Sugar - Beaster (1993)
Sugar - Beaster (1993)
EAC | FLAC IMG+CUE+LOG | Scans | RAR 3% Recovery | 288 MB
Alternative Rock | 1993 Rykodisc #RCD 50260
EAC | FLAC IMG+CUE+LOG | Scans | RAR 3% Recovery | 288 MB
Alternative Rock | 1993 Rykodisc #RCD 50260
Sugar's Beaster is actually outtakes from their previous dynamite album, Copper Blue. It comes off as some kind of deranged, ugly sister of that sparking album, a yin to Copper's yang, a violent, angry, and seething wall of aggression with (this time) little concession to Bob Mould's pop prowess. Perhaps the most densely recorded, heavy trip the man has produced since Hüsker Dü's Metal Circus in 1983, Beaster is what you might get if Mould had been in the mood to construct a full album of songs like "Slick"'s insanity instead of "Helpless" and "Changes"'s monster hooks. Not that it doesn't still make for great listening once one gets used to the change in focus. "Feeling Better" could have made Copper, with its hooky base (more so than the others here), and the best song, "Titled," is ferocious, fast, furious, and a total knockout, the most aurally exciting post-Hüsker Dü track yet. Again, David Barbe and Malcolm Travis are such a superior rhythm section to Grant Hart and Greg Norton, Sugar is a better update rather than nostalgic reinvention, and bits of Zen Arcade and Black Sheets of Rain aside, Mould has never come off so twisted and out of his gourd. "Come Around"'s "vocals" are all but demonic, and "Judas Cradle" matches metal pounding with MBV/Sonic Youth brutal tones slashing out of the guitars, which gives way to "JC Auto"'s meld of "The Act We Act"-style pounding into a thundering, insane, heavy chorus. When Bob starts seething "I'm your Jesus Christ, I know, I know, I know," you wonder what exactly inspired these straitjacket fits! Man, that's something. Now, there is one major flaw: all the songs need an editor, as with excessive length they approach overkill from too much repetition. Never mind. This is a pretty killer experience more than a record. Whereas Copper Blue made you want to sing along, Beaster makes you hide under the bed. Can't say they didn't warn you; Beaster is well-titled. ~ Jack Rabid, allmusic.comBeaster @ Discogs
Samples @ Amazon
Tracklist:
1. Come Around
2. Tilted
3. Judas Cradle
4. JC Auto
5. Feeling Better
6. Walking Away
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 2 from 29. April 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 24. September 2011, 17:16
Sugar / Beaster
Used drive : TDK CDRW4800B Adapter: 2 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 : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
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Copy CRC 859982C4
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EAC extraction logfile from 24. September 2011, 17:16
Sugar / Beaster
Used drive : TDK CDRW4800B Adapter: 2 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 : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.32 | 4:51.73 | 32 | 21929
2 | 4:52.30 | 4:08.27 | 21930 | 40556
3 | 9:00.57 | 6:15.70 | 40557 | 68751
4 | 15:16.52 | 6:13.10 | 68752 | 96736
5 | 21:29.62 | 6:22.15 | 96737 | 125401
6 | 27:52.02 | 3:01.00 | 125402 | 138976
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename E:\[# AvaxHome #]\Sugar - Beaster.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 7.6 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 859982C4
Copy CRC 859982C4
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 4) [D018FF9E] (AR v2)
Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 4) [2CE0BDCE] (AR v2)
Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 4) [7A4B1A38] (AR v2)
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All tracks accurately ripped
End of status report
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