Tags
Language
Tags
March 2024
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
25 26 27 28 29 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 1 2 3 4 5 6

Lambchop - Mr. M (2012)

Posted By: Designol
Lambchop - Mr. M (2012)

Lambchop - Mr. M (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 297 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 128 Mb | Scans ~ 151 Mb
Label: Merge | # MRG434, 6 73855 04342 5 | Time: 00:56:02
Alternative Country, Chamber Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock

Lambchop have made a number of outstanding albums as they've evolved from "Nashville's most f–ked-up country band" to a singular chamber pop ensemble during a career that lasted nearly two decades, but one of their finest works is not really a Lambchop album at all. Vic Chesnutt recruited Lambchop to serve as his backing band on the 1998 album The Salesman and Bernadette, and the results were a marvelous fusion of the group's broad but emotionally intimate approach and Chesnutt's witty, skewed, and perceptive gifts as a songwriter. Chesnutt and Lambchop's Kurt Wagner seemed like kindred spirits, fellow Southerners who married oblique yet telling poetry to melodies that were strong yet fluidly graceful, and it should surprise no one that Wagner was hit hard by Chesnutt's death in late 2009. Lambchop's first studio project since Chesnutt's passing, 2012's Mr. M, is dedicated to Wagner's friend and collaborator, and though the songs don't deal explicitly with Chesnutt, there's a sense of sorrow in these songs that's deeper than what we've come to expect from Lambchop, infused with an air of reflection and regret that's impossible to miss. As usual, Wagner's lyrics are blankly poetic and don't much concern themselves with linear storytelling, but his gently abstract sketches of people coming to terms with loss and unkind fate make themselves felt even when they're not literally understood, and the lines "Friends make you sensitive/Loss makes us idiots/Fear makes us critical/Knowledge is difficult" from the song "Mr. Met" sums up the tone and the themes of this album remarkably well. But if Mr. M is music informed by tragedy, the sense of gravity makes this some of the most beautiful and powerful music Lambchop have created to date. Wagner's gorgeous, artful melodies give the musicians plenty of opportunity to demonstrate their remarkable command of dynamics and interpersonal interaction, and most of the songs have been gussied up with fine, tasteful string arrangements that weave their way in and out of the band's performances rather than simply being draped over the top. Mr. M is an album that concerns itself with loss, but the beauty and gentle force of these songs speak to the joys and responsibilities of being alive, and the album is more than simply a fitting tribute to a fallen comrade, it's one of the most affecting works to date from a brilliant, one-of-a-kind band.

Review by Mark Deming, Allmusic.com

Kurt Wagner and co.'s masterful 11th album is one of the best to emerge from their strange, modest universe.

For the first 20 seconds of Mr. M, all the listener will hear is the sound of a string section, gliding, pretty, and warm, like something from an old Disney movie. The strings are followed by brushed, rolling snare drums. Soon, Kurt Wagner, the band's singer, stumbles into the mix. "Don't know what the fuck they talk about," he sings. His voice sounds beery and disoriented. It seems possible that he's in the wrong room.

Coming from some singers, the line might sound like a challenge, but coming from Wagner, it's a simple admission. Lambchop is a band that has spent the past 20 years in Nashville building its own idiosyncratic universe. For better and worse, the current state of music, its trends and its innovations, pass them by completely. Even during the days when alt-country seemed like a viable art form, Wagner's ornery sense of humor– the kind that drives you to cap your album with a 40-second-long song called "I Sucked My Boss' Dick"– made them seem totally out-of-step with their supposed contemporaries. In a lot of ways, Lambchop is a band that seems committed to its own irrelevance.

Irrelevance, though, isn't a burden for Lambchop as much as it is a jumping off point for what makes them them. "I see your Pitchfork I-rock saviors," goes one line on 2006's Damaged– "I'm sorry, I still prefer Jim Nabors." If you aren't sure who Jim Nabors is and you're still reading our reviews about I-rock saviors, you've unknowingly participated in Wagner's self-definition: He hears the conversation going on but damn if he'll take part in it.

