Valerie Joyce - The Look Of Love: The Music Of Burt Bacharach (2007) MCH SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC
Valerie Joyce - The Look Of Love. The Music Of Burt Bacharach (2007)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 & DST64 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 49:42 minutes | Front/Rear+PDF | 3,7 GB
or DSD64 2.0 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers + PDF | 1,2 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear + PDF booklet | 1,14 GB
Features Stereo and Quardrophonic Surround Sound | Label: Chesky Records # SACD 332
The Look of Love is Valerie Joyce's much anticipated follow-up to her Chesky debut, featuring elegantly chic original arrangements of the classic pieces in Burt Bacharach & Hal David's catalogue. This super audio CD was recorded in multi-channel surround sound using Chesky's state of the art minimalist miking techniques and the world's finest custom-made electronics to assure the purest, most natural sounding recording available.
Feather-light may be ideal for supermodels and soufflés, but it’s not always an asset for singing voices. Accompanying Valerie Joyce’s sophomore release, there’s a rather forthright note that claims Chesky Records “give you the purest, most natural recordings made today captured with a single point microphone, using the world’s finest custom made electronics.” Well, thank goodness for that. Without such advanced technological assistance, Joyce’s fragile instrument-which doesn’t so much blend with piano (David Hazeltine), drums (Tony Reedus) and bass (Paul Gill) as hover, barely tethered, above them-seems poised, like a billowy little cloud, to float away altogether. Drifting through the Burt Bacharach songbook and steadily threatening to induce drowsiness, Joyce brings nothing fresh or insightful to any of the 10 selections. Fortunately, such Bacharach gems as “Close to You,” “The Look of Love” and “What the World Needs Now” have an inherent etherealness that at least jibes with Joyce’s whispered downiness. But when she attempts bolder sentiments like “Walk on By” or “A House Is Not a Home,” they become drowned in bathos.
Tracklist:
01. Walk On By
02. What the World Needs Now
03. Alfie
04. Close to You
05. A House is Not a Home
06. The Look of Love
07. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
08. That's What Friends Are For
09. I Say a Little Prayer For You
10. Arthur's Theme
Personnel
Valerie Joyce - vocals
David Hazeltine - piano
Paul Gill - bass
Tony Reedus - drums
Produced by David Chesky. Engineered by Nicholas Prout.
Recorded at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, New York City.
Editing and Mastering Engineer: Nicholas Prout.
foobar2000 2.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Analyzed: Valerie Joyce / Bacharach/David
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -5.74 dB -24.76 dB 4:54 01-Walk On By
DR10 -5.43 dB -25.66 dB 5:44 02-What the World Needs Now
DR10 -6.12 dB -26.43 dB 4:08 03-Alfie
DR10 -5.60 dB -24.52 dB 4:28 04-Close to You
DR10 -5.78 dB -25.76 dB 5:31 05-A House is Not a Home
DR10 -5.64 dB -26.51 dB 6:47 06-The Look of Love
DR10 -6.05 dB -24.30 dB 5:12 07-Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
DR10 -5.92 dB -24.46 dB 4:50 08-That's What Friends Are For
DR10 -5.91 dB -25.31 dB 3:49 09-I Say a Little Prayer For You
DR9 -7.87 dB -25.71 dB 4:19 10-Arthur's Theme
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 5
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 14112 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Valerie Joyce / Bacharach/David
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -5.74 dB -21.29 dB 4:54 01-Walk On By
DR12 -5.43 dB -22.30 dB 5:44 02-What the World Needs Now
DR13 -6.12 dB -23.12 dB 4:08 03-Alfie
DR12 -5.60 dB -21.08 dB 4:28 04-Close to You
DR13 -5.78 dB -22.42 dB 5:31 05-A House is Not a Home
DR13 -5.64 dB -23.11 dB 6:47 06-The Look of Love
DR12 -6.05 dB -20.93 dB 5:12 07-Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
DR12 -5.92 dB -20.96 dB 4:50 08-That's What Friends Are For
DR12 -5.91 dB -21.85 dB 3:49 09-I Say a Little Prayer For You
DR11 -7.87 dB -22.33 dB 4:19 10-Arthur's Theme
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DSD64
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Analyzed: Valerie Joyce / Bacharach/David
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -5.74 dB -24.76 dB 4:54 01-Walk On By
DR10 -5.43 dB -25.66 dB 5:44 02-What the World Needs Now
DR10 -6.12 dB -26.43 dB 4:08 03-Alfie
DR10 -5.60 dB -24.52 dB 4:28 04-Close to You
DR10 -5.78 dB -25.76 dB 5:31 05-A House is Not a Home
DR10 -5.64 dB -26.51 dB 6:47 06-The Look of Love
DR10 -6.05 dB -24.30 dB 5:12 07-Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
DR10 -5.92 dB -24.46 dB 4:50 08-That's What Friends Are For
DR10 -5.91 dB -25.31 dB 3:49 09-I Say a Little Prayer For You
DR9 -7.87 dB -25.71 dB 4:19 10-Arthur's Theme
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 5
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 14112 kbps
Codec: DST64
================================================================================
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Analyzed: Valerie Joyce / Bacharach/David
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -5.74 dB -21.29 dB 4:54 01-Walk On By
DR12 -5.43 dB -22.30 dB 5:44 02-What the World Needs Now
DR13 -6.12 dB -23.12 dB 4:08 03-Alfie
DR12 -5.60 dB -21.08 dB 4:28 04-Close to You
DR13 -5.78 dB -22.42 dB 5:31 05-A House is Not a Home
DR13 -5.64 dB -23.11 dB 6:47 06-The Look of Love
DR12 -6.05 dB -20.93 dB 5:12 07-Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
DR12 -5.92 dB -20.96 dB 4:50 08-That's What Friends Are For
DR12 -5.91 dB -21.85 dB 3:49 09-I Say a Little Prayer For You
DR11 -7.87 dB -22.33 dB 4:19 10-Arthur's Theme
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DSD64
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Uncompressed SACD ISO size > 3,5 GB
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