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Groove Armada - Lovebox (2002) MCH PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

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Groove Armada - Lovebox (2002) MCH PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Groove Armada - Lovebox (2002)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 62:24 minutes | Scans included | 4,35 GB
or DSD64 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Full Scans included | 1,73 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 63:11 min | Scans | 1,38 GB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound

Lovebox is the fourth studio album by English electronica duo Groove Armada, released by Jive Electro. This album finally stretches the duo's eclectic tastes beyond any semblance of continuity or restraint, finishing the job started on previous album, Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub). Named after Groove Armada's bimonthly London club night, the duo's fourth album captures the excitement and diversity of pace you would expect from a masterful DJ set. While the opening track, "Purple Haze", doesn't have a sniff of Hendrix's majestic histrionics, it is certainly Groove Armada's most Rock & Roll moment to date… Tom Findlay and Andy Cato have steadily been dismantling their chill-out crown ever since the single "At the River" floated them into coffee-table ubiquity.

Though Groove Armada's Andy Cato and Tom Findlay have been justly praised for their production talents, the duo's fourth album, Lovebox, takes them much too far down the path of production gloss, right on into the field of bland MOR electronica. It's a staler, tradder version of 2001's Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub), which was pretty middle-of-the-road on its own. The opener, "Purple Haze," features Nappy Roots backed by a restrained guitar grind, but the pair can't summon the righteous production skills that made "Suntoucher" (with Jeru the Damaja) the highlight of their previous record. Even Neneh Cherry sounds average and maudlin when she's shoved into the Groove Armada grinder, while Richie Havens (making a repeat appearance) contributes yet another deeply felt performance that resists making any kind of impression. "Final Shakedown" is downright derivative, ripping a page from the Basement Jaxx book, with a swinging, slapping house production and the ragga-tinged vocals of Red Rat. "Madder," the only track on the album performed by a band, is also the only one that doesn't sound calculated, riding a groove straight out of the Clash's "Magnificent Seven" and with a solid sung-spoken rap by M.A.D. The only other track that works well is "Remember," a gradually ascending epic with a sampled Sandy Denny vocal (lifted from Fairport Convention's Unhalfbricking) echoed by the affirmations of the London Community Gospel Choir. Sapping their tracks of any energy or creativity, Groove Armada have only their production smarts to fall onto, and it's simply not enough to distinguish the record.

Tracklist:

01. Purple Haze
02. Groove is On
03. Remember
04. Madder
05. Think Twice
06. Final Shakedown
07. Be Careful What You Say
08. Hands of Time
09. Tuning In (rewritten)
10. Easy
11. Lovebox
12. But I Feel Good

foobar2000 1.6.5 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1

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Analyzed: GROOVE ARMADA / LOVEBOX
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -6.99 dB -24.20 dB 4:03 01-Purple Haze
DR12 -8.36 dB -23.00 dB 4:18 02-Groove is On
DR14 -7.54 dB -25.18 dB 5:31 03-Remember
DR12 -5.20 dB -21.79 dB 5:22 04-Madder
DR12 -7.51 dB -24.74 dB 5:59 05-Think Twice
DR14 -5.52 dB -24.55 dB 6:10 06-Final Shakedown
DR12 -7.90 dB -22.80 dB 4:18 07-Be Careful What You Say
DR12 -7.66 dB -25.27 dB 4:22 08-Hands of Time
DR13 -6.89 dB -23.30 dB 5:14 09-Tuning In (rewritten)
DR13 -7.44 dB -25.07 dB 5:52 10-Easy
DR14 -7.19 dB -24.76 dB 5:58 11-Lovebox
DR16 -7.61 dB -25.30 dB 5:18 12-But I Feel Good
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 88200 Hz
Channels: 6
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 16934 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: GROOVE ARMADA / LOVEBOX
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR7 -7.60 dB -16.89 dB 4:03 01-Purple Haze
DR8 -7.73 dB -16.47 dB 4:18 02-Groove is On
DR6 -8.28 dB -17.36 dB 5:31 03-Remember
DR7 -7.11 dB -15.30 dB 5:22 04-Madder
DR7 -8.11 dB -17.55 dB 5:59 05-Think Twice
DR8 -6.51 dB -16.17 dB 6:10 06-Final Shakedown
DR8 -7.04 dB -15.83 dB 5:21 07-Be Careful What You Say
DR6 -7.67 dB -16.01 dB 4:22 08-Hands of Time
DR8 -7.91 dB -17.89 dB 5:15 09-Tuning In (rewritten)
DR8 -8.00 dB -17.42 dB 5:52 10-Easy
DR8 -7.97 dB -18.09 dB 5:41 11-Lovebox
DR8 -7.89 dB -17.28 dB 5:18 12-But I Feel Good
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR7

Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 88200 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DST64


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