Queen - The Game (1980)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
1994 | MFSL UDCD 610 | ~ 217 or 86 Mb | Scans(jpg) -> 74 Mb
Hard Rock / Classic Rock
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
1994 | MFSL UDCD 610 | ~ 217 or 86 Mb | Scans(jpg) -> 74 Mb
Hard Rock / Classic Rock
Queen had long been one of the biggest bands in the world by 1980's The Game, but this album was the first time they made a glossy, unabashed pop album, one that was designed to sound exactly like its time. They might be posed in leather jackets on the cover, but they hardly sound tough or menacing – they rarely rock, at least not in the gonzo fashion that's long been their trademark. Gone are the bombastic orchestras of guitars and with them the charging, relentless rhythms that kept Queen grounded even at their grandest moments. Now, when they rock, they'll haul out a clever rockabilly pastiche, as they do on the tremendous "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," a sly revival of old-time rock & roll that never sounds moldy, thanks in large part to Freddie Mercury's panache. But even that is an exception to the rule on The Game. Usually, when they want to rock here, they wind up sounding like Boston, as they do on John Deacon's "Need Your Loving Tonight," or they sound a bit like a new wave-conscious rocker like Billy Squier, as they do on the propulsive "Coming Soon." But even those are exceptions to the overall rule on The Game, since most of the album is devoted to disco-rock blends – best heard on the globe-conquering "Another One Bites the Dust," but also present in the unintentionally kitschy positivity anthem "Don't Try Suicide" – and the majestic power ballads that became their calling card in the '80s, as they reworked the surging "Save Me" and the elegant "Play the Game" numerous times, often with lesser results. So, The Game winds up as a mixed bag, as many Queen albums often do, but again the striking difference with this album is that it finds Queen turning decidedly, decisively pop, and it's a grand, state-of-the-art circa 1980 pop album that still stands as one of the band's most enjoyable records. But the very fact that it does showcase a band that's turned away from rock and toward pop means that for some Queen fans, it marks the end of the road, and despite the album's charms, it's easy to see why.by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic
Queen - The Game (1980):
Tracklist:
01. Play the Game [03:32]
02. Dragon Attack [04:19]
03. Another One Bites the Dust [03:38]
04. Need Your Loving Tonight [02:49]
05. Crazy Little Thing Called Love [02:47]
06. Rock It (Prime Jive) [04:33]
07. Don't Try Suicide [03:53]
08. Sail Away Sweet Sister (To The Sister I Never Had) [03:33]
09. Coming Soon [02:51]
10. Save Me [03:49]
Exact Audio Copy V1.1 from 23. June 2015
EAC extraction logfile from 29. January 2016, 10:30
QUEEN / The Game (USA, UDCD 610)
Used drive : ASUS DRW-24B3ST Adapter: 1 ID: 1
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 : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\EAC(v.1.1)\WV\wavpack.exe
Additional command line options : -h -hh -m %source%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 3:32.00 | 0 | 15899
2 | 3:32.00 | 4:18.32 | 15900 | 35281
3 | 7:50.32 | 3:37.58 | 35282 | 51614
4 | 11:28.15 | 2:48.60 | 51615 | 64274
5 | 14:17.00 | 2:46.22 | 64275 | 76746
6 | 17:03.22 | 4:32.30 | 76747 | 97176
7 | 21:35.52 | 3:52.33 | 97177 | 114609
8 | 25:28.10 | 3:32.50 | 114610 | 130559
9 | 29:00.60 | 2:50.50 | 130560 | 143359
10 | 31:51.35 | 3:48.40 | 143360 | 160499
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename F:\QUEEN - The Game (1980) (US 1994 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc • UDCD 610)\QUEEN - The Game (USA, UDCD 610).wav
Peak level 99.5 %
Extraction speed 7.0 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 6C701007
Copy CRC 6C701007
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 9) [91028AC4] (AR v2)
Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 9) [89391DA2] (AR v2)
Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 9) [8297E267] (AR v2)
Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 9) [20504D99] (AR v2)
Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 9) [D962B2E6] (AR v2)
Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 9) [A4201E28] (AR v2)
Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 9) [57A325A1] (AR v2)
Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 9) [CAA404CB] (AR v2)
Track 9 accurately ripped (confidence 9) [7AF58AC4] (AR v2)
Track 10 accurately ripped (confidence 9) [5CEDF6CF] (AR v2)
All tracks accurately ripped
End of status report
==== Log checksum B5E167163537918644E4BC7B3EE5BD0EC715380FC85263CE523E7872604049B3 ====
EAC extraction logfile from 29. January 2016, 10:30
QUEEN / The Game (USA, UDCD 610)
Used drive : ASUS DRW-24B3ST Adapter: 1 ID: 1
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 : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\EAC(v.1.1)\WV\wavpack.exe
Additional command line options : -h -hh -m %source%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 3:32.00 | 0 | 15899
2 | 3:32.00 | 4:18.32 | 15900 | 35281
3 | 7:50.32 | 3:37.58 | 35282 | 51614
4 | 11:28.15 | 2:48.60 | 51615 | 64274
5 | 14:17.00 | 2:46.22 | 64275 | 76746
6 | 17:03.22 | 4:32.30 | 76747 | 97176
7 | 21:35.52 | 3:52.33 | 97177 | 114609
8 | 25:28.10 | 3:32.50 | 114610 | 130559
9 | 29:00.60 | 2:50.50 | 130560 | 143359
10 | 31:51.35 | 3:48.40 | 143360 | 160499
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename F:\QUEEN - The Game (1980) (US 1994 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc • UDCD 610)\QUEEN - The Game (USA, UDCD 610).wav
Peak level 99.5 %
Extraction speed 7.0 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 6C701007
Copy CRC 6C701007
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 9) [91028AC4] (AR v2)
Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 9) [89391DA2] (AR v2)
Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 9) [8297E267] (AR v2)
Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 9) [20504D99] (AR v2)
Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 9) [D962B2E6] (AR v2)
Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 9) [A4201E28] (AR v2)
Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 9) [57A325A1] (AR v2)
Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 9) [CAA404CB] (AR v2)
Track 9 accurately ripped (confidence 9) [7AF58AC4] (AR v2)
Track 10 accurately ripped (confidence 9) [5CEDF6CF] (AR v2)
All tracks accurately ripped
End of status report
==== Log checksum B5E167163537918644E4BC7B3EE5BD0EC715380FC85263CE523E7872604049B3 ====
[CUETools log; Date: 16.11.2017 13:58:50; Version: 2.1.5]
[AccurateRip ID: 000d94aa-006c4b87-7b085c0a] found.
Track [ CRC | V2 ] Status
01 [f77483ac|91028ac4] (13+12/27) Accurately ripped
02 [307cef8d|89391da2] (13+12/27) Accurately ripped
03 [01ab6075|8297e267] (13+12/27) Accurately ripped
04 [6db05226|20504d99] (13+12/27) Accurately ripped
05 [d782b029|d962b2e6] (13+12/27) Accurately ripped
06 [1ccb7324|a4201e28] (13+12/27) Accurately ripped
07 [df3ca694|57a325a1] (14+12/28) Accurately ripped
08 [719d39c2|caa404cb] (14+12/28) Accurately ripped
09 [0a56f5fb|7af58ac4] (13+12/27) Accurately ripped
10 [cca2324a|5cedf6cf] (14+12/28) Accurately ripped
Offsetted by 1370:
01 [4834beee] (00/27) No match (V2 was not tested)
02 [bda3da97] (00/27) No match (V2 was not tested)
03 [f37cdad9] (00/27) No match (V2 was not tested)
04 [60b3738a] (00/27) No match (V2 was not tested)
05 [82e21e76] (00/27) No match (V2 was not tested)
06 [98dbaa80] (00/27) No match (V2 was not tested)
07 [fd4048fc] (00/28) No match (V2 was not tested)
08 [4bb1f3c4] (00/28) No match (V2 was not tested)
09 [5163ff60] (00/27) No match (V2 was not tested)
10 [9578073c] (00/28) No match (V2 was not tested)
Track Peak [ CRC32 ] [W/O NULL] [ LOG ]
– 99,5 [6C701007] [EF5F8A8E] CRC32
01 79,9 [2B3DA289] [DB12479B]
02 97,0 [3D410536] [B657CF96]
03 93,1 [701918B6] [B343CD04]
04 95,5 [AAC05C06] [4298BD91]
05 73,2 [CECAE819] [D4728CFC]
06 90,7 [6B96B318] [69EE9180]
07 89,5 [76CFBED6] [4BBA7917]
08 79,6 [CCEFB027] [59730266]
09 87,5 [2C066F0C] [97BE56E8]
10 99,5 [76F126AE] [E8B73E4A]
[AccurateRip ID: 000d94aa-006c4b87-7b085c0a] found.
Track [ CRC | V2 ] Status
01 [f77483ac|91028ac4] (13+12/27) Accurately ripped
02 [307cef8d|89391da2] (13+12/27) Accurately ripped
03 [01ab6075|8297e267] (13+12/27) Accurately ripped
04 [6db05226|20504d99] (13+12/27) Accurately ripped
05 [d782b029|d962b2e6] (13+12/27) Accurately ripped
06 [1ccb7324|a4201e28] (13+12/27) Accurately ripped
07 [df3ca694|57a325a1] (14+12/28) Accurately ripped
08 [719d39c2|caa404cb] (14+12/28) Accurately ripped
09 [0a56f5fb|7af58ac4] (13+12/27) Accurately ripped
10 [cca2324a|5cedf6cf] (14+12/28) Accurately ripped
Offsetted by 1370:
01 [4834beee] (00/27) No match (V2 was not tested)
02 [bda3da97] (00/27) No match (V2 was not tested)
03 [f37cdad9] (00/27) No match (V2 was not tested)
04 [60b3738a] (00/27) No match (V2 was not tested)
05 [82e21e76] (00/27) No match (V2 was not tested)
06 [98dbaa80] (00/27) No match (V2 was not tested)
07 [fd4048fc] (00/28) No match (V2 was not tested)
08 [4bb1f3c4] (00/28) No match (V2 was not tested)
09 [5163ff60] (00/27) No match (V2 was not tested)
10 [9578073c] (00/28) No match (V2 was not tested)
Track Peak [ CRC32 ] [W/O NULL] [ LOG ]
– 99,5 [6C701007] [EF5F8A8E] CRC32
01 79,9 [2B3DA289] [DB12479B]
02 97,0 [3D410536] [B657CF96]
03 93,1 [701918B6] [B343CD04]
04 95,5 [AAC05C06] [4298BD91]
05 73,2 [CECAE819] [D4728CFC]
06 90,7 [6B96B318] [69EE9180]
07 89,5 [76CFBED6] [4BBA7917]
08 79,6 [CCEFB027] [59730266]
09 87,5 [2C066F0C] [97BE56E8]
10 99,5 [76F126AE] [E8B73E4A]
All thanks go to the original releaser