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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]”

Meat Loaf – Couldn’t Have Said It Better (2003) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Meat Loaf - Couldn't Have Said It Better (2003) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Meat Loaf – Couldn’t Have Said It Better (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: 3.97 GB (ISO) + 2.98 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.09 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Polydor | EU | Cat#: 076 104-2 | Genre: Hard Rock

Couldn’t Have Said It Better is a 2003 album by Meat Loaf. Only for the third time in his career, he released an album without any songs written by Jim Steinman (not counting the bonus tracks). Although Meat Loaf claimed that Couldn’t Have Said It Better was “the most perfect album [he] did since Bat Out of Hell”, it was not as successful. Continue reading “Meat Loaf – Couldn’t Have Said It Better (2003) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Roxy Music – Avalon (1982) {2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Roxy Music - Avalon (1982) {2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Roxy Music – Avalon (1982) {2003, Remastered, 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: 2.52 GB (ISO) + 2.10 GB (FLAC Mch) + 738 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Virgin | EU | Cat#: ROXYSACD 9 | Genre: Pop Rock

Flesh + Blood suggested that Roxy Music were at the end of the line, but they regrouped and recorded the lovely Avalon, one of their finest albums. Certainly, the lush, elegant soundscapes of Avalon are far removed from the edgy avant-pop of their early records, yet it represents another landmark in their career. With its stylish, romantic washes of synthesizers and Bryan Ferry’s elegant, seductive croon, Avalon simultaneously functioned as sophisticated make-out music for yuppies and as the maturation of synth pop. Ferry was never this romantic or seductive, either with Roxy or as a solo artist Continue reading “Roxy Music – Avalon (1982) {2003, Remastered, 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]”

Roger Waters – Amused to Death (1992) [2015, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Roger Waters - Amused to Death (1992) [2015, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Roger Waters – Amused to Death (1992) [2015, Remastered, 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: 4.37 GB (ISO) + 3.59 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.27 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | Austria | Cat#: 88765478842 | Genre: Progressive Rock
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The Rolling Stones – Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) [2017, Japanese Edition, 50th Anniversary, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) [2017, Japanese Edition, 50th Anniversary, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Rolling Stones – Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)
[2017, Japanese Edition, 50th Anniversary, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
2x SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.66 GB (ISO) + 1.46 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal | Japan | Cat#: UIGY-9707/8 | Genre: Psychedelic Rock
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Paul McCartney – Egypt Station (2018) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Paul McCartney - Egypt Station (2018) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Paul McCartney – Egypt Station (2018) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 1.16 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Capitol Records | Genre: Pop Rock

Paul McCartney invites you on a musical journey to Egypt Station, estimated time of arrival September 7, 2018 by way of Capitol Records. Sharing a title with one of Paul’s own paintings, Egypt Station is the first full album of all-new McCartney music since 2013’s international chart-topping NEW. Preceded by two of its tracks just released as double A-sides–plaintive ballad “I Don’t Know” and raucous stomper “Come On To Me”—Egypt Station was recorded between Los Angeles, London and Sussex, and produced (with the exception of one Ryan Tedder track) by Greg Kurstin (Adele, Beck, Foo Fighters). Of the forthcoming album’s enigmatic title, Paul says, “I liked the words ‘Egypt Station.’ It reminded me of the ‘album’ albums we used to make.., Egypt Station starts off at the station on the first song and then each song is like a different station. Continue reading “Paul McCartney – Egypt Station (2018) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

YES – Live At The Apollo (2018) [Official Digital Release]

YES - Live At The Apollo (2018) [Official Digital Release]

YES – Live At The Apollo (2018) [Official Digital Release]
FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 789 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Eagle Rock Entertainment | Genre: Progressive Rock

In 2016, Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman brought together their incredible talents and long experience of working in Yes to take to the road for a series of concerts celebrating Yes’ musical legacy of the seventies, eighties and nineties. Yes featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman toured first in North America and then brought their live show to the UK in early 2017, including this performance captured at the Manchester Apollo. Continue reading “YES – Live At The Apollo (2018) [Official Digital Release]”

