David Cassidy - Romance (1985)
Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Vocal | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 43:41 | 300,22 Mb
Label: Arista Records (West Germany) | Cat.# 610 454-222 (AE 880) | Released: 1985
Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Vocal | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 43:41 | 300,22 Mb
Label: Arista Records (West Germany) | Cat.# 610 454-222 (AE 880) | Released: 1985
"Romance" is David Cassidy's 7th studio album as a solo artist and his first released by Arista Records. Released in 1985, Romance was the only studio album Cassidy released during the 1980s. Since growing out of his teen idol fame from The Partridge Family, Cassidy continued to try to re-invent his music career; however, in the United States, his latter albums from the 1970s did not chart. Therefore, for the album Romance, Arista excluded a U.S. release and released the album only in Europe, Israel, Japan, South Africa and Australia. Romance hit #20 on the British charts in May 1985. George Michael sang on the song, "The Last Kiss" (originally recorded with different lyrics by Cliff Richard in 1981 as Young Love), which peaked at #6 in the UK Top 40 and charted all over Europe and in Australia. Subsequent singles from the album - "Romance (Let Your Heart Go)" and "Someone" - were minor hits in comparison. However, the last single from the album "She Knows All About Boys" was a Pan European #1. The album written prior to and after the marriage of Cassidy to Meryl Tanz was written about their marriage and David gives both Meryl and her daughter Caroline thanks for the two years it took to bring it to fruition. The album is produced by Alan Tarney. Tarney also wrote or co-wrote (with David Cassidy) all songs on the album with the exception of "She Knows All About Boys".
~Wikipedia
Relocating to England after a successful stint on Broadway in the early '80s (he had the title role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), David Cassidy joined forces with Alan Tarney, a producer who had several soft rock hits with Cliff Richard and Leo Sayer at the dawn of the '80s but had recently turned into a hot property thanks to his work on a-ha's "Take on Me." Cassidy's resulting 1985 album Romance naturally leans closer to Richard than a-ha's new wave synth pop yet the LP is slathered in synths, from its shimmering surfaces right down to its rhythms. It is, without question, a quintessentially '80s record, and it's also a quintessentially European record, relying on sprightly, tacky dance cuts, percolating midtempo pop, and an overabundance of ballads designed for televised pageant, all crossed with a heavy George Michael influence (the man himself sang on the song "The Last Kiss," a single that went to number six in the U.K.). It's a sound that's oddly suited for this very American pop star, possibly because he's comfortable in any manner of prefabrication, so he never seems out of place within the crystalline synthetic surfaces here. There aren't a lot of knockout songs here, but there aren't many bad ones and the entirety plays like what it is: a solid forgotten mainstream pop album from the height of MTV.
~Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Release of the album: 1985 [LP Arista, Cat.# 206 983, Europe]
Release of this CD: 1985 [CD Arista Records Ltd. (West Germany), Cat.# 610 454-222 (AE 880) / UPC: 4007196104549]
℗ 1985 Arista Records Ltd.
Distributed by the Ariola Group Of Companies.
