The Browning Of The Green
DR16 -1.87 dB -23.22 dB 1:35 14-Per Errationes Ad Astra
DR12 -0.30 dB -14.21 dB 5:30 15-Cold Dead Reckoning
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Number of tracks: 15
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 48000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1545 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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