Earth, Wind & Fire - Electric Universe (1983) [DSD Mastering - Japanese Edition 2004]
EAC-FLAC with CUE & LOG - 271 MB | Full Scans - 330 MB | MP3 CBR 320 Kbps - 83 MB
R&B / Disco / Funk / Soul | 37:08 minutes | Label: Sony Music Direct, Japan | Cat. # MHCP-409
EAC-FLAC with CUE & LOG - 271 MB | Full Scans - 330 MB | MP3 CBR 320 Kbps - 83 MB
R&B / Disco / Funk / Soul | 37:08 minutes | Label: Sony Music Direct, Japan | Cat. # MHCP-409
Earth, Wind & Fire is an American R&B and funk band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969. Also known as EWF, the band has won six Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards. Electric Universe it is their thirteenth studio album. It was produced by the band's leader Maurice White for Kalimba Productions, and went to number 40 and number 8 on the Pop and R&B album charts.
Commercially, Earth, Wind & Fire was slipping in 1983. Though a decent album, Powerlight wasn't the type of big seller EWF was used to. Maurice White responded with a change of direction that proved to be both a commercial and artistic fiasco. Working with very in-demand (and very formula-oriented) studio figures like Martin Page and David Foster, EWF went for a much slicker and more high-tech approach on the weak and disappointing Electric Universe. White saw that synthesizers and drum machines were playing more and more of a role in both R&B and pop, and wanted to acknowledge technology's impact on music with this album. But EWF usually ends up sounding insincere and even sterile. The type of synth-funk that worked so well for the System doesn't work for EWF. A few of the songs are interesting (including "Electric Kingdom" and the single "Magnetic"), but they don't prevent Electric Universe from being EWF's weakest album ever. When this release flopped, EWF's members temporarily went their separate ways, with Philip Bailey and Maurice White concentrating on solo careers.
– Alex Henderson, allmusic.com
Tracklist:
01. Magnetic
02. Touch
03. Moonwalk
04. Could It Be Right
05. Spirit Of A New World
06. Sweet Sassy Lady
07. We're Living In Our Own Time
08. Electricnation
Produced by Maurice White.
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009
EAC extraction logfile from 31. January 2011, 1:37
Earth, Wind & Fire / Electric Universe
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EAC extraction logfile from 31. January 2011, 1:37
Earth, Wind & Fire / Electric Universe
Used drive : PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D Adapter: 2 ID: 0
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 : Installed external ASPI interface
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 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 : -5 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=EAC FLAC -5" %s
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 4:17.02 | 0 | 19276
2 | 4:17.02 | 4:54.05 | 19277 | 41331
3 | 9:11.07 | 4:09.20 | 41332 | 60026
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7 | 27:13.17 | 5:20.05 | 122492 | 146496
8 | 32:33.22 | 4:34.18 | 146497 | 167064
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Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [A14927F7]
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