Printed in West Germany by TOPAC
Credits:
Artwork [Album Provided By] – Michael Jay
Design – Claire Morales
Liner Notes – Mike Ragogna
Producer – Alan Tarney
Producer [Sony] – Rob Santos
Reissue Producer – Gordon Anderson, Jim Pierson
Backing Vocals – Basia Trzetrzelewska (tracks: 1), George Michael (tracks: 3)
Written-By – Alan Tarney (tracks: 1 to 8, 10), Dan Merino (tracks: 9), David Cassidy (tracks: 1 to 7), Sally Boyden (tracks: 5)
Tracklist:
01. Romance (05:27)
02. Touched By Lightning (04:31)
03. The Last Kiss (04:37)
04. Thin Ice (04:47)
05. Someone (04:23)
06. The Letter (04:42)
07. Heart Of Emotion (04:38)
08. Tenderly (03:26)
09. She Knows All About Boys (03:26)
10. Remember Me (03:45)
Exact Audio Copy V1.1 from 23. June 2015
Отчёт EAC об извлечении, выполненном 21. октября 2017, 21:55
David Cassidy / Romance (610 454-222)
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Режим чтения : Достоверность
Использование точного потока : Да
Отключение кэша аудио : Да
Использование указателей C2 : Нет
Коррекция смещения при чтении : 6
Способность читать области Lead-in и Lead-out : Нет
Заполнение пропущенных сэмплов тишиной : Да
Удаление блоков с тишиной в начале и конце : Нет
При вычислениях CRC использовались нулевые сэмплы : Да
Интерфейс : Встроенный Win32-интерфейс для Win NT/2000
Выходной формат : Пользовательский кодировщик
Выбранный битрейт : 1024 kBit/s
Качество : Высокий
Добавление ID3-тега : Нет
Утилита сжатия : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
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TOC извлечённого CD
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Отчёт EAC об извлечении, выполненном 21. октября 2017, 21:55
David Cassidy / Romance (610 454-222)
Дисковод: PLEXTOR BD-R PX-B950SA Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Режим чтения : Достоверность
Использование точного потока : Да
Отключение кэша аудио : Да
Использование указателей C2 : Нет
Коррекция смещения при чтении : 6
Способность читать области Lead-in и Lead-out : Нет
Заполнение пропущенных сэмплов тишиной : Да
Удаление блоков с тишиной в начале и конце : Нет
При вычислениях CRC использовались нулевые сэмплы : Да
Интерфейс : Встроенный Win32-интерфейс для Win NT/2000
Выходной формат : Пользовательский кодировщик
Выбранный битрейт : 1024 kBit/s
Качество : Высокий
Добавление ID3-тега : Нет
Утилита сжатия : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
Дополнительные параметры : -6 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" -T "BAND=%albuminterpret%" -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albuminterpret%" -T "COMPOSER=%composer%" %haslyrics%–tag-from-file=LYRICS="%lyricsfile%"%haslyrics% -T "DISCNUMBER=%cdnumber%" -T "TOTALDISCS=%totalcds%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" %hascover%–picture="%coverfile%"%hascover% %source% -o %dest%
TOC извлечённого CD
Трек | Старт | Длительность | Начальный сектор | Конечный сектор
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.32 | 5:27.10 | 32 | 24566
2 | 5:27.42 | 4:30.53 | 24567 | 44869
3 | 9:58.20 | 4:36.47 | 44870 | 65616
4 | 14:34.67 | 4:46.50 | 65617 | 87116
5 | 19:21.42 | 4:23.08 | 87117 | 106849
6 | 23:44.50 | 4:42.25 | 106850 | 128024
7 | 28:27.00 | 4:37.55 | 128025 | 148854
8 | 33:04.55 | 3:26.35 | 148855 | 164339
9 | 36:31.15 | 3:25.65 | 164340 | 179779
10 | 39:57.05 | 3:45.25 | 179780 | 196679
Характеристики диапазона извлечения и сообщения об ошибках
Выбранный диапазон
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Качество диапазона 100.0 %
CRC теста A1017F0D
CRC копии A1017F0D
Копирование… OK
Ошибок не произошло
AccurateRip: сводка
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DR12 0.00 dB -15.26 dB 4:31 02-Touched By Lightning
DR12 -0.57 dB -16.69 dB 4:37 03-The Last Kiss
DR12 0.00 dB -14.94 dB 4:47 04-Thin Ice
DR13 0.00 dB -14.98 dB 4:23 05-Someone
DR13 0.00 dB -14.57 dB 4:42 06-The Letter
DR14 -0.55 dB -17.47 dB 4:38 07-Heart Of Emotion
DR13 0.00 dB -15.72 dB 3:26 08-Tenderly
DR13 0.00 dB -14.25 dB 3:26 09-She Knows All About Boys
DR12 -1.42 dB -17.41 dB 3:45 10-Remember Me
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 899 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Analyzed: David Cassidy / Romance (610 454-222)
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DR13 0.00 dB -14.57 dB 4:42 06-The Letter
DR14 -0.55 dB -17.47 dB 4:38 07-Heart Of Emotion
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Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 899 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Thanks to alzal
See also:
Cherish '72 / Rock Me Baby '72
Home Is Where The Heart Is '76 / Gettin' It In The Street '77