Category: Adult contemporary

Jennifer Warnes – The Hunter (1992) [2015, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jennifer Warnes - The Hunter (1992) [2015, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jennifer Warnes – The Hunter (1992) [2015, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.90 GB (ISO) + 1.87 GB (DSF) + 877 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Sony Music | Hong Kong | Cat#: 88875181862 | Genre: Adult Contemporary

It took Jennifer Warnes five years to construct a follow-up to Famous Blue Raincoat, and she still wasn’t able to come up with a unifying concept as simple and workable as recording a set of songs by Leonard Cohen. She did find some excellent covers, including Todd Rundgren’s “Pretending To Care” and The Waterboys’ “The Whole Of The Moon,” that may have been new to her listeners, and she got a song from Donald Fagen (“Big Noise, New York”). Continue reading “Jennifer Warnes – The Hunter (1992) [2015, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Air Supply – The One That You Love (1981) [MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Air Supply - The One That You Love (1981) [MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Air Supply – The One That You Love (1981) [MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 876B (Hi-Res) + 250 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed In Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-113 | Genre: Pop, Adult Contemporary
Half-Speed Mastered

The One That You Love was Air Supply’s second international release and perhaps their finest all-around studio outing, spawning three top ten hits, including a number one with the heart-wrenching title track. The sheer drama of “Here I Am” and the swooping orchestration of “Sweet Dreams” complete this smash-hit trilogy, and as suggested by their name, a sense of air and space pervades other pop-tastic ballads such as “This Heart Belongs to Me” and “Keeping the Love Alive.” This is definitely the ideal second step for those looking beyond the greatest-hits package. Continue reading “Air Supply – The One That You Love (1981) [MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Kenny Rogers – Greatest Hits (1980) [1981, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Kenny Rogers - Greatest Hits (1980) [1981, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Kenny Rogers – Greatest Hits (1980) [1981, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 902 MB (Hi-Res) + 261 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed In Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-049 | Genre: Country, Adult Contemporary
Half-Speed Mastered
Continue reading “Kenny Rogers – Greatest Hits (1980) [1981, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Jackson Browne – Downhill From Everywhere (2021) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

Jackson Browne - Downhill From Everywhere (2021) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

Jackson Browne – Downhill From Everywhere (2021) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 1.04 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Inside Recordings | Genre: Pop Rock, Adult Contemporary

Jackson Browne albums don’t come around all that often anymore. During his prolific years in the 1970s and ’80s, he had plenty to say and said it with the sensitivity and poetic candor that is his stock-in-trade. Released in July 2021, Downhill from Everywhere is Browne’s fourth studio album since the turn of the millennium, and it’s a pretty good one. Continue reading “Jackson Browne – Downhill From Everywhere (2021) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]”

Barry Gibb & Friends – Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook Vol. 1 (2021)

Barry Gibb & Friends - Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook Vol. 1 (2021)

Barry Gibb & Friends – Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook Vol. 1 (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 611 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Capitol | US | Cat#: B003287802 | Genre: Adult Contemporary

A lifelong bluegrass and country music fan, legendary singer, songwriter and producer Barry Gibb has long dreamed of a project that would bring him together with some of the artists he admires the most. With the help of Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb, that dream has become a reality with GREENFIELDS: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1-out January 8th via Capitol Records. Featured artists roster includes Alison Krauss, Brandi Carlile, Dolly Parton, Keith Urban, Sheryl Crow and more. Continue reading “Barry Gibb & Friends – Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook Vol. 1 (2021)”

Neil Diamond – Albums Collection [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Neil Diamond - Albums Collection [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Neil Diamond – Albums Collection [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]
35 Discs | Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 192kHz / 96kHz
Total Size: 75.89 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Neil Diamond | Genre: Adult Contemporary

In a career that began in the 1960s, Neil Diamond became a major recording artist, an internationally successful touring act, and a songwriter whose compositions produced hits for himself and others. His earliest recognition, in fact, came as a songwriter associated with the Brill Building era of Tin Pan Alley in the early ’60s. Continue reading “Neil Diamond – Albums Collection [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

Neil Diamond – Hot August Night (1972) [1980, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Neil Diamond - Hot August Night (1972) [1980, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Neil Diamond – Hot August Night (1972) [1980, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
2x Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.89 GB (Hi-Res) + 584 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed In Japan | Cat#: MFSL 2-024 | Genre: Adult Contemporary
Half-Speed Mastered

This is the ultimate Neil Diamond record. Not necessarily the best — he’s at his most appealing crafting in the studio — but certainly the ultimate, capturing all the kitsch and glitz of Neil Diamond, the showman. And that also means that it’s not just loaded with flair, but with filler, songs like “Porcupine Pie,” “Soggy Pretzels,” and “And the Grass Won’t Pay No Mind” — attempts to write grand, sweeping epics that collapse under their own weight. Still, that’s part of the charm of Diamond and while it can sound unbearable on studio albums, it makes some sense here, surrounded by his pomp and circumstance. Continue reading “Neil Diamond – Hot August Night (1972) [1980, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Sting – Duets (2020)

Sting - Duets (2020)

Sting – Duets (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 496 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: A&M | EU | Cat#: 00602435364995 | Genre: Adult Contemporary

A companion album of sorts to 2019’s My Songs, Duets collects 17 duets Sting has recorded over the years. Some of these tracks appeared on soundtracks, some were included on albums by his duet partners, others — including “September,” a song recorded with Zucchero that makes its debut here — trickled out on compilations. Continue reading “Sting – Duets (2020)”

Barry Gibb & Friends – Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook Vol. 1 (2021) {WEB Hi-Res}

Barry Gibb & Friends - Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook Vol. 1 (2021) {WEB Hi-Res}

Barry Gibb & Friends – Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook Vol. 1 (2021) {WEB Hi-Res}
WEB Download | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 941 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Capitol Records | Genre: Adult Contemporary

Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook, Vol. 1 may be a bit of a departure for Barry Gibb, who spent his career exploring the byways of pop music as a member of the Bee Gees, but it fits into a long line of albums where a pop star revisits his catalog through the prism of country music. Continue reading “Barry Gibb & Friends – Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook Vol. 1 (2021) {WEB Hi-Res}”

Anne Murray – Duets: Friends & Legends (2007) {2016, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Anne Murray - Duets: Friends & Legends (2007) {2016, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Anne Murray – Duets: Friends & Legends (2007) {2016, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Scans Included
Total Size: 2.58 GB (ISO) + 1.21 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal Music | Hong Kong | Cat#: 5368677 | Genre: Folk, Country, Pop

For her 34th studio album, Anne Murray recorded a set of duets with many of her favorite female singers, from Nelly Furtado to Sarah Brightman. There are a number of country duet partners here, such as Shania Twain, Emmylou Harris, and Martina McBride, but there are even more pop-oriented women singing with Murray, encompassing the likes of Celtic Woman and Celine Dion. Continue reading “Anne Murray – Duets: Friends & Legends (2007) {2016, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Olivia Newton-John – Albums Collection

Olivia Newton-John - Albums Collection

Olivia Newton-John – Albums Collection
EAC Rip | 36xCD | FLAC Tracks/Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 16 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
ALBUMS | COMPILATIONS | SOUNDTRACKS
Label: Various | Genre: Pop, Country, Adult Contemporary

Olivia Newton-John skillfully made the transition from popular country-pop singer to popular mainstream soft rock singer, becoming one of the most successful vocalists of the ’70s in the process. The transition itself wasn’t much of a stretch — her early-’70s hits “I Honestly Love You” and “Have You Never Been Mellow” were country only in the loosest sense — yet the extent of her success in both fields was remarkable. Continue reading “Olivia Newton-John – Albums Collection”

Various Artists – Female Audiophile II (2007) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists - Female Audiophile II (2007) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists – Female Audiophile II (2007) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Not Scans Included
Total Size: 1.22 GB (ISO) + 1.33 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Master Music | Hong Kong | Cat#: MASA50782 | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Adult Contemporary

This Master Music Female Audiophile SACD sampler includes the beautiful and timeless voices of Simone, Malene Mortensen, Maria Winther, Kari Bremnes, Jenny Evans and more! Continue reading “Various Artists – Female Audiophile II (2007) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Sarah Brightman & The London Symphony Orchestra – Time To Say Goodbye (1997) [2004, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sarah Brightman & The London Symphony Orchestra - Time To Say Goodbye (1997) [2004, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sarah Brightman & The London Symphony Orchestra – Time To Say Goodbye (1997)
[2004, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.86 GB (ISO) + 2.77 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.02 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Angel Records | Germany | Cat#: 07243 5 57402 2 9 | Genre: Adult Contemporary

In the pop music world of the 1950s and 1960s, when you scored a hit single, you used to put together an album featuring the hit as the title song, with the disc filled out by soundalike songs that, with any luck, might give you a follow-up hit. Apparently, the world of contemporary classical crossover isn’t much different. Sarah Brightman, who enjoyed a European hit with “Time to Say Goodbye,” her duet with Andrea Bocelli, constructed an album beginning with that recording and continuing in kind. Continue reading “Sarah Brightman & The London Symphony Orchestra – Time To Say Goodbye (1997) [2004, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”