Category: Pop Rock

VA – Legends: Get It On (2003) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

VA - Legends: Get It On (2003) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

VA – Legends: Get It On (2003) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
CD-Layer / EAC Rip / FLAC Image + Cue + Log
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Total Size: 3.17 GB (ISO) + 3.22 GB (DSF) + 1.49 GB (FLAC) + 606 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ 179 | Genre: Hard Rock, Pop Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Time Life is proud to introduce something new in the realm of compilation albums – for the first time ever in conjunction with Audio Fidelity we have assembled the original masters of some of rock’s biggest stars and greatest hits and remastered these classics for Hybrid SACD. Continue reading “VA – Legends: Get It On (2003) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Steely Dan – The Royal Scam (1976) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Steely Dan - The Royal Scam (1976) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Steely Dan – The Royal Scam (1976) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 2.80 GB (Hi-Res) + 480 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: ABC | Australia | Cat#: ABCD 931 | Genre: Pop Rock

The Royal Scam is the first Steely Dan record that doesn’t exhibit significant musical progress from its predecessor, but that doesn’t mean the album is any less interesting. The cynicism that was suppressed on Katy Lied comes roaring to the surface on The Royal Scam — not only are the lyrics bitter and snide, but the music is terse, broken, and weary. Continue reading “Steely Dan – The Royal Scam (1976) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Steely Dan – Katy Lied (1975) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Steely Dan - Katy Lied (1975) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Steely Dan – Katy Lied (1975) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
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Total Size: 2.44 GB (Hi-Res) + 424 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: ABC | US | Cat#: ABCD-846 | Genre: Pop Rock
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Bryan Adams – Shine A Ligh (2019) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

Bryan Adams - Shine A Ligh (2019) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

Bryan Adams – Shine A Ligh (2019) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 822 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Badams Music Limited | Genre: Pop Rock

Shine a Light is the fourteenth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams, released on March 1, 2019, by Polydor Records. The album’s title track, co-written by Ed Sheeran, was released on January 17, 2019. The album debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart and won the Juno Award for “Best Adult Contemporary Album” in 2020. Continue reading “Bryan Adams – Shine A Ligh (2019) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]”

Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic (1974) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (1974) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic (1974) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 2.40 GB (Hi-Res) + 450 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: ABC | US | Cat#: ABCD-808 | Genre: Jazz-Rock, Pop Rock

Countdown to Ecstasy wasn’t half the hit that Can’t Buy a Thrill was, and Steely Dan responded by trimming the lengthy instrumental jams that were scattered across Countdown and concentrating on concise songs for Pretzel Logic. While the shorter songs usually indicate a tendency toward pop conventions, that’s not the case with Pretzel Logic. Continue reading “Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic (1974) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Steely Dan – Countdown To Ecstasy (1973) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy (1973) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Steely Dan – Countdown To Ecstasy (1973) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 2.97 GB (Hi-Res) + 581 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: ABC | US | Cat#: ABCX-779 | Genre: Jazz Rock, Pop Rock

Can’t Buy a Thrill became an unexpected hit, and as a response, Donald Fagen became the group’s full-time lead vocalist, and he and Walter Becker acted like Steely Dan was a rock & roll band for the group’s second album, Countdown to Ecstasy. The loud guitars and pronounced backbeat of “Bodhisattva,” “Show Biz Kids,” and “My Old School” camouflage the fact that Countdown is a riskier album, musically speaking, than its predecessor. Continue reading “Steely Dan – Countdown To Ecstasy (1973) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Steely Dan – Can’t Buy A Thrill (1972) [2000, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill (1972) [2000, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Steely Dan – Can’t Buy A Thrill (1972) [2000, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
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Total Size: 3.26 GB (Hi-Res) + 637 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Speakers Corner Records | Germany | Cat#: ABCX 758 | Genre: Pop Rock, Jazz Rock

Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were remarkable craftsmen from the start, as Steely Dan’s debut, Can’t Buy a Thrill, illustrates. Each song is tightly constructed, with interlocking chords and gracefully interwoven melodies, buoyed by clever, cryptic lyrics. All of these are hallmarks of Steely Dan’s signature sound, but what is most remarkable about the record is the way it differs from their later albums. Continue reading “Steely Dan – Can’t Buy A Thrill (1972) [2000, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Various Artists – FM (The Original Movie Soundtrack) [1978] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Various Artists - FM (The Original Movie Soundtrack) [1978] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Various Artists – FM (The Original Movie Soundtrack) [1978] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
2x Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
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Total Size: 5.46 GB (Hi-Res) + 879 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MCA | US | Cat#: MCA2-12000 | Genre: Soundtrack, Classic Rock

