Alice Cooper - Muscle Of Love (1973) [Audio Fidelity 2015]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 4.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 39:48 minutes | Full Scans included | 2,12 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 39:35 min | Scans included | 802 MB
Features Stereo and Quadrophonic Surround Sound | Mastered by Steve Hoffman | Audio Fidelity # AFZ5 229
Muscle of Love is the seventh and final studio album by rock band Alice Cooper. It was the first Alice Cooper album without Bob Ezrin as producer. Cooper stated in an interview at the time of recording that the album marked a return to a basic rock sound. "It's not complicated in any sense and there's not a lot of theatricality on it. It's very basic Rock and Roll throughout".
Coming off such conceptual, theatrical, sleazy hard rock records as the massively successful School's Out (1972) and Billion Dollar Babies (1973), the Alice Cooper group decided that their next release would be more along the lines of their earlier, more straightforward work (à la Love It to Death). While Muscle of Love was a gold-certified Top Ten success, it performed below expectations (their previous two albums peaked at number two and number one, respectively) and would unfortunately prove to be the original Alice Cooper band's last studio album together. The album may not be as coherent as their previous classics (producer Bob Ezrin took a leave of absence) and more filler is present than usual, yet Muscle of Love is perhaps Alice Cooper's most underrated record – more than a few overlooked and forgotten classics reside here. The two best-known tracks are undoubtedly the Top 20 anthem "Teenage Lament '74," which features none other than Liza Minnelli and the Pointer Sisters on backing vocals, and the boisterous title track. But other tracks are just as good – the Led Zep-stomping opener, "Big Apple Dreamin' (Hippo)," the gentle "Hard Hearted Alice" (a precursor to Cooper's future ballad-oriented direction), the raging "Working Up a Sweat," and "Man with the Golden Gun" (which was written for the James Bond movie of the same name, but rejected). A forgotten hard rock classic.
Tracklist:
01. Big Apple Dreamin' (Hippo)
02. Never Been Sold Before
03. Hard Hearted Alice
04. Crazy Little Child
05. Working Up a Sweat
06. Muscle of Love
07. Man with the Golden Gun
08. Teenage Lament '74
09. Woman Machine
SACD Mastering & 4.0 Analog to Hi-Definition DSD Digital Transfer: Steve Hoffman and Stephen Marsh.
foobar2000 1.4.6 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Analyzed: Alice Cooper / Muscle of Love
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -8.56 dB -25.13 dB 5:14 01-01 Big Apple Dreamin' (Hippo)
DR10 -10.21 dB -26.48 dB 4:22 02-02 Never Been Sold Before
DR10 -10.56 dB -29.09 dB 4:53 03-03 Hard Hearted Alice
DR10 -10.48 dB -29.04 dB 5:01 04-04 Crazy Little Child
DR9 -9.78 dB -25.72 dB 3:35 05-05 Working Up a Sweat
DR9 -10.85 dB -27.07 dB 3:45 06-06 Muscle of Love
DR9 -10.26 dB -26.58 dB 4:16 07-07 Man with the Golden Gun
DR10 -9.94 dB -26.90 dB 3:55 08-08 Teenage Lament '74
DR10 -9.25 dB -27.05 dB 4:49 09-09 Woman Machine
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 88200 Hz
Channels: 5
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 14112 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Alice Cooper / Muscle of Love
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -8.28 dB -23.80 dB 5:12 01-01 Big Apple Dreamin' (Hippo)
DR12 -9.00 dB -23.76 dB 4:28 02-02 Never Been Sold Before
DR12 -9.63 dB -25.71 dB 4:53 03-03 Hard Hearted Alice
DR13 -8.57 dB -25.68 dB 5:02 04-04 Crazy Little Child
DR12 -9.94 dB -23.97 dB 3:32 05-05 Working Up a Sweat
DR12 -9.66 dB -24.01 dB 3:46 06-06 Muscle of Love
DR13 -9.22 dB -24.05 dB 4:13 07-07 Man with the Golden Gun
DR12 -9.60 dB -24.44 dB 3:53 08-08 Teenage Lament '74
DR13 -8.92 dB -24.15 dB 4:35 09-09 Woman Machine
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 88200 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Alice Cooper / Muscle of Love
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -8.56 dB -25.13 dB 5:14 01-01 Big Apple Dreamin' (Hippo)
DR10 -10.21 dB -26.48 dB 4:22 02-02 Never Been Sold Before
DR10 -10.56 dB -29.09 dB 4:53 03-03 Hard Hearted Alice
DR10 -10.48 dB -29.04 dB 5:01 04-04 Crazy Little Child
DR9 -9.78 dB -25.72 dB 3:35 05-05 Working Up a Sweat
DR9 -10.85 dB -27.07 dB 3:45 06-06 Muscle of Love
DR9 -10.26 dB -26.58 dB 4:16 07-07 Man with the Golden Gun
DR10 -9.94 dB -26.90 dB 3:55 08-08 Teenage Lament '74
DR10 -9.25 dB -27.05 dB 4:49 09-09 Woman Machine
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 88200 Hz
Channels: 5
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 14112 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Alice Cooper / Muscle of Love
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -8.28 dB -23.80 dB 5:12 01-01 Big Apple Dreamin' (Hippo)
DR12 -9.00 dB -23.76 dB 4:28 02-02 Never Been Sold Before
DR12 -9.63 dB -25.71 dB 4:53 03-03 Hard Hearted Alice
DR13 -8.57 dB -25.68 dB 5:02 04-04 Crazy Little Child
DR12 -9.94 dB -23.97 dB 3:32 05-05 Working Up a Sweat
DR12 -9.66 dB -24.01 dB 3:46 06-06 Muscle of Love
DR13 -9.22 dB -24.05 dB 4:13 07-07 Man with the Golden Gun
DR12 -9.60 dB -24.44 dB 3:53 08-08 Teenage Lament '74
DR13 -8.92 dB -24.15 dB 4:35 09-09 Woman Machine
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 88200 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DST64
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