Visage - The Anvil (1982)
Visage - The Anvil (1982)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 254 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 101 MB | Covers - 16 MB
Genre: Synth-pop, New Wave | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Polydor (800 022-2)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 254 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 101 MB | Covers - 16 MB
Genre: Synth-pop, New Wave | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Polydor (800 022-2)
When they recorded the follow-up to their surprisingly successful debut, the members of Visage appeared to be dealing from a position of strength. But the dance club-fueled, style-obsessed new romantic movement that had propelled the group to success in England was already crumbling, and frontman Steve Strange had begun to take his role as the movement's figurehead a little too seriously. The Anvil, rumored to be the subject of a multi-million dollar feature film (a project that never materialized), emphasizes Strange's penchant for melancholy and melodrama. Where the band's debut undercut such pretensions with humorous tracks like the twangy "Malpaso Man," only one tune here - "Night Train," with a rubbery bassline and blasts of brass backing a tongue-in-cheek tale of intrigue - dares to take liberties with Visage's moody image. Still, with backing from the same core of post-punk all-stars (Ultravox's Midge Ure - who co-produced the album - and violinist Billy Currie, as well as Magazine keyboardist Dave Formula), Strange and drummer Rusty Egan sound just as good as before, and despite once again closing an album with a forgettable instrumental ("Whispers"), almost all the band's efforts on The Anvil are extremely well-crafted synth pop. Two, in fact, are essential new wave artifacts. The title track takes a despairing look around clubland, setting Strange's best-ever lyric to a grim parody of a hit in the meatmarket disco it describes; it suggests he'd become disillusioned with the scene that had spawned Visage. "The Damned Don't Cry," meanwhile, is even better, a ghostly groove that comes closer than anyone would have thought possible to recapturing the haunted magnificence of "Fade to Grey," the band's signature hit.Tracklist:
01. The Damned Don't Cry
02. Anvil (Night Club School)
03. Move Up
04. Night Train
05. The Horseman
06. Look What They've Done
07. Again We Love
08. Wild Life
09. Whispers
Total time: 42:50
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EAC extraction logfile from 3. August 2024, 15:37
Visage / The Anvil
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Defeat audio cache : Yes
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Accurately ripped (confidence 19) [EFFAD41F] (AR v2)
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Track 2
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Accurately ripped (confidence 19) [C7388CC4] (AR v2)
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Track 3
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Track 4
Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - The Anvil\04 - Night Train.wav
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Track 5
Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - The Anvil\05 - The Horseman.wav
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Track 6
Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - The Anvil\06 - Look What They've Done.wav
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Track 7
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Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - The Anvil\08 - Wild Life.wav
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Track 9
Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - The Anvil\09 - Whispers.wav
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==== Log checksum 79DC036D2EC95DF6545B8BCEF4EA6EF4EC9D00147DD0B5B3BAF7A54F6F19F77B ====
EAC extraction logfile from 3. August 2024, 15:37
Visage / The Anvil
Used drive : ASUS DRW-20B1LT Adapter: 3 ID: 1
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
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 896 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
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Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "COMMENT=EAC FLAC -8" %source%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.32 | 4:44.45 | 32 | 21376
2 | 4:45.02 | 4:41.18 | 21377 | 42469
3 | 9:26.20 | 4:26.65 | 42470 | 62484
4 | 13:53.10 | 4:29.30 | 62485 | 82689
5 | 18:22.40 | 4:42.47 | 82690 | 103886
6 | 23:05.12 | 4:52.45 | 103887 | 125831
7 | 27:57.57 | 4:46.53 | 125832 | 147334
8 | 32:44.35 | 4:26.45 | 147335 | 167329
9 | 37:11.05 | 5:39.40 | 167330 | 192794
Track 1
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Accurately ripped (confidence 19) [EFFAD41F] (AR v2)
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Track 2
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Track 3
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Track 4
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Track 5
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Track 6
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Track 7
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Track 8
Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - The Anvil\08 - Wild Life.wav
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Track 9
Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - The Anvil\09 - Whispers.wav
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==== Log checksum 79DC036D2EC95DF6545B8BCEF4EA6EF4EC9D00147DD0B5B3BAF7A54F6F19F77B ====
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Track [ CRC | V2 ] Status
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– 81,6 [8DF4DFA2] [DE8ECD2F]
01 81,6 [7DEA2B61] [0F42818D] CRC32
02 74,0 [E4EB12D9] [A982FED6] CRC32
03 72,5 [908AD688] [38DF75BE] CRC32
04 71,8 [FC2C1E28] [7B4FF67B] CRC32
05 69,2 [8FC4575B] [F5BB92AE] CRC32
06 61,9 [E0ADDB3E] [EC625724] CRC32
07 69,5 [E3946EF1] [167F55CC] CRC32
08 79,4 [4ECD79C4] [614C2AFD] CRC32
09 44,8 [2645ABD4] [70010C75] CRC32
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[AccurateRip ID: 000e7039-006a0dbc-860a0a09] found.
Track [ CRC | V2 ] Status
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– 81,6 [8DF4DFA2] [DE8ECD2F]
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02 74,0 [E4EB12D9] [A982FED6] CRC32
03 72,5 [908AD688] [38DF75BE] CRC32
04 71,8 [FC2C1E28] [7B4FF67B] CRC32
05 69,2 [8FC4575B] [F5BB92AE] CRC32
06 61,9 [E0ADDB3E] [EC625724] CRC32
07 69,5 [E3946EF1] [167F55CC] CRC32
08 79,4 [4ECD79C4] [614C2AFD] CRC32
09 44,8 [2645ABD4] [70010C75] CRC32
Thanks to Samopalkin
See also:
Visage - Visage (1980)