Appropriately, the soundtrack for the 1978 movie FM feels like a radio play list of the era, collecting songs from Joe Walsh, Randy Meisner, Boz Scaggs, and other ’70s radio staples. Steely Dan’s title track, Queen’s “We Will Rock You,” Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band’s “Night Moves,” Billy Joel’s “Just The Way You Are,” and Boston’s “More Than a Feeling” are some of the highlights from this double-disc set, which also includes tracks from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Foreigner, and Linda Ronstadt, all of whom also appeared in the film. Continue reading “Various Artists – FM (The Original Movie Soundtrack) [1978] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Bryan Adams – 11 [Official Digital Release] [2022, Reissue, Hi-Res]

Bryan Adams - 11 [Official Digital Release] [2022, Reissue, Hi-Res]

Bryan Adams – 11 [Official Digital Release] [2022, Reissue, Hi-Res]
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Total Size: 1.17 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Badams Music Limited | Genre: Pop Rock

11 is the eleventh studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams. The album was released by Polydor Records on March 17, 2008. 11 was the first release of new Adams material since Colour Me Kubrick in 2005 and the first studio album in four years since Room Service. Adams, Jim Vallance, Eliot Kennedy, Gretchen Peters, Trevor Rabin and Robert John “Mutt” Lange received producing and writing credits. Similar to Adams’ previous material, the themes in 11 are mainly based on love, romance, and relationships. 11 received generally mixed reviews from contemporary music critics. Continue reading “Bryan Adams – 11 [Official Digital Release] [2022, Reissue, Hi-Res]”

Carly Simon – Anticipation (1971) [2015, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Carly Simon - Anticipation (1971) [2015, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Carly Simon – Anticipation (1971) [2015, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
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Total Size: 1.59 GB (ISO) + 1.56 GB (DSF) + 706 MB (FLAC) + 206 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2166 | Genre: Pop Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Carly Simon’s second album found her extending the gutsy persona she had established on her debut album, notably on the title track and “Legend in Your Own Time” (both of them hit singles), and “I’ve Got to Have You.” The latter especially suggested a frankly passionate person whose vulnerability was a source of strength, not weakness, a valuable feminist trait and one Simon would pursue in her later work. Continue reading “Carly Simon – Anticipation (1971) [2015, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Carly Simon – Hotcakes (1974) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Carly Simon – Hotcakes (1974) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
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Total Size: 1.63 GB (ISO) + 1.59 GB (DSF) + 767 MB (FLAC) + 247 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2168 | Genre: Pop Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

A glowing, pregnant Carly Simon smiles out from the cover of Hotcakes, one of her biggest selling albums, which featured the gold single “Mockingbird,” a duet with her husband James Taylor that effectively remade the old Inez and Charlie Foxx hit and bested it on the charts. Continue reading “Carly Simon – Hotcakes (1974) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years (1975) [2021, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years (1975) [2021, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years (1975) [2021, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
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Total Size: 1.57 GB (ISO) + 1.54 GB (DSF) + 774 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2212 | Genre: Pop Rock

Mastered from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered hybrid SACD enhances the music for generations to come. Featuring sublime sonics, it strips away remaining film and limitations to provide a clear, transparent, ultra-dynamic view of a record that won Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. The expanse and depth of the soundstage, fullness of detail, reach of the omnipresent electric piano, and natural rise and decay of individual notes will leave you breathless. Continue reading “Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years (1975) [2021, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Cat Stevens – Back To Earth (1978) [Official Digital Release] [2019, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Cat Stevens - Back To Earth (1978) [Official Digital Release] [2019, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Cat Stevens – Back To Earth (1978) [Official Digital Release] [2019, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
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Total Size: 950 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Cat-O-Log Records | Genre: Pop Rock

In retrospect, it is not hard to find hints of a coming change in the final album Cat Stevens made before a near-death experience and a religious conversion. “I must be heading for a breakdown,” he notes in “Bad Brakes,” the album’s sole singles-chart entry; there are songs titles like “Last Love Song” and “Never”; and there is, throughout, an elegiac tone to the mostly quiet ballads. Continue reading “Cat Stevens – Back To Earth (1978) [Official Digital Release] [2019, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]”

The J. Geils Band – Freeze Frame (1981) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame (1981) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The J. Geils Band – Freeze Frame (1981) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 0.99 GB (Hi-Res) + 329 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Toshiba-EMI | Japan | Cat#: EYS-81447 | Genre: Blues Rock, Pop Rock

Tempering their bar band R&B with a touch of new wave pop production, the J. Geils Band finally broke through into the big leagues with Freeze Frame. Fans of the hard-driving rock of the group’s ’70s albums will find the sleek sound of Freeze Frame slightly disorienting, but the production gives the album cohesion. Continue reading “The J. Geils Band – Freeze Frame (1981) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

John Mayer – Sob Rock (2021) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

John Mayer - Sob Rock (2021) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

John Mayer – Sob Rock (2021) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 865 MB (Hi-Res) + 255 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia | US | Cat#: 19439882351 | Genre: Pop Rock
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