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Joseph Arthur - Redemption City (2012) [Official Digital Download]
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Joseph Arthur - Redemption City (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time - 112:25 minutes | 1,46 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: PDF Sleeve(s)
If there's such a thing as the opposite of writer's block, Joseph Arthur has it. The Akron, Ohio-bred/Brooklyn, NY-resiciing singer/songwriter, who once released four EPs in the span of as many months, has demonstrated his unwavering proclivity yet again with the release of "Redemption City", a 24-song double album.
Here, Arthur explains why the album sounds the way it does:
“Redemption City started out as an attempt to make a spoken word album with some minimal and mostly electronic background but wound up being a discovery of a different kind of songwriting and a playground for musical exploration.
Most of the tracks started out as electronic compositions or came from programming drum machines but evolved into tracks with real drums usually blending with the machines or coming in later to suit the arrangement. Likewise electronic or Moog bass often became Tele bass and vice versa. Also I used Moog guitar and plenty of electric and acoustic. This gave me more dynamics to play with and more options as to where the tracks could go. Many of the compositions are based around one progression with no changes so the dynamics of the songs had to come from how the instrumentation was arranged and led me to blend electronic with acoustic instruments, and which is why I was very wrong when I initially thought that it was near done in two weeks.
The whole time I worked on the record I was never sure when, if or how it would ever come out. The truth is I don’t really like spoken word albums so for the life of me I don’t know why I set out to make one, but my disdain for the form I was attempting led me to sneak choruses and singing into the mix and I think I got to something like songs. I hope you enjoy them/it and thank you for allowing me to be a part of your Society of Sound.”
Tracklist:
01 - Travel As Equals
02 - Wasted Days
03 - Mother of Exiles
04 - Yer Only Job
05 - I Miss the Zoo
06 - There With Me
07 - No Surrender Comes For Free
08 - Night Clothes
09 - Redemption City
10 - Barriers
11 - You're Not The Only One
12 - So Far From Free
13 - Surrender To The Storm
14 - Fractures
15 - Free Freedom
16 - Touched
17 - Follow
18 - Kandinsky
19 - Humanity Fade
20 - Sleepless
21 - It Takes A Lot Of Time To Live In The Moment
22 - Visit Us
23 - I Am The Mississippi
24 - Travel As Equals (Reprise)
Analyzed: Joseph Arthur / Redemption City (CD 1)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR6 -0.07 dB -7.94 dB 6:02 01-Travel As Equals
DR6 0.00 dB -7.57 dB 5:12 02-Wasted Days
DR6 0.00 dB -7.99 dB 3:47 03-Mother of Exiles
DR5 0.00 dB -7.79 dB 4:19 04-Yer Only Job
DR6 0.00 dB -7.74 dB 5:32 05-I Miss the Zoo
DR7 -0.05 dB -8.85 dB 2:53 06-There With Me
DR6 0.00 dB -7.86 dB 4:33 07-No Surrender Comes For Free
DR5 0.00 dB -6.59 dB 4:31 08-Night Clothes
DR5 0.00 dB -7.30 dB 4:42 09-Redemption City
DR6 -0.15 dB -7.27 dB 3:00 10-Barriers
DR6 0.00 dB -7.22 dB 5:13 11-You're Not The Only One
DR6 -0.31 dB -8.06 dB 5:11 12-So Far From Free
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR6
Samplerate: 48000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1894 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Analyzed: Joseph Arthur / Redemption City (CD 2)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR6 -0.02 dB -7.37 dB 11:38 13-Surrender To The Storm
DR6 0.00 dB -7.37 dB 4:24 14-Fractures
DR6 0.00 dB -7.65 dB 4:08 15-Free Freedom
DR6 0.00 dB -8.03 dB 3:42 16-Touched
DR7 -0.02 dB -8.51 dB 3:43 17-Follow
DR7 0.00 dB -9.06 dB 5:02 18-Kandinsky
DR7 -0.18 dB -9.50 dB 5:22 19-Humanity Fade
DR7 -0.68 dB -9.68 dB 3:26 20-Sleepless
DR6 0.00 dB -7.52 dB 2:30 21-It Takes A Lot Of Time To Live In The Moment
DR6 0.00 dB -7.61 dB 3:39 22-Visit Us
DR6 -0.15 dB -8.91 dB 4:16 23-I Am The Mississippi
DR7 0.00 dB -9.06 dB 5:40 24-Travel As Equals (Reprise)
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR6
Samplerate: 48000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1670 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR6 -0.07 dB -7.94 dB 6:02 01-Travel As Equals
DR6 0.00 dB -7.57 dB 5:12 02-Wasted Days
DR6 0.00 dB -7.99 dB 3:47 03-Mother of Exiles
DR5 0.00 dB -7.79 dB 4:19 04-Yer Only Job
DR6 0.00 dB -7.74 dB 5:32 05-I Miss the Zoo
DR7 -0.05 dB -8.85 dB 2:53 06-There With Me
DR6 0.00 dB -7.86 dB 4:33 07-No Surrender Comes For Free
DR5 0.00 dB -6.59 dB 4:31 08-Night Clothes
DR5 0.00 dB -7.30 dB 4:42 09-Redemption City
DR6 -0.15 dB -7.27 dB 3:00 10-Barriers
DR6 0.00 dB -7.22 dB 5:13 11-You're Not The Only One
DR6 -0.31 dB -8.06 dB 5:11 12-So Far From Free
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR6
Samplerate: 48000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1894 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Analyzed: Joseph Arthur / Redemption City (CD 2)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR6 -0.02 dB -7.37 dB 11:38 13-Surrender To The Storm
DR6 0.00 dB -7.37 dB 4:24 14-Fractures
DR6 0.00 dB -7.65 dB 4:08 15-Free Freedom
DR6 0.00 dB -8.03 dB 3:42 16-Touched
DR7 -0.02 dB -8.51 dB 3:43 17-Follow
DR7 0.00 dB -9.06 dB 5:02 18-Kandinsky
DR7 -0.18 dB -9.50 dB 5:22 19-Humanity Fade
DR7 -0.68 dB -9.68 dB 3:26 20-Sleepless
DR6 0.00 dB -7.52 dB 2:30 21-It Takes A Lot Of Time To Live In The Moment
DR6 0.00 dB -7.61 dB 3:39 22-Visit Us
DR6 -0.15 dB -8.91 dB 4:16 23-I Am The Mississippi
DR7 0.00 dB -9.06 dB 5:40 24-Travel As Equals (Reprise)
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR6
Samplerate: 48000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1670 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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