Thinkman - Hard Hat Zone (1990)
(Rupert Hine)
EAC Rip | APE, IMG+CUE, LOG | 258,8 MB | MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 96,2 MB | Complete Scans (300 dpi) | 14,6 MB
New Wave, Synth-Pop | Label: BMG Ariola | Catalog Number: 260 645 | Time: 45:32 | RAR | RS.com
The third and last album by Rupert Hine under the disguise of the ghost group Thinkman, Hard Hat Zone walks away from the subjects of media manipulation and information games. Most of the pieces, still written by Hine with lyrics by Jeannette Obstoj, deal with environmental themes, with titles like "Mother Nature's Angry" and "November Whale" being quite explicit. The tone becomes vehement but also preachy in the solemn "Take Them to the Traitors' Gate," dedicated to Prince Charles (his involvement with environmental causes was avant-gardist at a time when it was not yet fashionable). The songs don't have the impact and hook-laden melodies of those on The Formula, but the singer/producer still did a good job. One can discard the failed hit single "Hard Hat Zone" to concentrate on "Who's Winning the Human Race?," "Act of Love," and "Exploring This World (Without Moving Too Much)." Geoffrey Richardson (Caravan) and Phil Palmer (Penguin Café Orchestra) add viola and guitar to Hine's keyboard tracks, but overall this album remains in the synth pop realm. Production is impeccable and even when not particularly inspired the man was able to churn out good songs, but Hard Hat Zone is more for the completist than the casual listener. AMG
Tracklisting:
1 Hard Hat Zone (4:39)
2 Mother Nature Angry (4:00)
3 Who's Winning The Human Race? (3:18)
4 Unite It, Don't Divide It (3:28)
5 November Whale (7:22)
6 Act Of Love (5:32)
7 Take Them To the Traitors' Gate (5:24)
8 Think About It (2:43)
9 Exploring This World (Without Moving Too Much) (3:21)
10 The A To Z of You and Me (5:32)
Credits:
Rupert Hine
Additional Musicians:
Jamie West-Oram - Electric Guitars
Geoffrey Richardson - Electric, Acoustic & Bass Guitars, Electric & Acoustic Viola, Violin, Ukulele
Phil Palmer - Electric Guitars
Jay Aston - Backing Vocals, Lead Vocal on (4)
Ollie W. Tyler - Clarinets, Recorders, Flageolets, Backing Vocals
Robin Fairvilla - Backing Barks
Produced by Rupert Hine & Stephen W. Tayler
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008
EAC extraction logfile from 17. October 2008, 17:12
Thinkman / Hard Hat Zone
Used drive : Optiarc DVD RW AD-7630A Adapter: 0 ID: 1
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 48
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 : Monkey's Audio Lossless Encoder
Selected bitrate : High Lossless Compression
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : Yes
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Monkey's Audio\Monkey's Audio.exe
Use compression offset : 0
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.33 | 4:43.55 | 33 | 21312
2 | 4:44.13 | 4:01.30 | 21313 | 39417
3 | 8:45.43 | 3:20.12 | 39418 | 54429
4 | 12:05.55 | 3:30.65 | 54430 | 70244
5 | 15:36.45 | 7:25.38 | 70245 | 103657
6 | 23:02.08 | 5:32.07 | 103658 | 128564
7 | 28:34.15 | 5:24.45 | 128565 | 152909
8 | 33:58.60 | 2:44.23 | 152910 | 165232
9 | 36:43.08 | 3:23.40 | 165233 | 180497
10 | 40:06.48 | 5:30.15 | 180498 | 205262
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename \\.PSF\.Home\Desktop\ RIP\Rupert Hine\Hard Hat Zone\Thinkman - Hard Hat Zone.wav
Peak level 92.8 %
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC B1658B76
Copy CRC B1658B76
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [2681A68B]
Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [8C678FD6]
Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [F63A583C]
Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [43D43639]
Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [C6E15F72]
Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [E05036B5]
Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [1D79099B]
Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [2401836D]
Track 9 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [2E898520]
Track 10 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [C3633C69]
All tracks accurately ripped
End of status report
Bonus
:CD single
(APE/CUE/LOG+Scans, 94 Mb)
(APE/CUE/LOG+Scans, 94 Mb)
Thinkman - The Formula (1986)
Thinkman - Life Is A Full Time Occupation (1988)