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Noel Pointer - Never Lose Your Heart (1993) {Shanachie}

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Noel Pointer - Never Lose Your Heart (1993) {Shanachie}

Noel Pointer - Never Lose Your Heart (1993) {Shanachie}
EAC 1.0b3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 282MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 107MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Smooth Jazz, R&B
Noel Pointer - Never Lose Your Heart (1993) {Shanachie}

Pointer's last release found him resurfacing on a label (Shanachie) known for almost everything but fusion. This record sounds much like the ones he made in the late '70s and 1980s, except that he also does some competent vocals. These are pleasant, heavily produced and arranged tracks with minimal improvisation and limited energy and intensity. They are jazz only in the broadest sense and are not aimed at hardcore listeners or purists. If easy listening instrumental fare is up your alley, then Pointer's light solos and heavily arranged music work.
Track List
01. Drive Time (Pointer-Spooner) - 5:13
02. Back to Paradise (Rosen-Manno-Jacobsen) - 4:49
03. Samoa (Granger) - 5:39
04. The Look of Love (Spooner-Michou) - 4:50
05. Never Lose Your Heart (Spooner) - 5:14
06. Noel's Song (Pointer) - 5:21
07. Make It Real (Mallah-Kelly-Powell) - 4:22
08. Seasons (Pointer) - 5:55

musicians
Noel Pointer - Zeta violin, violin, viola, keyboards, vocal, background vocals
Paulette McWilliams - vocals, background vocals
Chieli Minucci, Philip Hamilton, Philip Hamilton - guitar
Peter Moffitt - cello, keyboards, synthesizer
Wayne Cobham - trumpet
Bernard Wright - organ, bass synthesizer
Greg Spooner - keyboards, bass synthesizer
Lenny Underwood, Rex Rideout, Ronald Granger, Nat Adderley, Jr., Clyde Criner - keyboards
Norbert Sloley - bass guitar
Francisco Centeno - bass, bass guitar
Graham Hawthorne - bass, drums
Dave Metcen - bass
Dwayne Purdue, Omar Hakim - drums
Manolo Badrena, Emedin Rivera - percussion
Katreese Barnes, Kevin Owens, The Darryl Douglass Workshop Company - background vocals

Produced by Greg Spooner and Noel Pointer


Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 23. August 2013, 11:36

Noel Pointer / Never Lose Your Heart

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Track 1

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Track 2

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Track 3

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Track 5

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Track 6

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Track 7

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Track 8

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Analyzed: Noel Pointer / Never Lose Your Heart
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -0.13 dB -12.39 dB 5:13 01-Drive Time
DR11 -0.01 dB -12.44 dB 4:49 02-Back to Paradise
DR10 -0.13 dB -11.97 dB 5:39 03-Samoa
DR11 -0.31 dB -13.00 dB 4:50 04-The Look of Love
DR10 -0.01 dB -12.60 dB 5:14 05-Never Lose Your Heart
DR11 -0.12 dB -12.94 dB 5:21 06-Noel's Song
DR10 -1.40 dB -13.80 dB 4:22 07-Make It Real
DR11 -0.03 dB -13.73 dB 5:55 08-Seasons
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Number of tracks: 8
Official DR value: DR10

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 937 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Noel Pointer - Never Lose Your Heart (1993) {Shanachie}
Noel Pointer - Never Lose Your Heart (1993) {Shanachie}
Noel Pointer - Never Lose Your Heart (1993) {Shanachie}


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