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Crystal Ball - Hard Impact (2000) [Japanese Ed.]

Posted By: v3122

Date: 6 Jun 2022 12:09:57

Crystal Ball - Hard Impact (2000) [Japanese Ed.]

Crystal Ball - Hard Impact (2000)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Pony Canyon, PCCY-01505 | Japan | ~ 360 or 109 Mb | Artwork -> 125 Mb
Hard 'N' Heavy

Another release from power metal's golden age, Hard Impact, the second album from Swiss metallers Crystal Ball, was one of the first attempts to fuse AOR with European power metal, and though bands like Domain and Evidence One went on to release albums that owed a lot to this, it holds up even now.

All you need to know about Crystal Ball is they sound like Helloween playing AOR. Vocalist Mark Sweeney is a dead ringer for Andi Deris, and even the production sounds like Master Of The Rings. Mostly, Crystal Ball go for mid-paced stompers full of simple but foot-tapping riffs, tasty and stylish solos, and choruses that find the band shouting the song titles with about a million backing singers. Somehow it works, and through this formula they manage to produce hit after hit. Opener "Soul Mate" has a gloriously cheesy hook, while "Own Way" is a more traditional heavy-hitter with a Maiden-esque riff. "Crystal Ball" and "Passion" are the best songs here; this is where the band let down their guard and bust out the double bass pedal. These songs have Helloween written all over them, and the mix of hard rock guitars and power metal grandiosity works wonders.

Those who don't mind a little pomp and a slight nod to the poodle-perm days of yore will get a kick out of this and later albums by the band. It's unconventional, surprising, and above all, catchy as hell. Fans of power metal at its sweetest need it in their collection.

by Dragonchaser, metal-archives.com

Crystal Ball - Hard Impact (2000):

Tracklist:

01. Reincarnation: 1:28
02. Soul Mate: 3:53
03. Won't Bite: 4:11
04. FM: 0:27
05. Own Way: 3:41
06. Queen of the Night: 3:40
07. Crystal Ball: 3:39
08. Never Surrender: 3:49
09. Shine On: 4:03
10. Step By Step: 3:32
11. Passion: 4:24
12. Stare at the Sun: 4:47
13. Goodbye Hero (Bonus Track for Japan only): 4:24

Mark Sweeney: Lead Vocals
Scott Leach: Lead and Rhythm Guitars, B. Vocals
Tom Graber: Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards, B. Vocals
Dany Schällibaum: Bass, B. Vocals
Marcel Sardella: Drums

EAC Log

Exact Audio Copy V1.6 from 23. October 2020

Отчёт EAC об извлечении, выполненном 25. апреля 2022, 10:34

Crystal Ball / Hard Impact

Дисковод: HL-DT-STDVDRAM GH24NSD1 Adapter: 1 ID: 0

Режим чтения : Достоверность
Использование точного потока : Да
Отключение кэша аудио : Да
Использование указателей C2 : Нет

Коррекция смещения при чтении : 6
Способность читать области Lead-in и Lead-out : Нет
Заполнение пропущенных сэмплов тишиной : Да
Удаление блоков с тишиной в начале и конце : Нет
При вычислениях CRC использовались нулевые сэмплы : Да
Интерфейс : Встроенный Win32-интерфейс для Win NT/2000

Выходной формат : Пользовательский кодировщик
Выбранный битрейт : 896 kBit/s
Качество : Высокий
Добавление ID3-тега : Нет
Утилита сжатия : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Дополнительные параметры : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source%

TOC извлечённого CD

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Выбранный диапазон

Имя файла C:\Users\User1\Music\Crystal Ball\Crystal Ball-2000-Hard Impact (Japan CD-2001)\Crystal Ball - Hard Impact.wav

Пиковый уровень 100.0 %
Скорость извлечения 1.6 X
Качество диапазона 100.0 %
CRC теста 749C5686
CRC копии 749C5686
Копирование… OK

Ошибок не произошло

AccurateRip: сводка

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All thanks go to the original releaser

Crystal Ball in my Blog

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