Tags
Language
Tags
May 2024
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
28 29 30 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

XTC - Oranges & Lemons (1989) {2001, Japanese Limited Edition, Remastered}

Posted By: popsakov
XTC - Oranges & Lemons (1989) {2001, Japanese Limited Edition, Remastered}

XTC - Oranges & Lemons (1989) {2001, Japanese Limited Edition, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 482 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 152 Mb
Covers Included | 01:00:55 | RAR 5% Recovery
Psychedelic Rock, Alternative Rock, Power Pop, Pop Rock | Toshiba-EMI Ltd. #TOCP-65719 / Virgin #V 2581

Oranges & Lemons is the 11th studio album and the second double album by the English band XTC, released 27 February 1989 on Virgin Records. It is the follow-up to 1986's Skylarking. The title (derived from the nursery rhyme of the same name) was chosen in reference to the band's poor financial standing at the time, while the music is characterised as a 1980s update of 1960s psychedelia. It received critical acclaim and became the band's highest-charting album since 1982's English Settlement, rising to number 28 in the UK and number 44 in the US. The album is primarily pop and rock, although a variety of other styles are plundered throughout, such as jazz, reggae, hard rock, Middle Eastern music and Zairean soukous. 12 of the album's 15 tracks were written by guitarist Andy Partridge, with the rest by bassist Colin Moulding. The work projected brighter, more upbeat and aggressive moods than Skylarking, and the harsher effect returned the group closer to the sound of their earlier records. Lyrically, most of the songs focus on parent-child relationships and the state of world affairs. Partridge's ornate vision for the psychedelic opening track "Garden of Earthly Delights" exemplified the album's general aesthetic, which he described as songs that could be singles in a "bizarre perfect universe".

Skylarking was an ambitious yet concise record, one that recalled such graceful concept albums as Pet Sounds and Sgt. Pepper, so it wasn't entirely a surprise that XTC embraced psychedelia on its double-album follow-up, Oranges & Lemons, especially if their celebrated Dukes of Stratosphear side project was taken into consideration as well. Oranges & Lemons lacks the singular focus of Skylarking, but at its best, it's just as impressive as its predecessor. Instead of revelling in the form of psychedelic pop, as they did with the Dukes, XTC bring the genre's sensibility to the mature pop of Skylarking, spiking it with a wry, occasionally absurd sense of humor missing from its predecessor. The result is a record exploding with details, not the least of which are backward guitars, sound effects, and head-spinningly eclectic arrangements. It's sonically rich and filled with immaculately crafted songs, but Oranges & Lemons falls just short of being a tour de force, since each song feels like an island – they work well as individual tracks, but they don't form a cohesive statement. However, that's a minor complaint, because Colin Moulding and Andy Partridge in particular are in peak form, contributing some of their very finest songs in "Garden of Earthly Delights," "The Loving," "One of the Millions," "Merely a Man," "Pink Thing," and the elegiac "Chalkhills and Children." Such songs make the relative weaknesses of the album well worth enduring.

~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music

***************

Track List:

01. Garden of Earthly Delights [0:05:03.50]
02. The Mayor of Simpleton [0:03:58.07]
03. King for a Day [0:03:37.43]
04. Here Comes President Kill Again [0:03:35.12]
05. The Loving [0:04:11.33]
06. Poor Skeleton Steps Out [0:03:34.45]
07. One of the Millions [0:04:35.60]
08. Scarecrow People [0:04:13.12]
09. Merely a Man [0:03:27.13]
10. Cynical Days [0:03:17.50]
11. Across This Antheap [0:04:51.65]
12. Hold Me My Daddy [0:03:47.65]
13. Pink Thing [0:03:48.20]
14. Miniature Sun [0:03:57.12]
15. Chalkhills and Children [0:04:56.08]

Exact Audio Copy V1.5 from 20. February 2020

EAC extraction logfile from 7. April 2024, 19:18

XTC / Oranges & Lemons [TOCP-65719]

Used drive : HL-DT-STBD-RE BH10LS38 Adapter: 1 ID: 0

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 : 128 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 : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source%


TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 5:03.50 | 0 | 22774
2 | 5:03.50 | 3:58.07 | 22775 | 40631
3 | 9:01.57 | 3:37.43 | 40632 | 56949
4 | 12:39.25 | 3:35.12 | 56950 | 73086
5 | 16:14.37 | 4:11.33 | 73087 | 91944
6 | 20:25.70 | 3:34.45 | 91945 | 108039
7 | 24:00.40 | 4:35.60 | 108040 | 128724
8 | 28:36.25 | 4:13.12 | 128725 | 147711
9 | 32:49.37 | 3:27.13 | 147712 | 163249
10 | 36:16.50 | 3:17.50 | 163250 | 178074
11 | 39:34.25 | 4:51.65 | 178075 | 199964
12 | 44:26.15 | 3:47.65 | 199965 | 217054
13 | 48:14.05 | 3:48.20 | 217055 | 234174
14 | 52:02.25 | 3:57.12 | 234175 | 251961
15 | 55:59.37 | 4:56.08 | 251962 | 274169


Range status and errors

Selected range

Filename D:\Rips by Alder\XTC - Oranges & Lemons [TOCP-65719].wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 5.1 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 1AADAF96
Copy CRC 1AADAF96
Copy OK

No errors occurred


AccurateRip summary

Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 7) [78051658] (AR v2)
Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 7) [2BD99E64] (AR v2)
Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 7) [8BE6AE72] (AR v2)
Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 7) [335247AB] (AR v2)
Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 7) [3F01B52D] (AR v2)
Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 7) [35BFDBFE] (AR v2)
Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 7) [5398A538] (AR v2)
Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 7) [2EA88786] (AR v2)
Track 9 accurately ripped (confidence 7) [8B3F5536] (AR v2)
Track 10 accurately ripped (confidence 7) [E46D2E80] (AR v2)
Track 11 accurately ripped (confidence 7) [EAB4BC35] (AR v2)
Track 12 accurately ripped (confidence 7) [A6B12A53] (AR v2)
Track 13 accurately ripped (confidence 7) [E9249EB0] (AR v2)
Track 14 accurately ripped (confidence 7) [ECAC98BA] (AR v2)
Track 15 accurately ripped (confidence 7) [CA7F39C6] (AR v2)

All tracks accurately ripped

End of status report

–– CUETools DB Plugin V2.1.6

[CTDB TOCID: E1mMazPk_b24v_gHN3Y.7XSp9AE-] found
Submit result: E1mMazPk_b24v_gHN3Y.7XSp9AE- has been confirmed
Track | CTDB Status
1 | (78/78) Accurately ripped
2 | (78/78) Accurately ripped
3 | (78/78) Accurately ripped
4 | (78/78) Accurately ripped
5 | (78/78) Accurately ripped
6 | (78/78) Accurately ripped
7 | (78/78) Accurately ripped
8 | (78/78) Accurately ripped
9 | (78/78) Accurately ripped
10 | (78/78) Accurately ripped
11 | (77/78) Accurately ripped
12 | (78/78) Accurately ripped
13 | (78/78) Accurately ripped
14 | (78/78) Accurately ripped
15 | (74/78) Accurately ripped


==== Log checksum F907F750FD3F641949892F0D1D3BCC25212A58E42E0BE5D5939EB8C3544F7A42 ====

