Keb' Mo' - Peace...Back By Popular Demand (2004) (Repost)

Posted By: gribovar

Date: Aug. 14, 2025

Peace…Back by Popular Demand finds Keb' Mo' covering nine classic protest and peace songs from the 1960s and early '70s, and what is immediately apparent is how well these songs translate forward into the current political milieu. This is an album where the songs themselves are the stars, and Keb' Mo' wisely takes a low-key and measured vocal approach to each of them, letting the messages take hold over light soul-jazz backings, with just enough funk in the horn charts to give the arrangements some push. It's hard to argue with the song selection, but as an interpreter, Mo' seldom makes any of these tracks his own, and behind each stands the ghostly but clear memory of the original version. Perhaps that would be unavoidable under any circumstances, because songs like John Lennon's "Imagine" and Marvin Gaye's "What's Happening Brother" are so perfectly realized in the original recordings, but if the idea here is to give the messages of these songs a new cachet in a new era, then only a couple of them are given a redefinition by Mo' that would allow it. One that does work in a new guise is the opening track, a spunky, light soul rendition of Stephen Stills' "For What It's Worth." The song seems to have gained wisdom and import as the years have passed, and in the hands of Keb' Mo' it becomes both universal and danceable. Less successful is Nick Lowe's "(What's So Funny About) Peace, Love and Understanding," which is also given a heavy makeover, emerging in a swampy string band version that makes the song feel somehow less urgent. The cover here of Gaye's "What's Happening Brother" works because Mo' stays close to the original template, and given that Gaye pretty much invented the jazzy soul approach on his classic What's Going On album (an album that hardly needs redefinition to be vital in a contemporary setting), this is a wise choice. Delivering a perfectly nuanced vocal on Donny Hathaway's "Someday We'll All Be Free," Mo' brings out the hard-earned wisdom and hope inherent in the song's lyrics, as well as preserving its natural elegance. The simple vocal-and-piano approach to Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'" strips the song of its defiant swagger, replacing it with a kind of cautious - but hopeful - resignation that is surprisingly effective in shining a different kind of light on the lyrics. There is one Keb' Mo' original on the album, "Talk," which takes as its premise a one-on-one talk with the President of the United States, a notion that will seem like science fiction for most listeners. Obviously Mo' isn't trying to top the Hit Parade with anything here, and his effort to bring these important songs into a new light is laudable. Peace…Back by Popular Demand is not a major album, but it does have some major things to say, or re-say, in this case, and it serves as a reminder that every era could use (and deserves) some peace.

Tracklist:
01. For What It's Worth
02. Wake Up Everybody
03. People Got To Be Free
04. Talk
05. What's Happening Brother
06. The Times They Are A-Changin'
07. Get Together
08. Someday We'll All Be Free
09. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding
10. Imagine

Total time: 39:47

EAC log

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

Отчёт EAC об извлечении, выполненном 5. мая 2012, 19:42

Keb' Mo' / Peace…Back By Popular Demand

Дисковод: SONY CD-RW CRX230ED Adapter: 0 ID: 1

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 : Внутренние WAV-операции
Формат сэмплов : 44.100 Гц; 16 бит; стерео

TOC извлечённого CD

Трек | Старт | Длительность | Начальный сектор | Конечный сектор
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 3:58.25 | 0 | 17874
2 | 3:58.25 | 4:07.17 | 17875 | 36416
3 | 8:05.42 | 3:45.65 | 36417 | 53356
4 | 11:51.32 | 3:38.55 | 53357 | 69761
5 | 15:30.12 | 3:25.15 | 69762 | 85151
6 | 18:55.27 | 4:11.10 | 85152 | 103986
7 | 23:06.37 | 4:00.30 | 103987 | 122016
8 | 27:06.67 | 4:02.25 | 122017 | 140191
9 | 31:09.17 | 3:43.45 | 140192 | 156961
10 | 34:52.62 | 4:54.58 | 156962 | 179069

