Dead Meadow - Albums Collection 2000-2013 (8CD)

In Dead Meadow's universe, the wah-wah pedal is just as important as the guitar itself, and both are clearly more important than any sort of vocals. In fact, at first listen, singer/guitarist Jason Simon's barely audible whine puts the band's eponymous debut in some jeopardy before it has a chance to get underway. Coupled with the all-too-sluggish haze through which early tracks "Sleepy Silver Door" and "Indian Bones" slowly drift into focus, it may scare off many listeners before they can discover the secret of Dead Meadow's true appeal. First hinted at by the sweet, acoustic simplicity of "At the Edge of the Wood" (where the singer redeems himself with a gentle, much more effective Neil Young-like delivery), this subsequently takes shape via Simon's inspired guitar work. Displaying a subtle but nevertheless formidable control of tone and feedback, the guitarist creates a hypnotic wash of sound – akin to a softcore Hendrix. Having figured out this small mystery, open-minded stoner rock enthusiasts can then appreciate the laid-back perfection of the album's stellar second half. The beautifully chiming notes of "Dragonfly" and the stunning, eyes-closed, head-swaying vertigo induced by "Greensky Greenlake" merely set the stage for the disc's central tour de force, the sublime, lazy epic "Beyond the Fields We Know." Over its nine-minute swirl, the song's swimming waves of lysergic grooves qualify it as the direct offspring of Led Zeppelin's "No Quarter." As "Rocky Mountain High" (not the John Denver hippie-lite standard) draws the record to a close with one of its heaviest, darkest moments, one gets the feeling that Dead Meadow's vision isn't yet fully realized – but there's plenty here to suggest that the final destination is within sight.

Review by Eduardo Rivadavia, Allmusic.com

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

EAC extraction logfile from 12. November 2010, 15:24

Dead Meadow / Dead Meadow

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foobar2000 1.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Hailing from the nation's capital and looking rather like the teenage cast from the cult film Rushmore, Dead Meadow garnered many an accolade with its first album's surprisingly accomplished and highly authentic brand of psychedelic rock. The young musicians' subtle yet dazzling technical interplay lies at the core of this formula, where power chords and all other such outbursts are usually hinted at, but rarely fully vented through the soft haze of the group's stoner musings. With its flowing grooves and measured, slow stomp, the band's self-titled debut was a discreetly seductive affair, slowly creeping up on the listener when least expected. Quickly released later the same year, second opus Howls from the Hills reprises this same M.O., with only slightly inferior results. Solid opener "Drifting Down Streams" lazily swims into gear over its eight-minute sprawl and the more concise Zeppelin-inspired "Dusty Nothing" delivers some early fireworks, but occasionally plodding tracks like "Jusiamere Farm" and "The White Worm" come off rather like first album leftovers. It would be easy to peg these underwhelming moments as unfocused, yet "focus" is a tricky word when describing Dead Meadow, since a seemingly casual (or possibly carefully orchestrated) lack thereof is an essential component of the group's unique identity. And, like its predecessor, Howls from the Hills' best trips are saved for last, and include the haunting acoustics of "The One I Don't Know," the epic "One and Old," and the excellent "The Breeze Always Blows." A strong effort all around, Howls from the Hills makes up for its occasional shortcomings with a palpable sense of promise, marking this as a band to watch.

Review by Eduardo Rivadavia, Allmusic.com

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

EAC extraction logfile from 12. November 2010, 17:00

Dead Meadow / Howls From The Hills

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foobar2000 1.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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An interesting and slightly unexpected release on the Brian Jonestown Massacre's label – doubtless because Dead Meadow opened for that band, whose Anton Newcombe ended up providing the tapes – Got Live if You Want It! is, indeed, a show recording from a date in early 2002. The combination of sludge, drift and, in Jason Simon's singing, a surprisingly easy-to-grasp melodicism that defines the group stands out pretty well here, and, while long-time fans might debate the virtues of these takes with the studio ones, this is definitely a great starting point for those new to the group. Most of the selections come from the self-titled EP – the only Howls from the Hills song is a mighty fine "Dusty Nothing" – and, as befits the band's oldest songs, they sound well-seasoned in the group's capable hands. Simon's got it down as both a good singer and an even better guitarist; the odd semi-whine in his vocals might initially be a touch off-putting, but, by steering clear of more clichéd bellows or roars, it's a great contrast to the heavy-psych mania that the trio kicks up. Although there are some understandable Black Sabbath comparisons to be made, it's better to think of this music as coming from the moody smoke of that band's era other than the Birmingham monsters specifically – plenty of wah-wah, just enough shivering semi-funk rhythms, and a feeling that there is no such thing as too much echo. "Good Moanin'" and the concluding "Rocky Mountain High" are two of the best numbers living up to that approach. Meanwhile, "Sleepy Silver Door" lives up to its title beautifully; it's trippy in the best sense of the word, as Simon's vocals cascade over the band's full shuffling downward slide.

Review by Ned Raggett, Allmusic.com

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

EAC extraction logfile from 17. August 2011, 18:14

Dead Meadow / Got Live If You Want It

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foobar2000 1.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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On their third album, Shivering King and Others, Dead Meadow continues to prove just how apt their name is, crafting vast guitar epics that have all the beauty and strangeness of a frostbitten field at midnight. While both their self-titled debut and Howls From the Hills showed power and promise, they were still defined and confined by the heavy influence of forebears such as Zeppelin and Hendrix, as well as by contemporaries such as Bardo Pond. On this album – which is also their Matador debut – Dead Meadow seems to have found their own voice and pared their music down until it reflects nothing but their essence. The stunning opener, "I Love You Too," proves this immediately: based on a riff that's equally heavy and haunting, it unfolds over seven minutes, ebbing and flowing with squalling solos and Jason Simon's moody, reverb-cloaked vocals. The rest of the album follows suit, offering relatively concise, powerful rockers like "Bubbling Flower" and the title track; eerie, slow-burning ballads like "Everything's Going On" (which appears in a dramatically different form than it did on Howls From the Hills) and "Wayfarers All"; and chiming acoustic numbers like "Heaven" and "Good Moanin'." That the bulk of Shivering King and Others finds Dead Meadow operating in one of these three modes is far from disappointing, though, since the band's ideas and execution have come such a long way in just a few years. A spooky sleekness winds its way through even the album's most scorching rockers, coming to the fore on brief cuts like "She's Mine" and more expansive ones like the finale, "Raise the Sails." Bludgeoning and beautiful all at once, Shivering King and Others is Dead Meadow's finest work to date and the album that their fans always knew they had it in them to make.

Review by Heather Phares, Allmusic.com

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

EAC extraction logfile from 12. November 2010, 17:48

Dead Meadow / Shivering King And Others

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Track 8

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\08. Dead Meadow - Me and the Devil Blues.wav

Peak level 99.8 %
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Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [0FEB459B]
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Track 9

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\09. Dead Meadow - Shivering King.wav

Peak level 99.7 %
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Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [054A5AD3]
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Track 10

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\10. Dead Meadow - She's Mine.wav

Peak level 99.7 %
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Test CRC F29CD644
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Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [64C230E2]
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Track 11

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\11. Dead Meadow - Heaven.wav

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Peak level 99.6 %
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Test CRC 57E2B649
Copy CRC 57E2B649
Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [69429704]
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Track 12

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\12. Dead Meadow - Raise the Sails.wav

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Peak level 99.8 %
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Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [55162996]
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End of status report

foobar2000 1.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2013-12-05 20:20:57

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Analyzed: Dead Meadow / Shivering King And Others
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR6 -0.01 dB -7.17 dB 7:17 01-I Love You Too
DR6 -0.01 dB -6.88 dB 4:48 02-Babbling Flower
DR8 -0.02 dB -8.54 dB 7:05 03-Everything's Going On
DR6 -0.01 dB -7.76 dB 3:24 04-The Whirlings
DR7 -0.07 dB -10.60 dB 1:42 05-Wayfarers All
DR6 -0.01 dB -7.47 dB 6:41 06-Good Moanin'
DR9 -0.03 dB -10.08 dB 6:33 07-Golden Cloud
DR7 -0.02 dB -8.65 dB 3:37 08-Me and the Devil Blues
DR9 -0.02 dB -10.82 dB 6:00 09-Shivering King
DR8 -0.02 dB -10.63 dB 1:19 10-She's Mine
DR8 -0.03 dB -10.06 dB 6:51 11-Heaven
DR7 -0.01 dB -7.92 dB 6:52 12-Raise the Sails
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR7

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 902 kbps
Codec: FLAC
================================================================================

Just as Shivering King and Others was a departure from Dead Meadow's earlier work, their fourth album (and first as a quartet), Feathers, is another evolution in the band's sound. It's perhaps the most polarized-sounding Dead Meadow album yet: a few songs that recall the densely heavy trippiness of their older work, but many more are restrained and almost poppy, pushing the boundaries of the band's music. Feathers' clean production also emphasizes its duality; somehow, the psychedelic smoke swirling around tracks like "Let It All Pass" seems even thicker, while the pretty melodies and jangly guitars on "Stacy's Song" and "Such Hawks Such Hounds" make them sound like folk songs gone vaguely acid rock. Jason Simon's vocals are also much more prominent on Feathers than on any of Dead Meadow's previous albums, and tracks like the slow, strutting "Get Up On Down" sound more like typical stoner rock because of it. Though Feathers' restrained sound seems counterintuitive to the strengths the band showed on albums like Howls From the Hills and Shivering King, more often than not it works. The aforementioned "Such Hawks Such Hounds" still has plenty of Dead Meadow's eerie intensity, and "At Her Open Door" finds the perfect balance between this album's polish and the power of the band's earlier material. The song is downright pretty at the beginning, with slippery guitars that sound oddly Western and Polynesian at the same time; it gradually becomes trippier and takes flight around the four-minute mark, when Dead Meadow's trademark wah-wah pedals come into play. Feathers' second half features more of the heaviness that fans have come to expect, particularly on the final track, "Through the Gates of the Sleepy Silver Door," which closes the album with a nod to the first track on their 2001 self-titled debut album and 15 minutes of heavy but spacious sludge rock. "Eyeless Gaze All Eye/Don't Tell the Riverman," meanwhile, boasts both a lumbering, Sabbath-esque riff and nimble solos along with dreamy slide guitar interludes. This is a subdued, lying in bed and staring at the ceiling kind of album, and coming after the majestic peaks and valleys of Shivering King and Others it initially feels a little disappointing. However, after a few listens, Feathers reveals its own, mellower pleasures, as well as Dead Meadow's versatility.

Review by Heather Phares, Allmusic.com

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

EAC extraction logfile from 13. November 2010, 10:36

Dead Meadow / Feathers

Used drive : Optiarc DVD RW AD-7170A 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 : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling : Appended to previous track

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 128 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\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=EAC FLAC -8" %s


TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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7 | 31:47.27 | 4:06.19 | 143052 | 161520
8 | 35:53.46 | 5:20.44 | 161521 | 185564
9 | 41:14.15 | 2:01.66 | 185565 | 194705
10 | 43:16.06 | 13:44.18 | 194706 | 256523


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Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00

Peak level 98.8 %
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Test CRC 8D5C312F
Copy CRC 8D5C312F
Accurately ripped (confidence 10) [55C8BD18]
Copy OK

Track 2

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\02. Dead Meadow - Such Hawks Such Hounds.wav

Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC C5666359
Copy CRC C5666359
Accurately ripped (confidence 11) [97E6B22B]
Copy OK

Track 3

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\03. Dead Meadow - Get Up on Down.wav

Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 0A1D020B
Copy CRC 0A1D020B
Accurately ripped (confidence 10) [4F5CB5B3]
Copy OK

Track 4

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\04. Dead Meadow - Heaven.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:00.73

Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC D52D050B
Copy CRC D52D050B
Accurately ripped (confidence 9) [DF7D12A6]
Copy OK

Track 5

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\05. Dead Meadow - At Her Open Door.wav

Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 97C57EF1
Copy CRC 97C57EF1
Accurately ripped (confidence 11) [D173EF5F]
Copy OK

Track 6

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\06. Dead Meadow - Eyeless Gaze All Eye,Don't Tell the Riverman.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
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Test CRC A197322B
Copy CRC A197322B
Accurately ripped (confidence 10) [D1037698]
Copy OK

Track 7

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\07. Dead Meadow - Stacy's Song.wav

Peak level 98.8 %
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Test CRC C1A5C315
Copy CRC C1A5C315
Accurately ripped (confidence 10) [E4BF420F]
Copy OK

Track 8

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\08. Dead Meadow - Let It All Pass.wav

Peak level 98.8 %
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Test CRC FA4CB416
Copy CRC FA4CB416
Accurately ripped (confidence 9) [290A29AC]
Copy OK

Track 9

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\09. Dead Meadow - Through the Gales of the Sleepy.wav

Peak level 88.1 %
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 505C5092
Copy CRC 505C5092
Accurately ripped (confidence 10) [25C0E41E]
Copy OK

Track 10

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\10. Dead Meadow - Silver Door.wav

Peak level 98.8 %
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Test CRC 7132D35C
Copy CRC 7132D35C
Accurately ripped (confidence 10) [C3D2F43D]
Copy OK


All tracks accurately ripped

No errors occurred

End of status report

foobar2000 1.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2013-12-07 16:27:20

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Analyzed: Dead Meadow / Feathers
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR4 -0.10 dB -5.55 dB 4:20 01-Let's Jump In
DR5 -0.10 dB -5.14 dB 3:19 02-Such Hawks Such Hounds
DR5 -0.10 dB -5.80 dB 5:27 03-Get Up on Down
DR5 -0.10 dB -6.47 dB 6:05 04-Heaven
DR5 -0.10 dB -5.76 dB 5:32 05-At Her Open Door
DR4 0.00 dB -6.26 dB 7:04 06-Eyeless Gaze All Eye/Don't Tell the Riverman
DR6 -0.10 dB -7.88 dB 4:06 07-Stacy's Song
DR5 -0.10 dB -6.06 dB 5:21 08-Let It All Pass
DR6 -1.10 dB -8.11 dB 2:02 09-Through the Gales of the Sleepy
DR6 -0.10 dB -7.61 dB 13:44 10-Silver Door
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR5

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 864 kbps
Codec: FLAC
================================================================================

Dead Meadow's fifth studio album, and their third for Matador Records, was recorded in two locations: Sunset Sound, a 50-year-old studio on the Sunset Strip, rumored to be haunted by Jim Morrison's ghost, and in a restored abandoned Indiana guest house next door to the farmhouse of drummer Stephen McCarty's parents – where the band first recorded Howls from the Hills. Potential for a doomy throwback to their early works seemed high, with the latter space boasting 14-foot ceilings perfect for massive drum reverb, old cupboards, and closets for isolation rooms, and surrounding a bottom-lit brick well in the center of the kitchen to make shadows dance while mysterious ghost stories circulated about the shack. As legend has it, a park ranger who rented the secluded space prior to the recording pulled his gun on hand prints that were making their way towards him across the carpet in the middle of the night, and supposedly, as a result of the eerie environment, if you listen carefully, you can hear paranormal sounds bleeding through on some of the guitar tracks, along with footsteps and violin noises coming from nowhere. The spooky back-stories that portray the setting of the album as the cabin from Evil Dead, and cover art that depicts a claustrophobic forest would lead one to believe that this is going to be a stoner rock throwback to the fear-inducing lumbering thunder of Sabbath and Blue Cheer. Unfortunately, fans of Dead Meadow's pummeling self-titled album will be disappointed in the lack of bombast, as now the DC trio is continuing down their path of laid-back entrancement that was becoming all-too comfortable on 2005's Floyd-esque Feathers. There's still a woozy taste of psychedelia in the air, even though most of the songs now fall under the five-minute mark, with most of the grunge saved for the guitar solos. Frontman and guitar slinger Jason Simon still wails on his wah when time permits, but he sounds more apathetic than ever while singing, and the songs are more compact than before, resulting in what feels a lot like a blues-rock version of Spiritualized. Some moments specialize in the plodding groove ("Til Kingdom Come"), some are more experimental and trippy, like the tanpura drone and frantic build of "Seven Seers," others are surprisingly quaint acoustic based numbers like "Down Here." Where the group used to sound like a bulldozer demolishing rubble, now they're more like a snow plow gently shoving away a winter wonderland. It's still good, but isn't stoner rock supposed to sound destructive?

Review by Jason Lymangrover, Allmusic.com

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

EAC extraction logfile from 13. November 2010, 11:03

Dead Meadow / Old Growth

Used drive : Optiarc DVD RW AD-7170A 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 : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling : Appended to previous track

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 128 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\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=EAC FLAC -8" %s


TOC of the extracted CD

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6 | 21:21.11 | 4:13.49 | 96086 | 115109
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8 | 29:55.26 | 3:06.52 | 134651 | 148652
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Test CRC 6CECB9D2
Copy CRC 6CECB9D2
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 4) [D173A242], AccurateRip returned [2D02E171]
Copy OK

Track 2

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\02. Dead Meadow - Between Me And The Ground.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.04

Peak level 99.9 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 5C5CF5B5
Copy CRC 5C5CF5B5
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 3) [5EE7381F], AccurateRip returned [E5CABE0F]
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Track 3

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\03. Dead Meadow - What Needs Must Be.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:03.04

Peak level 99.9 %
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Test CRC 0ECB73B4
Copy CRC 0ECB73B4
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 3) [B0D9F658], AccurateRip returned [F20ADA40]
Copy OK

Track 4

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\04. Dead Meadow - Down Here.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.04

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Test CRC 3DBDFBB0
Copy CRC 3DBDFBB0
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 3) [4E2594C6], AccurateRip returned [D94525C6]
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Track 5

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\05. Dead Meadow - 'Till Kingdom Come.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.04

Peak level 99.9 %
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Test CRC 1EAA6D89
Copy CRC 1EAA6D89
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 3) [520B7910], AccurateRip returned [BDD5D638]
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Track 6

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\06. Dead Meadow - I'm Gone.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:03.05

Peak level 99.9 %
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Test CRC 166434CE
Copy CRC 166434CE
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 3) [782E9FB2], AccurateRip returned [35C90B6A]
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Track 7

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\07. Dead Meadow - Seven Seers.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.02

Peak level 89.0 %
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Test CRC 395814E3
Copy CRC 395814E3
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 3) [886CFE60], AccurateRip returned [1F9483B0]
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Track 8

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\08. Dead Meadow - The Great Deceiver.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:03.05

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Copy CRC E5ED343C
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 3) [B714F103], AccurateRip returned [A8322853]
Copy OK

Track 9

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\09. Dead Meadow - The Queen Of All Returns.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.04

Peak level 99.9 %
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Copy CRC F3DCA323
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 3) [0BDD5405], AccurateRip returned [1F82DFBD]
Copy OK

Track 10

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\10. Dead Meadow - Keep On Walking.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.04

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Copy CRC 78FDE991
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 3) [651947DB], AccurateRip returned [AFE2D1AA]
Copy OK

Track 11

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\11. Dead Meadow - Hard People-Hard Times.wav