[CUETools log; Date: 26.04.2024 14:31:22; Version: 2.1.6]
[CTDB TOCID: E1mMazPk_b24v_gHN3Y.7XSp9AE-] found.
Track | CTDB Status
1 | (80/80) Accurately ripped
2 | (80/80) Accurately ripped
3 | (80/80) Accurately ripped
4 | (80/80) Accurately ripped
5 | (80/80) Accurately ripped
6 | (80/80) Accurately ripped
7 | (80/80) Accurately ripped
8 | (80/80) Accurately ripped
9 | (80/80) Accurately ripped
10 | (80/80) Accurately ripped
11 | (79/80) Accurately ripped
12 | (80/80) Accurately ripped
13 | (80/80) Accurately ripped
14 | (80/80) Accurately ripped
15 | (76/80) Accurately ripped
[AccurateRip ID: 002164e6-0178aa04-de0e470f] found.
Track [ CRC | V2 ] Status
01 [a22a63c0|78051658] (00+07/53) Accurately ripped
02 [a1c2b081|2bd99e64] (02+07/53) Accurately ripped
03 [cf8cee44|8be6ae72] (02+07/54) Accurately ripped
04 [ff1d52bb|335247ab] (00+07/52) Accurately ripped
05 [48f79226|3f01b52d] (00+07/52) Accurately ripped
06 [48d9f08b|35bfdbfe] (02+07/54) Accurately ripped
07 [66eb3794|5398a538] (00+07/52) Accurately ripped
08 [3afa3eaa|2ea88786] (00+07/52) Accurately ripped
09 [d56ad5fd|8b3f5536] (02+07/54) Accurately ripped
10 [a4e4316d|e46d2e80] (00+07/52) Accurately ripped
11 [9717600a|eab4bc35] (00+07/51) Accurately ripped
12 [5fbd979f|a6b12a53] (00+07/52) Accurately ripped
13 [ad5f6fe2|e9249eb0] (02+07/54) Accurately ripped
14 [35dcf6a4|ecac98ba] (00+07/52) Accurately ripped
15 [388c0bc1|ca7f39c6] (00+07/52) Accurately ripped
Offsetted by 980:
01 [16bbdab5] (02/53) Accurately ripped
02 [106ebbfa] (02/53) Accurately ripped
03 [4212e067] (02/54) Accurately ripped
04 [2d5b84a6] (02/52) Accurately ripped
05 [9b3387de] (02/52) Accurately ripped
06 [dd3c5626] (02/54) Accurately ripped
07 [f43fa086] (02/52) Accurately ripped
08 [6b593e6f] (02/52) Accurately ripped
09 [c1097c41] (02/54) Accurately ripped
10 [ac0b476a] (02/52) Accurately ripped
11 [9e185e9a] (02/51) Accurately ripped
12 [22f18c75] (02/52) Accurately ripped
13 [236ae20c] (02/54) Accurately ripped
14 [fe3fecc5] (02/52) Accurately ripped
15 [f5e514a9] (02/52) Accurately ripped
Offsetted by 1027:
01 [238e3c8f] (12/53) Accurately ripped
02 [96008a97] (11/53) Accurately ripped
03 [a5cd86cc] (12/54) Accurately ripped
04 [48e9da47] (12/52) Accurately ripped
05 [80d848c9] (12/52) Accurately ripped
06 [8b589661] (12/54) Accurately ripped
07 [b9f38361] (12/52) Accurately ripped
08 [ce733751] (12/52) Accurately ripped
09 [07b37931] (12/54) Accurately ripped
10 [aa96689c] (12/52) Accurately ripped
11 [81c04f85] (11/51) Accurately ripped
12 [a3f862a1] (12/52) Accurately ripped
13 [a2a0ca62] (12/54) Accurately ripped
14 [00bed761] (12/52) Accurately ripped
15 [f52f3d92] (12/52) Accurately ripped

Track Peak [ CRC32 ] [W/O NULL] [ LOG ]
– 100,0 [1AADAF96] [F1B9E79A] CRC32
01 97,1 [E6C502AE] [446D0EDE]
02 97,1 [CDC312A5] [711FE5DB]
03 97,1 [96276291] [338D5063]
04 98,6 [81D8B437] [1B53AB20]
05 98,6 [8DD2410E] [EDB6ED5B]
06 99,7 [F53FB392] [7ADC7FBF]
07 98,6 [73182B9E] [A5C33C1D]
08 97,1 [0370F292] [560C06D2]
09 99,6 [13FFA11E] [339AECBD]
10 98,6 [8318084C] [EC3412D5]
11 98,6 [013CBDD1] [A2247C81]
12 98,6 [17E0A507] [713DFFF1]
13 100,0 [F68D7435] [EBB81DD5]
14 99,6 [690CF716] [5FC1DCA9]
15 98,6 [E9CC027A] [B5CA46F9]

See also:

XTC - Skylarking (1986) {1994, Remastered, MFSL UDCD 615}

All thanks go to Alder

>>> My Blog <<<

DOWNLOAD: