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Vangelis - Albedo 0.39 (1976) {2006, Japanese Limited Edition, Remastered}

Posted By: popsakov

Date: 1 Jun 2025 18:26:51

Vangelis - Albedo 0.39 (1976) {2006, Japanese Limited Edition, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 301 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 131 Mb
Full Scans | 00:42:17 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Electronic, Modern Classical, Ambient | RCA / BMG Japan #BVCM-37679

Albedo 0.39 is a studio album by the Greek electronic composer Vangelis, released in 1976. It was the second album produced by Vangelis in Nemo Studios, London, which was his creative base until the late 1980s. It was his first Top 20 UK album. It is a concept album themed around space physics (the reflection of light i.e. physical truth). Its title is inspired by the idea of a planet's albedo, the proportion of the light it receives that is reflected back into space. The album title refers to the average albedo value of the planet Earth as it was in 1976. From the explanation on the back of the LP cover : "The reflecting power of a planet or other non-luminous body. A perfect reflector would have an Albedo of 100%. The Earth's Albedo is 39%, or 0.39". It was performed at the Royal Albert Hall in 1977. The album reached #18 on the UK Album Charts.

Albedo 0.39 represents some of Vangelis' most fascinating material from the early portion of his career. Using transforming tonal washes and lengthy runs of calm but effective synthesizer passages, Vangelis tackles the wonder and allure of the galaxy and its planetary bodies, making for an entertaining display of his keyboard expertise. Likened to Heaven and Hell (but with shorter passages) and to Spiral, the album that followed Albedo 0.39, the tracks are mesmerizing trips of assorted rhythms that include elements of jazz and mild rock, adding some welcomed differentiation to the nine pieces. The title track includes narrated statistics about planetary distances and such behind a forwarding voyage of tempered notes, making for one of Vangelis' most novel compositions. Along with "Albedo 0.39," the two parts of "Nucleogenesis" are among the strongest cuts that keep his cosmic theme from deviating, while the livelier "Pulstar" involves some impressive instrumental range and electronic buoyancy. Even in shortened form, his distinct pastiches are quite compelling, and the stretches of notes and rhythms don't become weary or monotonous at any point of the album. Vangelis' intention of conjuring up the vastness and immensity of space is soundly accomplished, and for the remainder of his career he employed the same type of atmospheric sketching (taking advantage of technological advancements in the area of synthesized music, of course) for numerous soundtracks and other conceptual works.

~ Mike DeGagne, All Music

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Track List:

01. Pulstar [0:05:45.66]
02. Freefall [0:02:15.36]
03. Mare Tranquillitatis [0:01:47.46]
04. Main Sequence [0:08:11.59]
05. Sword Of Orion [0:01:58.34]
06. Alpha [0:05:45.70]
07. Nucleogenesis (Part One) [0:05:56.64]
08. Nucleogenesis (Part Two) [0:06:12.04]
09. Albedo 0.39 [0:04:23.52]

EAC Log

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 3 from 28. July 2007

EAC extraction logfile from 23. September 2007, 9:45

Vangelis / Albedo 0.39

Used drive : PLEXTOR DVDR PX-760A Adapter: 1 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 30
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : Yes
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 : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo

TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 5:45.66 | 0 | 25940
2 | 5:45.66 | 2:15.36 | 25941 | 36101
3 | 8:01.27 | 1:47.46 | 36102 | 44172
4 | 9:48.73 | 8:11.59 | 44173 | 81056
5 | 18:00.57 | 1:58.34 | 81057 | 89940
6 | 19:59.16 | 5:45.70 | 89941 | 115885
7 | 25:45.11 | 5:56.64 | 115886 | 142649
8 | 31:42.00 | 6:12.04 | 142650 | 170553
9 | 37:54.04 | 4:23.52 | 170554 | 190330

Range status and errors

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Filename C:\DAE\Vangelis - Albedo 0.39 (BVCM-37679)\Albedo 0.39.wav

Peak level 98.8 %
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC DD1ACC38
Copy CRC DD1ACC38
Copy OK

No errors occurred

End of status report

DR Log

foobar2000 1.2.6 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2017-03-29 10:19:49

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Analyzed: Vangelis / Albedo 0.39
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -0.10 dB -14.89 dB 5:46 01-Pulstar
DR14 -6.12 dB -23.86 dB 2:15 02-Freefall
DR10 -7.41 dB -22.42 dB 1:48 03-Mare Tranquillitatis
DR10 -0.10 dB -12.87 dB 8:12 04-Main Sequence
DR11 -10.07 dB -24.50 dB 1:58 05-Sword Of Orion
DR11 -0.10 dB -15.14 dB 5:46 06-Alpha
DR11 -0.10 dB -14.18 dB 5:57 07-Nucleogenesis (Part One)
DR9 -0.10 dB -11.66 dB 6:12 08-Nucleogenesis (Part Two)
DR12 -5.41 dB -21.48 dB 4:24 09-Albedo 0.39
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR11

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 856 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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CUETools Log

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[AccurateRip ID: 000dae7b-0065d07e-6c09e909] found.
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09 53,6 [46F08A47] [2532CEA2]

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