Review by Mike Powell, Pitchfork.com

Lambchop - Mr. M (2012)



Tracklist:

01. If Not I'll Just Die (4:25)
02. 2B2 (5:40)
03. Gone Tomorrow (6:57)
04. Mr. Met (7:10)
05. Gar (5:28)
06. Nice Without Mercy (5:47)
07. Buttons (5:21)
08. The Good Life (Is Wasted) (3:20)
09. Kind Of (5:28)
10. Betty's Overture (3:21)
11. Never My Love (3:02)


Exact Audio Copy V1.1 from 23. June 2015

EAC extraction logfile from 6. April 2017, 19:50

Lambchop / Mr. M

Used drive : ASUS BW-12D1S-U Adapter: 1 ID: 1

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

Read offset correction : 667
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)\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
Additional command line options : -6 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" -T "BAND=%albuminterpret%" -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albuminterpret%" -T "COMPOSER=%composer%" %haslyrics%–tag-from-file=LYRICS="%lyricsfile%"%haslyrics% -T "DISCNUMBER=%cdnumber%" -T "TOTALDISCS=%totalcds%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" %hascover%–picture="%coverfile%"%hascover% %source% -o %dest%


TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 4:25.34 | 0 | 19908
2 | 4:25.34 | 5:39.57 | 19909 | 45390
3 | 10:05.16 | 6:57.17 | 45391 | 76682
4 | 17:02.33 | 7:10.31 | 76683 | 108963
5 | 24:12.64 | 5:28.05 | 108964 | 133568
6 | 29:40.69 | 5:47.34 | 133569 | 159627
7 | 35:28.28 | 5:21.29 | 159628 | 183731
8 | 40:49.57 | 3:19.64 | 183732 | 198720
9 | 44:09.46 | 5:28.26 | 198721 | 223346
10 | 49:37.72 | 3:21.25 | 223347 | 238446
11 | 52:59.22 | 3:02.27 | 238447 | 252123


Range status and errors

Selected range

Filename C:\Users\Alexandre\Downloads\Torrents of Autumn\Lambchop [2012] Mr. M\Lambchop [2012] Mr. M.wav

Peak level 97.7 %
Extraction speed 7.4 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 15BDF8CA
Copy CRC 15BDF8CA
Copy OK

No errors occurred


AccurateRip summary

Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 19) [289B431C] (AR v2)
Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 19) [A9AC095A] (AR v2)
Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 18) [1B70AB5C] (AR v2)
Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 19) [A2ED68B2] (AR v2)
Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 19) [C1714A2F] (AR v2)
Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 18) [6D336AE8] (AR v2)
Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 19) [EF3D97A1] (AR v2)
Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 19) [57DD4743] (AR v2)
Track 9 accurately ripped (confidence 19) [B31371A6] (AR v2)
Track 10 accurately ripped (confidence 19) [014DFE31] (AR v2)
Track 11 accurately ripped (confidence 19) [E1E87174] (AR v2)

All tracks accurately ripped

End of status report

–– CUETools DB Plugin V2.1.6

[CTDB TOCID: Eiz0IeG.EdaCGVyhHNtL27JbM5s-] found
Submit result: Eiz0IeG.EdaCGVyhHNtL27JbM5s- has been confirmed
Track | CTDB Status
1 | (167/167) Accurately ripped
2 | (167/167) Accurately ripped
3 | (167/167) Accurately ripped
4 | (165/167) Accurately ripped
5 | (164/167) Accurately ripped
6 | (167/167) Accurately ripped
7 | (166/167) Accurately ripped
8 | (166/167) Accurately ripped
9 | (167/167) Accurately ripped
10 | (167/167) Accurately ripped
11 | (167/167) Accurately ripped

