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Saga - Wildest Dreams (1987)

Posted By: v3122

Date: 5 Aug 2020 19:29:11

Saga - Wildest Dreams (1987)
XLD | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
BMG/Bonaire, 258 602 | ~ 262 or 104 Mb | Scans(png, 600dpi) -> 115 Mb
Progressive / Pop Rock

1987's Wildest Dreams finds this Canadian semi-progressive band leaning toward a more radio friendly sound. With songs ranging from ballads to perky pop tempos, Wildest Dreams is a far cry from their keyboard-induced music of the early '80s. Michael Sadler's voice is still both a combination of gentleness and rigidity, but the music doesn't seem to fit his vocal climate as it did on past releases. The best song on the album, and maybe one of this group's most valiant efforts (song-wise), is the catchy "Only Time Will Tell" with the rickety plucking of electric guitar behind the quirky chorus. The attractiveness of the two-part vocal chorus, with background harmonies, works well, but beyond this tune the album is meek and somewhat stale. Average lyrics dressed up with typical instrumentation make up songs like "Chase the Wind" and "Angel" but result in nothing more than candy-coated love songs. The keyboards are put to poor use throughout the songs here, coming in as a faint backdrop to the empty lyrics. Saga's sound on this album is not awful, but it's a 180 degree turn from their dark, progressive music that they are well-known for, especially in Canada and Germany. As a pop album, or a grouping of slower rock songs, the album fits the bill. Fans that know Saga will want to leave this album behind and stick to releases from their glory years.

by Mike DeGagne, AMG

Saga - Wildest Dreams (1987):

Tracklist:

1. Don't Put Out The Fire 4:00
2. Only Time Will Tell 4:23
3. Wildest Dreams 4:59
4. Chase The Wind 4:52
5. We've Been Here Before 4:47
6. The Way Of The World 4:19
7. Angel 4:21
8. Don't Look Down 4:39

Musicians:

Michael Sadler - lead vocals, keyboards
Jim Crichton - bass guitar, keyboards
Ian Crichton - guitar
Curt Cress - drums, percussion

XLD Log

X Lossless Decoder version 20130720 (144.0)

XLD extraction logfile from 2013-08-31 20:45:16 +0400

Saga / Wildest Dreams (258 602)

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Media type : Pressed CD

Ripper mode : XLD Secure Ripper
Disable audio cache : OK for the drive with a cache less than 1375KiB
Make use of C2 pointers : NO
Read offset correction : 667
Max retry count : 20
Gap status : Analyzed, Appended

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Track 04 : OK (v1+v2, confidence 84/84)
Track 05 : OK (v1+v2, confidence 84/84)
Track 06 : OK (v1+v2, confidence 82/82)
Track 07 : OK (v1+v2, confidence 83/83)
Track 08 : OK (v1+v2, confidence 84/84)
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All Tracks
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No errors occurred

End of status report

DR Log

foobar2000 1.2.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2014-05-05 10:13:22

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Analyzed: Saga / Wildest Dreams (258 602)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -0.26 dB -14.33 dB 4:00 01-Don't Put Out The Fire
DR12 -1.50 dB -15.14 dB 4:24 02-Only Time Will Tell
DR12 0.00 dB -15.67 dB 5:00 03-Wildest Dreams
DR11 -1.12 dB -14.62 dB 4:53 04-Chase The Wind
DR13 0.00 dB -15.23 dB 4:47 05-We've Been Here Before
DR11 -0.43 dB -14.10 dB 4:19 06-The Way Of The World
DR13 0.00 dB -15.47 dB 4:21 07-Angel
DR12 0.00 dB -14.90 dB 4:40 08-Don't Look Down
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Number of tracks: 8
Official DR value: DR12

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 948 kbps
Codec: FLAC

All thanks go to Olaf der Weisse

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