Характеристики диапазона извлечения и сообщения об ошибках

Выбранный диапазон

Имя файла E:\MusicCD\Torrent\Keb' Mo' - Peace…Back By Popular Demand\Keb' Mo' - Peace…Back By Popular Demand.wav

Пиковый уровень 100.0 %
Скорость извлечения 7.1 X
Качество диапазона 100.0 %
CRC теста 0AEACDF3
CRC копии 0AEACDF3
Копирование… OK

Ошибок не произошло

AccurateRip: сводка

Трек 1 : извлечено точно (доверие 2) [ABAD868B] (AR v1)
Трек 2 : извлечено точно (доверие 2) [F9F7141B] (AR v1)
Трек 3 : извлечено точно (доверие 2) [3FE09B5F] (AR v1)
Трек 4 : извлечено точно (доверие 2) [131093F4] (AR v1)
Трек 5 : извлечено точно (доверие 2) [FC65E7F5] (AR v1)
Трек 6 : извлечено точно (доверие 2) [70B00C30] (AR v1)
Трек 7 : извлечено точно (доверие 2) [CC69A8ED] (AR v1)
Трек 8 : извлечено точно (доверие 2) [277ED574] (AR v1)
Трек 9 : извлечено точно (доверие 2) [A8B69622] (AR v1)
Трек 10 : извлечено точно (доверие 2) [A36F9FE8] (AR v1)

Все треки извлечены точно

Конец отчёта

==== Контрольная сумма отчёта 1E1856B0E9C5F82A04E590B09A7C2B3DE52989A2109D2C9E842692D4CAD7E2A2 ====

