Visage - Visage (1980)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 227 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 93 MB | Covers - 19 MB
Genre: Synth-pop, New Wave | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Polydor (800 029-2)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 227 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 93 MB | Covers - 19 MB
Genre: Synth-pop, New Wave | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Polydor (800 029-2)
With apologies to Spandau Ballet, Ultravox, and even Duran Duran, this is the music that best represents the short-lived but always underrated new romantic movement. That's fitting, because Visage's frontman, Steve Strange, was the colorfully painted face of the movement, just as this album was its sound. Warming up Kraftwerk's icy Teutonic electronics with a Bowie-esque flair for fashion, Strange and the new romantics created a clubland oasis far removed from the drabness of England's early-'80s reality - and the brutality of the punk response to it. And no one conjured up that Eurodisco fantasyland better than Visage, whose "Fade to Grey" became the anthem of the outlandishly decked-out Blitz Kids congregated at Strange's club nights. With its evocative French female vocals, distant sirens and pulsing layers of synthesizers, "Fade to Grey" is genuinely haunting, the definite high point for Visage and their followers. But the band's self-titled debut is a consistently fine creation, alternating between tunes that share the eerie ambience of "Fade to Grey" ("Mind of a Toy," "Blocks on Blocks") and others that show off a more muscular brand of dance-rock (the title track, filled with thundering electronic tom-tom fills, and the sax-packed instrumental "The Dancer"). Strange and drummer/nightclub partner Rusty Egan had wisely surrounded themselves with top-level talent, primarily drawn from the bands Ultravox and Magazine, and the excellent playing of contributors like guitarists Midge Ure and John McGeoch, bassist Barry Adamson, synthesist Dave Formula, and, especially, electric violinist Billy Currie, all of whom give the album a depth unmatched by most contemporaneous techno-pop. And despite the group's frequently dramatic pose, Strange and his bandmates were hardly humorless; the first single, "Tar," is a witty anti-smoking advertisement, while the Eastwood homage "Malpaso Man" adds some incongruous cowboy twang to the dance beats. Only the closing track, the instrumental "The Steps," is inconsequential - the rest of Visage proves the new romantics left a legacy that transcends their costumes and makeup.Tracklist:
01. Visage
02. Blocks On Blocks
03. The Dancer
04. Tar
05. Fade To Grey
06. Malpaso Man
07. Mind Of A Toy
08. Moon Over Moscow
09. Visa-age
10. The Steps
Total time: 39:28
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 4. August 2024, 9:45
Visage / Visage
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
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1 | 0:00.32 | 3:53.33 | 32 | 17539
2 | 3:53.65 | 4:00.12 | 17540 | 35551
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Track 1
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Extraction speed 3.2 X
Track quality 100.0 %
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Accurately ripped (confidence 39) [1288DCA4] (AR v2)
Copy OK
Track 2
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Extraction speed 3.6 X
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Accurately ripped (confidence 38) [F2A4C43C] (AR v2)
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Track 3
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Accurately ripped (confidence 40) [A201C686] (AR v2)
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Track 4
Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - Visage\04 - Tar.wav
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Accurately ripped (confidence 40) [DC090D70] (AR v2)
Copy OK
Track 5
Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - Visage\05 - Fade To Grey.wav
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Extraction speed 4.4 X
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Accurately ripped (confidence 40) [9EF24B6D] (AR v2)
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Track 6
Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - Visage\06 - Malpaso Man.wav
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Extraction speed 4.6 X
Track quality 100.0 %
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Accurately ripped (confidence 37) [449E95D6] (AR v2)
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Track 7
Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - Visage\07 - Mind Of A Toy.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 4.8 X
Track quality 100.0 %
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Accurately ripped (confidence 39) [F299E896] (AR v2)
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Track 8
Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - Visage\08 - Moon Over Moscow.wav
Peak level 91.8 %
Extraction speed 4.2 X
Track quality 99.9 %
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Accurately ripped (confidence 40) [F73D445B] (AR v2)
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Track 9
Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - Visage\09 - Visa-age.wav
Peak level 76.2 %
Extraction speed 5.5 X
Track quality 100.0 %
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Accurately ripped (confidence 39) [F770FAEC] (AR v2)
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Track 10
Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - Visage\10 - The Steps.wav
