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Coldplay – Studio Albums (2000 – 2014)

Coldplay - Studio Albums (2000 - 2014)

After surfacing in 2000 with the breakthrough single “Yellow,” Coldplay quickly became one of the biggest bands of the new millennium, honing a mix of introspective Brit-pop and anthemic rock that landed the British quartet a near-permanent residence on record charts worldwide. The group’s emergence was perfectly timed; Radiohead had just released the overly cerebral Kid A, while Oasis had ditched two founding members and embraced psychedelic experimentation on Standing on the Shoulder of Giants. U.K. audiences were hungry for a fresh-faced rock band with big Continue reading “Coldplay – Studio Albums (2000 – 2014)”

Temple Of The Dog – Temple Of The Dog (1991) [2013, 24bit/96kHz + 16bit/44.1kHz, Vinyl Rip]

Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog (1991) [2013, 24bit/96kHz + 16bit/44.1kHz, Vinyl Rip]

Featuring members of Soundgarden and what would soon become Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog’s lone eponymous album might never have reached a wide audience if not for Pearl Jam’s breakout success a year later. In turn, by providing the first glimpse of Chris Cornell’s more straightforward, classic rock-influenced side, Temple of the Dog helped set the stage for Soundgarden’s mainstream breakthrough with Superunknown. Continue reading “Temple Of The Dog – Temple Of The Dog (1991) [2013, 24bit/96kHz + 16bit/44.1kHz, Vinyl Rip]”

Alice In Chains – Greatest Hits (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Alice In Chains - Greatest Hits (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

From 1999’s Music Bank box set and its one-CD compilation offshoot, Nothing Safe: The Best of the Box to a 1996 Unplugged CD, the Alice in Chains titles continue to arrive even while the band–and especially reclusive frontman Layne Staley–stagnates. The quartet’s heavy, dirgelike music is aging well, but the 10 songs that comprise Greatest Hits are the basic radio hits. Greatest Hits features no new music, no liner notes, no lyrics, no new photos, and no elaborate packaging. Still, for the rock fan Continue reading “Alice In Chains – Greatest Hits (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Ryan Adams – Gold (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ryan Adams - Gold (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Gold is the second studio album by Ryan Adams, released September 25, 2001 on Lost Highway Records. The album remains Adams’ best-selling album, certifying Gold in the UK and going on to sell 364,000 copies in the U.S. and 812,000 worldwide. Adams noted that “with Gold, I was trying to prove something to myself. I wanted to invent a modern classic.” Continue reading “Ryan Adams – Gold (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Ryan Adams – Rock N Roll (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ryan Adams - Rock N Roll (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Rock n Roll is the fourth studio album by Ryan Adams, released on November 4, 2003. The album features the hit single “So Alive”, and includes guest appearances by Adams’s then girlfriend, actress Parker Posey, former Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bass player Melissa Auf der Maur, and Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong. Adams describes the album as “the most rock thing I have ever done,” and notes that in spite of the album’s mixed reception, recording it was “fun as fuck.” Continue reading “Ryan Adams – Rock N Roll (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Alice In Chains – Original Album Classics (2011) [3CD-Set]

Alice In Chains - Original Album Classics (2011) [3CD-Set]

The 2011 box set Original Album Classics rounds up the softer side of Alice in Chains: Jar of Flies, Sap, and MTV Unplugged. All three albums are packaged as mini-LPs in paper sleeves and the set is available at an affordable price, making it a nice bargain even if it misses such big AIC titles as Dirt. Continue reading “Alice In Chains – Original Album Classics (2011) [3CD-Set]”

Radiohead – OK Computer – OKNOTOK 1997-2017 [2017, Boxed Edition, 3xVinyl + Cassette, CD-Quality & Hi-Res Rip]

Radiohead - OK Computer - OKNOTOK 1997-2017 [2017, Boxed Edition, 3xVinyl + Cassette, CD-Quality & Hi-Res Rip]

Radiohead – OK Computer – OKNOTOK 1997-2017
[2017, Boxed Edition, 3xVinyl + Cassette, CD-Quality & Hi-Res Rip]
3xVinyl & Cassette Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.67 GB (Hi-Res) + 1.04 GB (CD-Quality) + 1.13 GB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: XL Recordings | EU | Cat#: XLMX868 | Genre: Alternative Rock

Three 180gram black 12” vinyl containing 23 tracks: OK Computer, 3 previously unreleased studio tracks and 8 B-sides, all newly remastered. The vinyl is housed in a hardcover book along with 40 pages of artwork and lyrics. Continue reading “Radiohead – OK Computer – OKNOTOK 1997-2017 [2017, Boxed Edition, 3xVinyl + Cassette, CD-Quality & Hi-Res Rip]”

John Mayer – Heavier Things (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

John Mayer - Heavier Things (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Don’t take the title of John Mayer’s Heavier Things literally. Mayer offers nothing heavy on the follow-up to his breakthrough hit, Room for Squares — nothing heavy in the music and nothing heavy in the lyrics. No, Mayer is smooth, slick, and streamlined on his second or third album (it all depends if you count his 1999 debut, Inside Wants Out, half of which was re-recorded for Room for Squares, which itself was released in two different incarnations), playing things straight and following the blueprint his big radio hit, “Your Body Is a Wonderland,” provided. Continue reading “John Mayer – Heavier Things (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

John Mayer – Room For Squares (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

John Mayer - Room For Squares (2001) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

After making a small buzz with the Inside Wants Out EP, John Mayer hired veteran producer John Alagía (known for his work with the Dave Matthews Band) to beef up his full-length debut with commercial polish. Released in September 2001, Room for Squares proved to be a well-timed album, quietly heralding the end of teen pop’s glory days with clever wordplay, savvy chord progressions, and mature songwriting. Continue reading “John Mayer – Room For Squares (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Simple Minds – 4 SACD Albums (1982-2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Simple Minds - 4 SACD Albums (1982-2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Simple Minds – 4 SACD Albums (1982-2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
5x SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 11.4 GB (ISO) + 5.65 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Virgin / Eagle Reacords | EU | Genre: Alternative Rock, Synth-Pop

New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (1982)
Once Upon A Time (1985) – The Best Of Simple Minds (2001) – Cry (2002)
Continue reading “Simple Minds – 4 SACD Albums (1982-2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Radiohead – OK Computer (1997) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Radiohead - OK Computer (1997) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Radiohead – OK Computer (1997) [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: 1.15 GB (Hi-Res) + 367 MB (CD-Format) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Parlophone | UK | Cat#: NODATA 02, 7243 8 55229 1 8 | Genre: Alternative Rock

OK Computer is the third studio album by English alternative rock band Radiohead, released in 1997 on EMI subsidiaries Parlophone and Capitol Records. The members of Radiohead self-produced the album with Nigel Godrich, an arrangement that the band has used on all of their subsequent albums to date. Other than the song “Lucky”, which was recorded in 1995, Radiohead recorded the album in Oxfordshire and Bath between 1996 and early 1997, mostly in the historic mansion St. Catherine’s Court. Continue reading “Radiohead – OK Computer (1997) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Pearl Jam – Discography

Pearl Jam - Discography

Pearl Jam rose from the ashes of Mother Love Bone to become the most popular American rock & roll band of the ’90s. After Mother Love Bone’s vocalist, Andrew Wood, overdosed on heroin in 1990, guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament assembled a new band, bringing in Mike McCready on lead guitar and recording a demo with Soundgarden’s Matt Cameron on drums. Continue reading “Pearl Jam – Discography”

David Bowie – Heathen (2002) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

David Bowie - Heathen (2002) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

David Bowie – Heathen (2002) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Single Layer SACD | Scans Included
Total Size: 5.36 GB (ISO) + 3.78 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.40 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: ISO / Columbia | USA | Cat#: CS 86630 | Genre: Alternative Rock

Heathen marks a new beginning for David Bowie in some ways — it’s his first record since leaving Virgin, his first for Columbia Records, his first for his new label, ISO — yet it’s hardly a new musical direction. Like Hours, this finds Bowie sifting through the sounds of his past, completely at ease with his legacy, crafting a colorful, satisfying album that feels like a classic Bowie album. Continue reading “David Bowie – Heathen (2002) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

David Bowie – Reality (2003) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

David Bowie - Reality (2003) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

David Bowie – Reality (2003) {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: 4.24 GB (ISO) + 2.62 GB (FLAC Mch) + 0.98 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia / ISO | EU | Cat#: 512555 6 | Genre: Alternative Rock

Instead of being a one-off comeback, 2002’s Heathen turned out to be where David Bowie settled into a nice groove for his latter-day career, if 2003’s Reality is any indication. Working once again with producer Tony Visconti, Bowie again returns to a sound from the past, yet tweaks it enough to make it seem modern, not retro. Continue reading “David Bowie – Reality (2003) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Beck – Sea Change (2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Beck - Sea Change (2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Beck has always been known for his ever-changing moods — particularly since they often arrived one after another on one album, sometimes within one song — yet the shift between the neon glitz of Midnite Vultures and the lush, somber Sea Change is startling, and not just because it finds him in full-on singer/songwriter mode, abandoning all of the postmodern pranksterism of its predecessor. Continue reading “Beck – Sea Change (2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”