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Neil Diamond - Melody Road (2014)

Posted By: gribovar
Neil Diamond - Melody Road (2014)

Neil Diamond - Melody Road (2014)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 337 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 127 MB | Covers - 152 MB
Genre: Folk Rock, Pop Rock, Singer-Songwriter | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Capitol Records (B002184202)

Leaving behind Columbia Records along with his latter-day collaborator producer Rick Rubin, Neil Diamond sets up shop at Capitol - which now belongs to Universal Records, who owns his classic recordings for Uni and MCA - and teams with producer Don Was for 2014's Melody Road. Diamond may have left his label of 40 years, but in an odd way, Melody Road is a return home after his stark wanderings of the 2000s. Rubin encouraged Diamond to be spare, sometimes recording him with little more than an acoustic guitar, but Was - who is assisted by Jacknife Lee - coaxes the singer/songwriter to bring back the schmaltz, an essential element of Neil's glory days that was largely ignored on the Rubin records. Was and Lee retain a hint of that new millennial intimacy - it's never once as overblown as his '70s records - but the songs themselves alternate between stately ballads, effervescent bubblegum, and self-important pomp. As on his best '70s records, which Melody Road often resembles in both construction and consistency, Diamond is best when he keeps his ambitions relatively simple. There's majesty on the title track and haunting splendor on "Alone at the Ball," and they find their counterparts in the joyous "Something Blue" and "Marry Me Now," along with the spirited ramble of "First Time." Each of these songs evoke memories of Diamond's peak - a little bit of "Solitary Man," a little bit of "I Am…I Said," a little bit of "Cherry Cherry" - while the tedious socially aware slog of "Seongah and Jimmy" and endless ballad "(OOO) Do I Wanna Be Yours" bring back the Diamond that's often forgotten, the Diamond whose LPs often got bogged down in middlebrow aspirations. As much as these weigh down Melody Road, it's also true that there's never been a Neil Diamond record where he doesn't stray into this murky territory. What makes a difference here is the general lightness of his new songs and Was and Lee's sympathetic production; the two play off each other perfectly, turning this into the first latter-day Diamond record to feel quintessentially Neil Diamond.
Tracklist:
01. Melody Road
02. First Time
03. Seongah and Jimmy
04. Something Blue
05. Nothing But a Heartache
06. In Better Days
07. (OOO) Do I Wanna Be Yours
08. Alone At the Ball
09. Sunny Disposition
10. Marry Me Now
11. The Art of Love
12. Melody Road (Reprise)

Bonus tracks:
13. Remember
14. Something

Total time: 54:10

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

EAC extraction logfile from 7. December 2014, 22:57

Neil Diamond / Melody Road (Deluxe)

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Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 738
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
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Gap handling : Appended to previous track

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Track 1

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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 4) [186B0774], AccurateRip returned [EED839E4] (AR v2)
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Track 2

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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 4) [C6592B45], AccurateRip returned [62210C28] (AR v2)
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Track 3

Filename C:\Music\03 - Neil Diamond - Seongah and Jimmy.wav

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Extraction speed 6.6 X
Track quality 100.0 %
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 4) [59FAB08B], AccurateRip returned [CE681C10] (AR v2)
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Track 4

Filename C:\Music\04 - Neil Diamond - Something Blue.wav

Peak level 99.8 %
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Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 1891F834
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 4) [D8C232CF], AccurateRip returned [96751DB4] (AR v2)
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Track 5

Filename C:\Music\05 - Neil Diamond - Nothing But a Heartache.wav

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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 4) [722960E8], AccurateRip returned [42961C19] (AR v2)
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Track 6

Filename C:\Music\06 - Neil Diamond - In Better Days.wav

Peak level 99.2 %
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Track quality 100.0 %
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 4) [F6806DF0], AccurateRip returned [04AD6BE1] (AR v2)
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Track 7

Filename C:\Music\07 - Neil Diamond - (OOO) Do I Wanna Be Yours.wav

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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 4) [FAD746B2], AccurateRip returned [006891F4] (AR v2)
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Track 8

Filename C:\Music\08 - Neil Diamond - Alone At the Ball.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 8.0 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 3AEAD4BC
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 4) [87BD94C5], AccurateRip returned [BBD6F2F2] (AR v2)
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Track 9

Filename C:\Music\09 - Neil Diamond - Sunny Disposition.wav

Peak level 98.3 %
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Track quality 100.0 %
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 4) [675DFBFA], AccurateRip returned [FF84CCB8] (AR v2)
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Track 10

Filename C:\Music\10 - Neil Diamond - Marry Me Now.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
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Track quality 100.0 %
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 4) [66FCE38B], AccurateRip returned [B2DCD622] (AR v2)
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Track 11

Filename C:\Music\11 - Neil Diamond - The Art of Love.wav

Peak level 98.1 %
Extraction speed 8.2 X
Track quality 99.9 %
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 4) [134A3A01], AccurateRip returned [D8952837] (AR v2)
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Track 12

Filename C:\Music\12 - Neil Diamond - Melody Road (Reprise).wav

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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 4) [B64FD12A], AccurateRip returned [EEE85DE3] (AR v2)
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Track 13

Filename C:\Music\13 - Neil Diamond - Remember [Bonus track].wav

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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 4) [3302948F], AccurateRip returned [DF8721CF] (AR v2)
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Track 14

Filename C:\Music\14 - Neil Diamond - Something [Bonus track].wav

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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 4) [9564F24A], AccurateRip returned [77ED82B6] (AR v2)
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No tracks could be verified as accurate
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