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    Japan - Obscure Alternatives (1978)

    Posted By: v3122
    Japan - Obscure Alternatives (1978)

    Japan - Obscure Alternatives (1978)
    EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
    2004 | Sony BMG, 82876 844472 | ~ 393 or 146 Mb | Scans Included
    New Wave / Glam | Remastered

    Their second album to hit the shelves in 1978, Japan's sophomore effort, Obscure Alternatives, found the band dropping most of their debut's funk fringe in favor of guitar-oriented fuzz and quirk – scooping up the glitter left behind by all the scene's other nascent Siouxies and Adam Ants. Although the set isn't quite up to par with its predecessor, Obscure Alternatives is still a challenging listen. David Sylvian is snotty, snotty on "Automatic Gun" – a spit-shined punk shocker backed by bright pop guitar – and ironically playing into all the guises they eschewed. Both the wonderfully atmospheric and slightly menacing title track and "Love Is Infectious" put the band completely into discordant post-punk art house-dom, the latter including a twisted piano solo in the middle of the guitar crunch. "….Rhodesia," on the other hand, brought the funk back and infused it with a Caribbean essence. While there is no doubt that Obscure Alternatives paled in the shadow of Adolescent Sex, Japan had obviously, in their eyes, broken through to find their style, their groove. Still eons away musically from their more commercial Tin Drum heyday, the band were nevertheless cultivating a breathtaking crop of kernels.

    by Amy Hanson, AMG
    Japan - Obscure Alternatives (1978)


    Japan - Obscure Alternatives (1978):

    Japan - Obscure Alternatives (1978)

    Tracklist:

    01 - Automatic Gun – 04:07
    02 - …Rhodesia – 06:49
    03 - Love Is Infectious – 04:10
    04 - Sometimes I Feel So Low – 03:48
    05 - Obscure Alternatives – 06:46
    06 - Deviation – 03:23
    07 - Suburban Berlin – 05:00
    08 - The Tenant – 07:15

    Bonus Tracks:
    09 - Deviation (Live) - 03:20
    10 - Obscure Alternatives (Live) - 06:05
    11 - In Vogue (Live) - 06:12
    12 - Sometimes I Feel So Low (Live) - 04:04

    Convertet to Image (CUETools 2.1.4)

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

    EAC extraction logfile from 5. April 2010, 13:21

    Japan / Obscure Alternatives (Remastered 2004)

    Used drive : TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-S202J Adapter: 3 ID: 0

    Read mode : Secure
    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 : Installed external ASPI interface
    Gap handling : Appended to previous track

    Used output format : User Defined Encoder
    Selected bitrate : 768 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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    1 | 0:00.00 | 4:07.00 | 0 | 18524
    2 | 4:07.00 | 6:49.11 | 18525 | 49210
    3 | 10:56.11 | 4:10.13 | 49211 | 67973
    4 | 15:06.24 | 3:48.17 | 67974 | 85090
    5 | 18:54.41 | 6:46.56 | 85091 | 115596
    6 | 25:41.22 | 3:23.37 | 115597 | 130858
    7 | 29:04.59 | 5:00.25 | 130859 | 153383
    8 | 34:05.09 | 7:15.66 | 153384 | 186074
    9 | 41:21.00 | 3:20.65 | 186075 | 201139
    10 | 44:41.65 | 6:05.58 | 201140 | 228572
    11 | 50:47.48 | 6:12.03 | 228573 | 256475
    12 | 56:59.51 | 4:04.62 | 256476 | 274837


    Track 1

    Filename E:\Musica\Japan - Obscure Alternatives (1978) [FLAC] (2004 Remastered)\01 - Automatic Gun.wav

    Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00

    Peak level 97.7 %
    Track quality 100.0 %
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    Track 2

    Filename E:\Musica\Japan - Obscure Alternatives (1978) [FLAC] (2004 Remastered)\02 - …Rhodesia.wav

    Pre-gap length 0:00:04.35

    Peak level 97.7 %
    Track quality 100.0 %
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    Track 3

    Filename E:\Musica\Japan - Obscure Alternatives (1978) [FLAC] (2004 Remastered)\03 - Love Is Infectious.wav

    Pre-gap length 0:00:02.60

    Peak level 97.7 %
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    Track 4

    Filename E:\Musica\Japan - Obscure Alternatives (1978) [FLAC] (2004 Remastered)\04 - Sometimes I Feel So Low.wav

    Pre-gap length 0:00:00.30

    Peak level 97.7 %
    Track quality 100.0 %
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    Track 5

    Filename E:\Musica\Japan - Obscure Alternatives (1978) [FLAC] (2004 Remastered)\05 - Obscure Alternatives.wav

    Pre-gap length 0:00:03.61

    Peak level 97.7 %
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    Track 6

    Filename E:\Musica\Japan - Obscure Alternatives (1978) [FLAC] (2004 Remastered)\06 - Deviation.wav

    Pre-gap length 0:00:04.28

    Peak level 97.7 %
    Track quality 100.0 %
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    Track 7

    Filename E:\Musica\Japan - Obscure Alternatives (1978) [FLAC] (2004 Remastered)\07 - Suburban Berlin.wav

    Pre-gap length 0:00:01.09

    Peak level 97.7 %
    Track quality 100.0 %
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    Track 8

    Filename E:\Musica\Japan - Obscure Alternatives (1978) [FLAC] (2004 Remastered)\08 - The Tenant.wav

    Pre-gap length 0:00:02.17

    Peak level 83.7 %
    Track quality 100.0 %
    Test CRC 9B65A839
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    Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [1EC9CDD1], AccurateRip returned [DEC97E45]
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    Track 9

    Filename E:\Musica\Japan - Obscure Alternatives (1978) [FLAC] (2004 Remastered)\09 - Deviation (Live).wav

    Pre-gap length 0:00:05.25

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    Track 10

    Filename E:\Musica\Japan - Obscure Alternatives (1978) [FLAC] (2004 Remastered)\10 - Obscure Alternatives (Live).wav

    Pre-gap length 0:00:01.50

    Peak level 97.7 %
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    Track 11

    Filename E:\Musica\Japan - Obscure Alternatives (1978) [FLAC] (2004 Remastered)\11 - In Vogue (Live).wav

    Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00

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    Track 12

    Filename E:\Musica\Japan - Obscure Alternatives (1978) [FLAC] (2004 Remastered)\12 - Sometimes I Feel So Low (Live).wav

    Pre-gap length 0:00:01.40

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    1 track(s) could not be verified as accurate
    11 track(s) not present in the AccurateRip database

    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 1.2.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
    log date: 2016-03-30 17:19:08

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    Analyzed: Japan / Obscure Alternatives
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    DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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    DR10 -0.20 dB -11.94 dB 4:07 01-Automatic Gun
    DR11 -0.20 dB -13.31 dB 6:49 02-…Rhodesia
    DR10 -0.20 dB -11.58 dB 4:10 03-Love Is Infectious
    DR11 -0.20 dB -12.73 dB 3:48 04-Sometimes I Feel So Low
    DR10 -0.20 dB -12.98 dB 6:47 05-Obscure Alternatives
    DR12 -0.20 dB -13.15 dB 3:23 06-Deviation
    DR11 -0.20 dB -13.58 dB 5:00 07-Suburban Berlin
    DR11 -1.55 dB -16.46 dB 7:16 08-The Tenant
    DR12 -0.20 dB -13.74 dB 3:21 09-Deviation (Live)
    DR13 -0.20 dB -15.33 dB 6:06 10-Obscure Alternatives (Live)
    DR12 -0.20 dB -13.93 dB 6:12 11-In Vogue (Live)
    DR13 -0.20 dB -14.95 dB 4:05 12-Sometimes I Feel So Low (Live)
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    Number of tracks: 12
    Official DR value: DR11

    Samplerate: 44100 Hz
    Channels: 2
    Bits per sample: 16
    Bitrate: 870 kbps
    Codec: FLAC

    [CUETools log; Date: 30.03.2016 17:05:21; Version: 2.1.4]
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