Michael Sweet – Truth (2000)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks & cue & log) 401 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 126 MB | Scans (PNG) | 45 MB | 55:05
Genre: Soft Rock / Hard Rock / AOR | Country: USA | Label: Restless Records | 73706-2
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks & cue & log) 401 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 126 MB | Scans (PNG) | 45 MB | 55:05
Genre: Soft Rock / Hard Rock / AOR | Country: USA | Label: Restless Records | 73706-2
Truth is the official full-length version of the demo album of the same name released by Christian rock singer and Stryper frontman Michael Sweet, two years before (1998). This version was released by Restless Records in 2000. The first demo version of the album, sold independently through Sweet's website, did very well selling 25,000 units. This prompted several labels to seek the rights to release it.
Michael Sweet is one talented guy. Not only does he have an incredible singing voice, possess guitar chops, play piano, raise a family, and have several platinum albums to his name, he is also an incredible open, honest, and humble guy. I've met him and seen him in concert with his former band Stryper.
Before you start to cringe you should realize that this is not material that sounds like it should have been released in 1988. Michael has continued to update himself after taking some time off from the music biz in the early 90's. "Truth" shows that he can still kick it into high gear when needed.
You should know that there are two versions of this disc. The first one (with the blue and yellow swirl cover) was released independently-I believe-in 1999 or 2000. This current disc contains many of those same songs. Apparently, when Michael signed with SONY they insisted that the album be re-recorded completely with the exception of "Stone". This is a good disc, but for my money the original was better. I like the mix on the earlier disc MUCH better. The guitars have more balls. Plus, for some reason a few of the songs were arranged differently for this new recording, and I like the way they were played on the earlier version better. Thus my 3 star review. This is good stuff, but it has been done even better!
That aside, standouts here are "Distracted" (with HEAVY guitar), "I Am Adam" (a very unique song), "Lift My Head", and "Stone" with its beautiful piano. If you can't find the earlier version this will suffice, but you will be missing out…
Tracklist
01. Distracted (5:25)
02. All I'm Thinking Of (Is You) (4:41)
03. I Am Adam (4:32)
04. Blue Bleeds Through (4:47)
05. Wool & Chiffon (4:57)
06. Save Me (4:41)
07. The Ever After (4:07)
08. Tomorrow (3:42)
09. Lift My Head (4:40)
10. Truth (4:42)
11. Achilles Heel (3:53)
12. Stone (4:58)
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 19. January 2012, 5:22
Michael Sweet / Truth
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EAC extraction logfile from 19. January 2012, 5:22
Michael Sweet / Truth
Used drive : Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S Adapter: 4 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 : 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 : l:\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%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 5:24.40 | 0 | 24339
2 | 5:24.40 | 4:40.55 | 24340 | 45394
3 | 10:05.20 | 4:32.27 | 45395 | 65821
4 | 14:37.47 | 4:46.70 | 65822 | 87341
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10 | 41:31.47 | 4:42.20 | 186872 | 208041
11 | 46:13.67 | 3:53.18 | 208042 | 225534
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11 99,0 [890A5629] [AF1A6800] CRC32
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Musicians
Michael Sweet - lead vocals, guitars
Chris Miles - bass guitar
Kenny Aronoff - drums, percussion
Bob Marlette - keyboards, organ, piano, strings, mellotron
Oz Fox - guitar solo on track 7
Tim Pierce - guitar solo on track 1, slide on track 6
Suzy Katayama - orchestration on track 4
Peter Vantine - piano, orchestration on track 12
Steve Hunt - additional strings on track 9
All thanks goes to the original releaser
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