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Barclay James Harvest - Welcome To The Show (1990)

Posted By: v3122

Date: 6 May 2022 19:49:39

Barclay James Harvest - Welcome To The Show (1990)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Polydor, 841 751-2 | ~ 355 or 138 Mb | Scans(png) -> 76 Mb
Progressive Rock

A t this stage, the "show" was relegated to a continental cult of listeners whose musical tastes belonged to a bygone era. And it was for them that BJH continued to release fresh works every year or so, covering familiar ground while availing themselves of what new bells and whistles they could lay their hands on. "Welcome To The Show" sounds modern by BARCLAY's outmoded standards, suggesting any number of artists whose prog sensibilities had long since succumbed to the allure of well-crafted albeit timid pop music (e.g., Mike + The Mechanics). The final product is remarkably inoffensive, as if the band set out with the goal of not writing bad songs rather than writing good ones. Alternating between compositions from John Lees and Les Holroyd, it appears that neither really has anything important to say. The closing "Halfway To Freedom" addresses the post-Wall Germany (Halfway to Poland would have been way funnier), "Cheap The Bullet" addresses society's cycle of violence and its effect on our youth, but these social issues were well handled themes by 1990.
The remaining material deals with generic topics (love, being in a rock band) plus a pair of tracks ("John Lennon's Guitar," "African Nights") tantamount to diary entries. Pleasant harmonies and pretty melodies aren't the problem, lyrics are. BJH has always held a brittle command of their mother tongue, suggesting a too literal translation from German into English (which may explain their appeal to non-English speaking audiences). Rhyme schemes are often absent, and some lines are simply embarrassing. Case in point, take this line from "Love Is King" (please): "If music be the food of love / Then someone ate the crown". I don't even want to know what that means. If the cover suggests latter-day PINK FLOYD, the a alogy holds within as well. "Welcome To The Show" is more interested in keeping the machine going by slapping a new coat of paint on the body rather than rebuilding the engine. Here, they let their creative engines idle, a ploy which implies the band knew they were running out of gas.

by daveconn, progarchives

Barclay James Harvest - Welcome To The Show (1990):

Tracklist:

01. The Life You Lead [03:49]
02. Lady Macbeth [04:34]
03. Cheap The Bullet [04:30]
04. Welcome To The Show [04:15]
05. John Lennon's Guitar [05:41]
06. Halfway To Freedom [04:37]
07. African Nights [05:26]
08. Psychedelic Child [03:41]
09. Where Do We Go [05:09]
10. Origin Earth [04:57]
11. If Love Is King [06:02]
12. Shadows On The Sky [05:26]

EAC Log

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

EAC extraction logfile from 15. December 2012, 8:44

BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST / Welcome To The Show

Used drive : ASUS DRW-24B3ST Adapter: 3 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\EAC\WV\wavpack.exe
Additional command line options : -h -hh -m %s %d

TOC of the extracted CD

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12 | 52:46.33 | 5:26.65 | 237483 | 261997

Range status and errors

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Peak level 100.0 %
Range quality 99.9 %
Test CRC F67BE70F
Copy CRC F67BE70F
Copy OK

No errors occurred

AccurateRip summary

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All tracks accurately ripped

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DR Log

foobar2000 1.2.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2017-04-17 00:26:50

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Analyzed: BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST / Welcome To The Show
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -0.50 dB -15.13 dB 3:50 01-The Life You Lead
DR12 -2.29 dB -18.33 dB 4:34 02-Lady Macbeth
DR11 -0.01 dB -13.82 dB 4:30 03-Cheap The Bullet
DR13 -0.97 dB -16.58 dB 4:16 04-Welcome To The Show
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DR12 -0.23 dB -15.25 dB 4:38 06-Halfway To Freedom
DR13 0.00 dB -15.81 dB 5:27 07-African Nights
DR11 -0.36 dB -13.57 dB 3:41 08-Psychedelic Child
DR11 -2.31 dB -16.65 dB 5:10 09-Where Do We Go
DR13 -1.52 dB -17.39 dB 4:57 10-Origin Earth
DR13 0.00 dB -15.03 dB 6:02 11-If Love Is King
DR14 -1.33 dB -16.96 dB 5:27 12-Shadows On The Sky
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR12

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 827 kbps
Codec: FLAC

CUETools Log

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All thanks go to the original releaser

Barclay James Harvest in my Blog

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