ABC - Alphabet City (1987)

Posted By: tirexiss

ABC - Alphabet City (1987)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) - 400 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 163 MB | Covers Included | 62:53
Genre: Pop, Synth-pop, New Romantic | Label: Mercury | Catalog: 832 391-2

Returning to the Motown and Northern soul that provided the basis of their debut album, ABC turned to the pop songcraft on their fifth album, Alphabet City. The increased songcraft is certainly engaging, particularly on the hit "When Smokey Sings," but the songs are usually indistinguishable from each other, resulting in a sleek, stylish, and thoroughly entertaining album that leaves no lasting memory.


Track List:

01. Avenue A 0:53
02. When Smokey Sings 4:18
03. The Night You Murdered Love 4:53
04. Think Again 3:40
05. Rage And Then Regret 3:33
06. Ark-Angel 4:55
07. King Without A Crown 4:40
08. Bad Blood 3:56
09. Jealous Lover 3:36
10. One Day 5:35
11. Avenue Z 0:42
12. Minneapolis 2:55
13. When Smokey Sings (The Miami Mix) 7:03
14. The Night You Murdered Love (The Whole Story) 8:14
15. Chicago (Abridged) 3:40

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008

EAC extraction logfile from 5. January 2009, 13:55

ABC / Alphabet City

Used drive : Optiarc DVD RW AD-7173A Adapter: 0 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 : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 320 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : Yes
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" -T comment="%e" -T "comment=EAC (Secure Mode)" %s


TOC of the extracted CD

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5 | 13:49.22 | 3:33.43 | 62197 | 78214
6 | 17:22.65 | 4:55.57 | 78215 | 100396
7 | 22:18.47 | 4:41.30 | 100397 | 121501
8 | 27:00.02 | 3:57.00 | 121502 | 139276
9 | 30:57.02 | 3:36.53 | 139277 | 155529
10 | 34:33.55 | 5:35.60 | 155530 | 180714
11 | 40:09.40 | 0:42.15 | 180715 | 183879
12 | 40:51.55 | 2:58.42 | 183880 | 197271
13 | 43:50.22 | 7:05.68 | 197272 | 229214
14 | 50:56.15 | 8:15.20 | 229215 | 266359
15 | 59:11.35 | 3:41.47 | 266360 | 282981


Track 1

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Accurately ripped (confidence 28) [0BD51574]
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Track 2

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Accurately ripped (confidence 29) [E9516045]
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Track 3

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Accurately ripped (confidence 28) [9B7F404D]
Copy OK

Track 4

Filename I:\ABC - Alphabet City\04 - Think Again.wav

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Accurately ripped (confidence 28) [47D3A55E]
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Track 5

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Accurately ripped (confidence 28) [F5426AA6]
Copy OK

Track 6

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Accurately ripped (confidence 29) [2F1F1792]
Copy OK

Track 7

Filename I:\ABC - Alphabet City\07 - King Without A Crown.wav

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Accurately ripped (confidence 28) [CA3FAD18]
Copy OK

Track 8

Filename I:\ABC - Alphabet City\08 - Bad Blood.wav

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Accurately ripped (confidence 29) [3A758C3A]
Copy OK

Track 9

Filename I:\ABC - Alphabet City\09 - Jealous Lover.wav

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Accurately ripped (confidence 29) [5A78838C]
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Track 10

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Accurately ripped (confidence 28) [FA7F35F6]
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Track 11

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Accurately ripped (confidence 29) [DE5FE96A]
Copy OK

Track 12

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Accurately ripped (confidence 28) [4F729255]
Copy OK

Track 13

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Accurately ripped (confidence 27) [37BC9D29]
Copy OK

Track 14

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Accurately ripped (confidence 28) [CD6C8294]
Copy OK

Track 15

Filename I:\ABC - Alphabet City\15 - Chicago (Abridged).wav

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All tracks accurately ripped

No errors occurred

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Thanks to the Original ripper (unknown)!

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