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Kleeer - License To Dream (1981) [2006, Reissue]

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 26 Apr 2020 16:14:06

"License to Dream" is the 3rd album by American New York City based Kleeer. Released in 1981, this album reached #13 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart, and the single "Get Tough" charted at #5 on the Dance chart and #15 on the Soul Singles chart.

~Wikipedia

Wrapped in one of the most creatively corny sleeve designs imaginable - an actual license to dream signed by "B. Positive" and "D. Termination," who have suspiciously identical handwriting - the third Kleeer album was the group's most successful, despite being powered only by a couple moderately popular singles, neither of which would ever be considered the group's defining work. The album maintains the rare balance of slickness and grittiness (topped only by Slave and Cameo) of 1979's Winners, and it's a little heavier on ballads and synthesizer work. If it weren't for its silly John Wayne impersonation (years before Shawn Brown's "Rappin' Duke"), "Get Tough" wouldn't be too distinguishable from the raft of simply functional funk singles of the year, but the follow-up, "Running Back to You," works a dramatic midtempo groove as well as the Gap Band's "Early in the Morning" - and in this case, the protagonist is more forthcoming about why things went wrong and is desperate to straighten them out. "Say You Love Me" should've been a regular presence on quiet storm programs, and a couple other cuts - "Hypnotized," "Where Would I Be (Without Your Love)" - demonstrate the shortcomings of the two Kleeer anthologies that appeared before the dawn of the 2000s.

~Review by Andy Kellman

Release of this album: 1981 [LP Atlantic, Cat.# SD 19288, USA]
Release of this CD: 2006, March, 14 [CD Collectables Records (USA), Cat.# COL-CD-7752 / UPC: 090431775226]
Originally released in 1981 as Atlantic SD 19288.
℗ 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp.
© 2006 Collectables Records Corp.
Produced under license from Atlantic Recording Corp.
Manufactured by Rhino Entertainment Company.
Distributed by Collectables Records.
Printed in U.S.A.

Credits:

Art Direction – Bob Defrin
Cover [Concept] – Norman Durham, Woody Cunningham
Engineer [Assistant] [Mixing] – Garry Rindfuss, Michael O'Reilly
Engineer [Mixing] – Scott Litt
Engineer [Recording] – Bobby "Bahamian" Warner, Tom "Jekyl" Heid
Mastered By, Lacquer Cut By – Dennis King
Photography By – Tony Barboza
Producer – Dennis King, Kleeer

Tracklist:

01. De Kleeer Ting (04:44)
02. Running Back To You (07:24)
03. Sippin' & Kissin' (04:18)
04. Hypnotized (03:38)
05. License To Dream (04:49)
06. Get Tough (08:21)
07. Say You Love Me (04:41)
08. Where Would I Be (Without Your Love) (04:21)

EAC log

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

EAC extraction logfile from 1. March 2012, 21:48

Kleeer / License To Dream

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Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 6
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Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000

Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo

TOC of the extracted CD

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8 | 37:55.18 | 4:21.37 | 170643 | 190254

Range status and errors

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Test CRC 5125268D
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AccurateRip summary

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Track 8 not present in database

None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database

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Dynamic Range Meter log

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Analyzed: Kleeer / License To Dream
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 0.00 dB -14.99 dB 4:44 01-De Kleeer Ting
DR15 0.00 dB -17.78 dB 7:24 02-Running Back To You
DR12 0.00 dB -14.63 dB 4:18 03-Sippin' & Kissin'
DR14 0.00 dB -15.92 dB 3:38 04-Hypnotized
DR16 0.00 dB -17.77 dB 4:49 05-License To Dream
DR16 0.00 dB -16.94 dB 8:21 06-Get Tough
DR15 0.00 dB -18.27 dB 4:41 07-Say You Love Me
DR17 0.00 dB -18.10 dB 4:21 08-Where Would I Be (Without Your Love)
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Number of tracks: 8
Official DR value: DR15

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 809 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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