CUETools log

[CUETools log; Date: 14.08.2025 14:19:03; Version: 2.1.4]
[CTDB TOCID: yUIa6YQ2lAANHogwyL3FkhmGNfg-] found.
Track | CTDB Status
1 | (260/266) Accurately ripped
2 | (263/266) Accurately ripped
3 | (262/266) Accurately ripped
4 | (263/266) Accurately ripped
5 | (262/266) Accurately ripped
6 | (262/266) Accurately ripped
7 | (260/266) Accurately ripped
8 | (262/266) Accurately ripped
9 | (262/266) Accurately ripped
10 | (259/266) Accurately ripped
[AccurateRip ID: 000eb8b7-0075d933-8509530a] found.
Track [ CRC | V2 ] Status
01 [abad868b|d48d170f] (002+000/212) Accurately ripped
02 [f9f7141b|88f3664c] (002+000/211) Accurately ripped
03 [3fe09b5f|6faa03da] (002+000/210) Accurately ripped
04 [131093f4|4766f8e2] (002+000/209) Accurately ripped
05 [fc65e7f5|78ebd4d4] (002+000/210) Accurately ripped
06 [70b00c30|b4b73ced] (002+000/207) Accurately ripped
07 [cc69a8ed|03aec08e] (002+000/210) Accurately ripped
08 [277ed574|88e545b5] (002+000/211) Accurately ripped
09 [a8b69622|88c2bb60] (002+000/212) Accurately ripped
10 [a36f9fe8|4fa0eb2c] (002+000/210) Accurately ripped
Offsetted by -36:
01 [6967a7c5] (049/212) Accurately ripped
02 [4832aab7] (049/211) Accurately ripped
03 [584d6885] (049/210) Accurately ripped
04 [2ca25d4f] (048/209) Accurately ripped
05 [2fcadeca] (048/210) Accurately ripped
06 [68222dc0] (047/207) Accurately ripped
07 [1579d51b] (047/210) Accurately ripped
08 [a167aaed] (048/211) Accurately ripped
09 [54cf090d] (049/212) Accurately ripped
10 [576852f8] (048/210) Accurately ripped
Offsetted by 599:
01 [b3cd261e] (021/212) Accurately ripped
02 [62e63c61] (020/211) Accurately ripped
03 [35a5d10e] (021/210) Accurately ripped
04 [985404bb] (020/209) Accurately ripped
05 [0ab905aa] (020/210) Accurately ripped
06 [901dce5d] (019/207) Accurately ripped
07 [1f860519] (020/210) Accurately ripped
08 [7965c3c1] (020/211) Accurately ripped
09 [9d962f7c] (019/212) Accurately ripped
10 [02e6272c] (019/210) Accurately ripped
Offsetted by -700:
01 [b4672d42] (000/212) No match (V2 was not tested)
02 [a7c3e200] (000/211) No match (V2 was not tested)
03 [ad1e6465] (000/210) No match (V2 was not tested)
04 [1c4eb6c6] (000/209) No match (V2 was not tested)
05 [5aad2f61] (000/210) No match (V2 was not tested)
06 [00d5ee20] (000/207) No match (V2 was not tested)
07 [202ecd7f] (000/210) No match (V2 was not tested)
08 [ac41a2e3] (000/211) No match (V2 was not tested)
09 [e503e94b] (000/212) No match (V2 was not tested)
10 [a69fe458] (000/210) No match (V2 was not tested)
Offsetted by -682:
01 [0e2048ba] (000/212) No match (V2 was not tested)
02 [0d1931f4] (000/211) No match (V2 was not tested)
03 [c13122fb] (000/210) No match (V2 was not tested)
04 [83c134e0] (000/209) No match (V2 was not tested)
05 [19875849] (000/210) No match (V2 was not tested)
06 [d5cadd58] (000/207) No match (V2 was not tested)
07 [7ba6e6ba] (000/210) No match (V2 was not tested)
08 [b98f8da4] (000/211) No match (V2 was not tested)
09 [5fa448a4] (000/212) No match (V2 was not tested)
10 [fbf58ad0] (000/210) No match (V2 was not tested)
Offsetted by 605:
01 [44b5d402] (000/212) No match (V2 was not tested)
02 [73e43bd2] (000/211) No match (V2 was not tested)
03 [dbea57e9] (000/210) No match (V2 was not tested)
04 [ec17936f] (000/209) No match (V2 was not tested)
05 [2c6fcae6] (000/210) No match (V2 was not tested)
06 [ec9fd43d] (000/207) No match (V2 was not tested)
07 [eb3a63f4] (000/210) No match (V2 was not tested)
08 [ebf83356] (000/211) No match (V2 was not tested)
09 [398994f9] (000/212) No match (V2 was not tested)
10 [010a0954] (000/210) No match (V2 was not tested)
Offsetted by 611:
01 [9868231a] (000/212) No match (V2 was not tested)
02 [db8737dc] (000/211) No match (V2 was not tested)
03 [80fed5f2] (000/210) No match (V2 was not tested)
04 [bd323673] (000/209) No match (V2 was not tested)
05 [4f87923f] (000/210) No match (V2 was not tested)
06 [dfcd73c7] (000/207) No match (V2 was not tested)
07 [ae7af079] (000/210) No match (V2 was not tested)
08 [8287b4a5] (000/211) No match (V2 was not tested)
09 [d5aefa70] (000/212) No match (V2 was not tested)
10 [ff09eb7c] (000/210) No match (V2 was not tested)

Track Peak [ CRC32 ] [W/O NULL] [ LOG ]
– 100,0 [0AEACDF3] [1AE1389E] CRC32
01 100,0 [078D0F54] [36F99A9D]
02 91,9 [7605C0AC] [016C6390]
03 100,0 [48E948C6] [79EF9198]
04 89,6 [247FB1D3] [4C454272]
05 95,8 [5F682A35] [8D563327]
06 69,9 [23B310C8] [133671CB]
07 100,0 [5CF9798D] [5B3AD754]
08 100,0 [989D4B85] [F61B21A5]
09 100,0 [73768D32] [304BBBC6]
10 92,0 [321B3C11] [1203010D]

Thanks to squirr

See also:
Kevin Moore - Rainmaker (1980) [Japanese Edition 2020]
Keb' Mo' - Keb' Mo' (1994) [MFSL, 2011]
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' - TajMo (2017)
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' - Room On The Porch (2025)

Welcome to My Blog!

Icerbox.com:
1. LOSSLESS
2. MP3 320 kbps
3. Covers