Paul Simon – In The Blue Light (2018) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Paul Simon - In The Blue Light (2018) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Paul Simon – In The Blue Light (2018) [Hi-Res]
[Official Digital Release]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 877 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Legacy Recordings | Genre: Pop Rock

Paul Simon designed In the Blue Light as a way to focus attention on songs of his that he believed never got the acknowledgment they deserved. It’s a reflective project, so it’s fitting that it arrived in September of 2018, as Simon was in the process of wrapping up a farewell tour. By their nature, farewell tours are exercises in nostalgia, but self-cover albums offer an artist an opportunity to surprise. That’s an opportunity Paul Simon seizes on In the Blue Light. Working with a diverse set of collaborators, including Bill Frisell, Wynton Marsalis, and Bryce Dessner of the National, Simon winds up with an elastic, elegant album that plays with jazz and chamber music as much as it does folk and worldbeat. Continue reading “Paul Simon – In The Blue Light (2018) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

Supertramp – Breakfast In America (1979) {2018, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Supertramp - Breakfast In America (1979) {2018, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Supertramp – Breakfast In America (1979) {2018, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 776 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.89 GB (SACD ISO) + 922 MB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2189 | Genre: Pop Rock

With Breakfast in America, Supertramp had a genuine blockbuster hit, topping the charts for four weeks in the U.S. and selling millions of copies worldwide; by the 1990s, the album had sold over 18 million units across the world. Although their previous records had some popular success, they never even hinted at the massive sales of Breakfast in America. Then again, Supertramp’s earlier records weren’t as pop-oriented as Breakfast. The majority of the album consisted of tightly written, catchy, well-constructed pop songs, like the hits “The Logical Song,” “Take the Long Way Home,” and “Goodbye Stranger.” Supertramp still had a tendency to indulge themselves occasionally, but Breakfast in America had very few weak moments. It was clearly their high-water mark. Continue reading “Supertramp – Breakfast In America (1979) {2018, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Santana – The Best Of Santana (1998) {2015, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Santana - The Best Of Santana (1998) {2015, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Santana – The Best Of Santana (1998) {2015, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.11 GB (ISO) + 1.47 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia-Legacy | USA | Cat#: 88875182162 | Genre: Classic Rock

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Herman’s Hermits – Retrospective (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Herman's Hermits - Retrospective (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Herman’s Hermits – Retrospective (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.68 GB (ISO) + 793 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: ABKO | USA | Cat#: 92282 | Genre: Pop Rock

Herman’s Hermits are widely seen as a lightweight, novelty cousin to the Beatles, fronted by a lovably dorky moppet and musically negligible. Sure, they are lightweight at times, Peter Noone is a lovable moppet, and their popularity would never have been possible without the Beatles, but one listen to Retrospective proves that they were not lacking in the musical department. Setting aside “I’m Henry the VIII, I Am” (which proves everything the critics say about the band), the group, and producer Mickie Most, had a surefooted straight-ahead approach that let the songs’ hooks sink in deeply. Continue reading “Herman’s Hermits – Retrospective (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Mötley Crüe – Red, White & Crüe (2005)

Mötley Crüe - Red, White & Crüe (2005)

Red, White & Crüe is an anthology album by the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released on February 1, 2005 by Mötley Records and charted at number 6 on The Billboard 200. To coincide with the album’s release, the band reunited with drummer Tommy Lee, who left the band in 1999. Bassist Nikki Sixx commented on the band’s reunion, comparing it to “seeing Mike Tyson fight. Continue reading “Mötley Crüe – Red, White & Crüe (2005)”

Bon Jovi – Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection (2010) [Japanese SHM-CD + DVD]

Bon Jovi - Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection (2010) [Japanese SHM-CD + DVD]

It’s been a long 16 years since Bon Jovi was last compiled, when Cross Road arrived for the holiday season of 1994, two years after Keep the Faith capped off a near-decade long run of dominance for the Jersey rockers. As it turned out, it was the first act of Bon Jovi’s career. Continue reading “Bon Jovi – Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection (2010) [Japanese SHM-CD + DVD]”