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==== Log checksum EAA889AEA2B3D70BF09A1E35E500EFAD437D5E7E27B99F2A0C5F0A517427951B ====
EAC extraction logfile from 4. August 2024, 9:45
Visage / Visage
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
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
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 | 3:53.33 | 32 | 17539
2 | 3:53.65 | 4:00.12 | 17540 | 35551
3 | 7:54.02 | 3:40.35 | 35552 | 52086
4 | 11:34.37 | 3:32.40 | 52087 | 68026
5 | 15:07.02 | 4:02.15 | 68027 | 86191
6 | 19:09.17 | 4:14.58 | 86192 | 105299
7 | 23:24.00 | 4:28.32 | 105300 | 125431
8 | 27:52.32 | 4:00.53 | 125432 | 143484
9 | 31:53.10 | 4:20.25 | 143485 | 163009
10 | 36:13.35 | 3:14.42 | 163010 | 177601
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Accurately ripped (confidence 39) [1288DCA4] (AR v2)
Copy OK
Track 2
Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - Visage\02 - Blocks On Blocks.wav
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Extraction speed 3.6 X
Track quality 100.0 %
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Accurately ripped (confidence 38) [F2A4C43C] (AR v2)
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Track 3
Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - Visage\03 - The Dancer.wav
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Extraction speed 3.8 X
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Accurately ripped (confidence 40) [A201C686] (AR v2)
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Track 4
Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - Visage\04 - Tar.wav
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Accurately ripped (confidence 40) [DC090D70] (AR v2)
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Track 5
Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - Visage\05 - Fade To Grey.wav
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Accurately ripped (confidence 40) [9EF24B6D] (AR v2)
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Track 6
Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - Visage\06 - Malpaso Man.wav
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Track quality 100.0 %
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Accurately ripped (confidence 37) [449E95D6] (AR v2)
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Track 7
Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - Visage\07 - Mind Of A Toy.wav
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Extraction speed 4.8 X
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Accurately ripped (confidence 39) [F299E896] (AR v2)
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Track 8
Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - Visage\08 - Moon Over Moscow.wav
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Extraction speed 4.2 X
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Accurately ripped (confidence 40) [F73D445B] (AR v2)
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Track 9
Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - Visage\09 - Visa-age.wav
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Extraction speed 5.5 X
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Accurately ripped (confidence 39) [F770FAEC] (AR v2)
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Track 10
Filename K:\EACrips\Visage - Visage\10 - The Steps.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:01.38
Peak level 43.9 %
Extraction speed 4.2 X
Track quality 99.9 %
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==== Log checksum EAA889AEA2B3D70BF09A1E35E500EFAD437D5E7E27B99F2A0C5F0A517427951B ====
[CUETools log; Date: 26.08.2024 22:52:50; Version: 2.1.4]
Pregap length 00:00:32.
[CTDB TOCID: 0u36Q4oYiLeelG383msQNidr3hE-] found.
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2 | (593/598) Accurately ripped
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[AccurateRip ID: 000eddb3-00775ec6-8809400a] found.
Track [ CRC | V2 ] Status
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03 [c8ad9e64|a201c686] (021+040/396) Accurately ripped
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– 100,0 [8EEC07CF] [42562EE5]
01 79,6 [A4ED96CA] [74A2164E] CRC32
02 91,7 [080A51F1] [697886E6] CRC32
03 80,7 [472EDDD4] [5C852892] CRC32
04 100,0 [E1AEF246] [7F675697] CRC32
05 77,7 [F6BBD220] [967C533E] CRC32
06 81,8 [C5F34572] [3A193F44] CRC32
07 100,0 [312448B3] [495F522A] CRC32
08 91,8 [80EA86C6] [AB4E8094] CRC32
09 76,2 [9AE961C5] [AB77033A] CRC32
10 43,9 [20292184] [605FEB85] CRC32
Pregap length 00:00:32.
[CTDB TOCID: 0u36Q4oYiLeelG383msQNidr3hE-] found.
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4 | (592/598) Accurately ripped
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[AccurateRip ID: 000eddb3-00775ec6-8809400a] found.
Track [ CRC | V2 ] Status
01 [d69a06c1|1288dca4] (021+039/395) Accurately ripped
02 [e74093a2|f2a4c43c] (021+038/396) Accurately ripped
03 [c8ad9e64|a201c686] (021+040/396) Accurately ripped
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10 [f78cf1c5|1369859c] (021+040/398) Accurately ripped
Track Peak [ CRC32 ] [W/O NULL] [ LOG ]
– 100,0 [8EEC07CF] [42562EE5]
01 79,6 [A4ED96CA] [74A2164E] CRC32
02 91,7 [080A51F1] [697886E6] CRC32
03 80,7 [472EDDD4] [5C852892] CRC32
04 100,0 [E1AEF246] [7F675697] CRC32
05 77,7 [F6BBD220] [967C533E] CRC32
06 81,8 [C5F34572] [3A193F44] CRC32
07 100,0 [312448B3] [495F522A] CRC32
08 91,8 [80EA86C6] [AB4E8094] CRC32
09 76,2 [9AE961C5] [AB77033A] CRC32
10 43,9 [20292184] [605FEB85] CRC32
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