[CUETools log; Date: 17.04.2018 7:03:01; Version: 2.1.4]
[CTDB TOCID: Eiz0IeG.EdaCGVyhHNtL27JbM5s-] found.
Track | CTDB Status
1 | (182/182) Accurately ripped
2 | (182/182) Accurately ripped
3 | (182/182) Accurately ripped
4 | (180/182) Accurately ripped
5 | (179/182) Accurately ripped
6 | (182/182) Accurately ripped
7 | (181/182) Accurately ripped
8 | (181/182) Accurately ripped
9 | (182/182) Accurately ripped
10 | (182/182) Accurately ripped
11 | (182/182) Accurately ripped
[AccurateRip ID: 00190843-00d6f1ae-8d0d210b] found.
Track [ CRC | V2 ] Status
01 [f71036a7|289b431c] (005+019/185) Accurately ripped
02 [7c9d94d4|a9ac095a] (005+020/187) Accurately ripped
03 [9ca01083|1b70ab5c] (005+018/184) Accurately ripped
04 [e7ab12fd|a2ed68b2] (005+020/186) Accurately ripped
05 [a22b0e08|c1714a2f] (005+020/186) Accurately ripped
06 [6b4061ff|6d336ae8] (005+019/186) Accurately ripped
07 [96b7ee17|ef3d97a1] (005+020/187) Accurately ripped
08 [97628485|57dd4743] (005+020/188) Accurately ripped
09 [4445d3cc|b31371a6] (005+020/188) Accurately ripped
10 [a493a7c7|014dfe31] (005+020/187) Accurately ripped
11 [ea77c770|e1e87174] (005+020/187) Accurately ripped
Offsetted by 62:
01 [f0e01c04] (024/185) Accurately ripped
02 [93836f60] (024/187) Accurately ripped
03 [7a81f24c] (023/184) Accurately ripped
04 [855b4083] (024/186) Accurately ripped
05 [4c4256ca] (024/186) Accurately ripped
06 [21ace284] (024/186) Accurately ripped
07 [30445884] (024/187) Accurately ripped
08 [97cbb401] (025/188) Accurately ripped
09 [926228ab] (024/188) Accurately ripped
10 [f2813d08] (024/187) Accurately ripped
11 [1950098f] (024/187) Accurately ripped

Track Peak [ CRC32 ] [W/O NULL] [ LOG ]
– 97,7 [15BDF8CA] [562CD724] CRC32
01 97,7 [2F346599] [261903CB]
02 97,7 [C90F92E0] [905E04E1]
03 97,7 [B0513291] [890E597C]
04 97,7 [2D963933] [3EB10C2B]
05 97,7 [83F78E92] [B5144D4D]
06 97,7 [3F92B1F4] [A7D5E0DA]
07 97,7 [F241825E] [FCA590D5]
08 97,7 [1FCD6310] [13089392]
09 97,7 [63F9D8DA] [6BE5DA47]
10 97,7 [C3C8E70E] [D45E2004]
11 97,7 [DFB4C416] [5E2621C7]

foobar2000 1.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2018-04-17 23:44:42

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Analyzed: Lambchop / Mr. M
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

DR Peak RMS Duration Track
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
DR9 -0.20 dB -11.91 dB 4:25 01-If Not I'll Just Die
DR11 -0.20 dB -13.78 dB 5:40 02-2B2
DR8 -0.20 dB -10.68 dB 6:57 03-Gone Tomorrow
DR9 -0.20 dB -12.09 dB 7:10 04-Mr. Met
DR10 -0.20 dB -12.80 dB 5:28 05-Gar
DR11 -0.20 dB -13.15 dB 5:47 06-Nice Without Mercy
DR11 -0.20 dB -13.72 dB 5:21 07-Buttons
DR9 -0.20 dB -11.28 dB 3:20 08-The Good Life (Is Wasted)
DR10 -0.20 dB -12.66 dB 5:28 09-Kind Of
DR11 -0.20 dB -12.74 dB 3:21 10-Betty's Overture
DR10 -0.20 dB -13.49 dB 3:02 11-Never My Love
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Number of tracks: 11
Official DR value: DR10

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 741 kbps
Codec: FLAC
================================================================================

Lambchop - Mr. M (2012)

Lambchop - Mr. M (2012)

All thanks to original releaser - DoobieBro

More interesting music in My Blog