Peak level 99.9 %
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Test CRC 49899B7B
Copy CRC 49899B7B
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 3) [D0BA0744], AccurateRip returned [5172FB85]
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Track 12

Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\r\12. Dead Meadow - Either Way.wav

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Copy CRC A7F1F5BF
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 3) [714F87A9], AccurateRip returned [DA4DEE39]
Copy OK


No tracks could be verified as accurate
You may have a different pressing from the one(s) in the database

No errors occurred

End of status report

foobar2000 1.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2013-12-12 18:51:43

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Analyzed: Dead Meadow / Old Growth
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR6 -0.01 dB -6.93 dB 6:59 01-Ain't Got Nothing (To Go Wrong)
DR5 -0.01 dB -5.85 dB 3:16 02-Between Me And The Ground
DR7 -0.01 dB -7.88 dB 4:17 03-What Needs Must Be
DR10 -1.51 dB -13.36 dB 2:44 04-Down Here
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DR6 -0.01 dB -8.01 dB 5:33 09-The Queen Of All Returns
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR7

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
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Codec: FLAC
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In the grand tradition of Led Zeppelin’s The Song Remains the Same and the Make-Up’s Blue Is Beautiful, Three Kings is a live album/concert film that’s intercut with a series of freaked-out vignettes to create a loose, psychedelic narrative to go along with the music. As a live album, Three Kings does a great job of capturing Dead Meadow in all of their bluesy, stoner rock glory. All of the Zeppelin and Black Sabbath worship that you’d expect from the band is present in the live set. Depending on how you feel about live jamming, you might be thrilled or disappointed to hear that the band plays it pretty close to the album versions here. Rather than getting lost down the rabbit hole of excessive live noodling, they keep the songs (relatively) short and sweet. While Three Kings should please true blue Dead Meadow fans with its freaked-out film accompaniment, the live tracks don’t offer much more musically than their studio albums, which already have a loose and live feel to them, making Three Kings a more engaging visual experience than an audio one.

Review by Gregory Heaney, Allmusic.com

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 25. November 2013, 23:30

Dead Meadow / Three Kings

Used drive : PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-118L Adapter: 2 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 6
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Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
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Gap handling : Appended to previous track

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Test CRC EA971B15
Copy CRC EA971B15
Accurately ripped (confidence 4) [A82B137B] (AR v2)
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Test CRC B4F2A1D2
Copy CRC B4F2A1D2
Accurately ripped (confidence 5) [FFC8BB47] (AR v2)
Copy OK

Track 3

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Extraction speed 1.3 X
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Test CRC 3FB29F3C
Copy CRC 3FB29F3C
Accurately ripped (confidence 5) [DFCEB79A] (AR v2)
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Track 4

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Extraction speed 1.4 X
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Test CRC 95ED8E10
Copy CRC 95ED8E10
Accurately ripped (confidence 5) [9D9DCAE9] (AR v2)
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Track 5

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Test CRC 20F030B2
Copy CRC 20F030B2
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Test CRC 7119FDC2
Copy CRC 7119FDC2
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Filename D:\CDRip\08 - Everything's Going On.wav

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Filename D:\CDRip\14 - Queen of All Returns.wav

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log date: 2013-12-12 18:52:04

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Analyzed: Dead Meadow / Three Kings
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR6 0.00 dB -7.20 dB 4:11 01-Till Kingdome Come
DR6 0.00 dB -7.08 dB 3:15 02-Between Me And The Ground
DR6 0.00 dB -7.27 dB 4:33 03-Good Moanin'
DR6 0.00 dB -7.00 dB 6:27 04-At Her Open Door
DR7 0.00 dB -8.67 dB 5:33 05-To The One
DR6 0.00 dB -7.55 dB 4:58 06-That Old Temple
DR7 0.00 dB -9.25 dB 7:51 07-The Narrows
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DR6 0.00 dB -7.37 dB 4:02 13-The Whirlings
DR7 0.00 dB -8.17 dB 5:47 14-Queen of All Returns
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR6

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
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With their sixth studio album, Warble Womb, stoner rock/neo-psych institution Dead Meadow stretch out in every possible direction, reuniting their original lineup with the inclusion of drummer Mark Laughlin and laying down over 70 minutes of sprawling psychedelic trip-outs and gentle rain-soaked acoustic mysticism. A good 15 years into their craft, Dead Meadow aren't making the same Sabbath-worshiping riff ramblers that they were in the early 2000s, and even from the first stumbling, swampy grooves of album opener "Six to Let the Light Shine Through," it's clear that the band is building its psychedelia on a more patient, nuanced subtlety than the thick walls of noise of earlier days. That's not to say that Warble Womb is un-heavy. Blasts of slow-motion guitar sludge like "Rains in the Desert" and "This Song Is Over" are blurry and confusing affairs, but the tones are distinct and considered rather than just brutal volume shrapnel. What's more immediately apparent is Dead Meadow's embrace of thoughtful acoustic guitar-based compositions, as well as an increased experimentation with dubby production. "One More Toll Taker" is an airy duet between organ and folky guitar that calls to mind Ghost's eerie sunrise ceremony-like meditations, while a few songs later, "Burn the Here and Now" shimmers with a lush, cinematic palette of desert sky guitar tones at a narcotically slow pace. "Copper Is Restless ('Til It Turns to Gold)" rides a pseudo-reggae bassline and is the band's closest flat-out attempt at dub amidst the incredibly varied set of songs. Epic, lengthy, and ambitious, Warble Womb is so slow-moving and resilient in its vision that it never feels too heavy-handed or like it's really even attempting anything overt. The songs dissolve into each other even at their most desperate, with clunky experimental interludes making a lot of sense when used to separate Dylanesque classic rockers like "Yesterday's Blowing Back" from glowing psych pop nuggets like "Mr. Chesty." While it's not necessarily Dead Meadow's masterwork, it shows a band growing into its sound and mellowing nicely without sacrificing any of its radiance by exploring less extreme territories.

Review by Fred Thomas, Allmusic.com

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EAC extraction logfile from 25. November 2013, 21:27

Dead Meadow / Warble Womb

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Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 6
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 : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "PERFORMER=%albuminterpret%" -T "COMPOSER=%composer%" %haslyrics%–tag-from-file=LYRICS="%lyricsfile%"%haslyrics% -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "DISCNUMBER=%cdnumber%" -T "TOTALDISCS=%totalcds%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" %source% -o %dest%


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foobar2000 1.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2013-12-15 15:12:29

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Analyzed: Dead Meadow / Warble Womb
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR6 0.00 dB -6.76 dB 6:05 01-Six to Let the Light Shine Thru…
DR4 -0.50 dB -5.94 dB 4:29 02-1000 Dreams
DR6 0.00 dB -8.52 dB 5:06 03-Mr. Chesty
DR6 0.00 dB -7.57 dB 6:33 04-I'm Cured
DR9 0.00 dB -10.33 dB 1:56 05-Warble Womb I
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DR11 0.00 dB -12.54 dB 2:53 07-One More Toll Taker
DR5 0.00 dB -5.33 dB 5:32 08-Rains in the Desert
DR6 0.00 dB -8.84 dB 5:18 09-Burn the Here and Now
DR5 0.00 dB -6.40 dB 5:02 10-All Torn Up
DR5 0.00 dB -6.08 dB 2:57 11-In the Thicket
DR6 0.00 dB -7.12 dB 4:18 12-Copper Is Restless ('til it Turns to Gold)
DR7 0.00 dB -9.21 dB 2:20 13-Warble Womb II
DR5 0.00 dB -6.19 dB 9:37 14-This Song Is Over
DR6 0.00 dB -7.09 dB 4:04 15-September
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Number of tracks: 15
Official DR value: DR6

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 965 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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