Sam Cooke - Mr. Soul
Формат записи/Источник записи: [TR24][OF]
Наличие водяных знаков: Нет
Год издания/переиздания диска: 1963/2016
Жанр: Soul
Издатель (лейбл): RCA/Legacy
Продолжительность: 36:12
Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: Только обложка альбома
Треклист:
01. I Wish You Love (2:27)
02. Willow Weep For Me (2:29)
03. Chains Of Love (2:52)
04. Smoke Rings (3:27)
05. All The Way (3:32)
06. Send Me Some Lovin' (2:41)
07. Cry Me A River (2:49)
08. Driftin' Blues (3:19)
09. For Sentimental Reasons (3:18)
10. Nothing Can Change This Love (2:40)
11. Little Girl (2:37)
12. These Foolish Things (4:01)
AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder
Sam Cooke released two albums in 1963, and the second, Night Beat, is often cited as the best of all his long-players. But the first, Mr. Soul, shouldn't be ignored, despite some flaws in its conception and execution. At the time, the powers-that-were at RCA Victor didn't know which audience to aim for with Cooke's albums. LPs were seldom huge sellers among teenage listeners, so the notion of trying to connect to an adult audience -- à la Nat King Cole -- probably seemed logical, and Mr. Soul suffered somewhat from this uncertainty of purpose and audience; it is a soul album, to be sure, but by the standards of the time a somewhat tentative one in many spots. Unlike Night Beat, which was an exercise in production restraint, Mr. Soul is over-produced and relies too much on strings where they aren't needed and choruses that are overdone, even when they work. But Cooke rises above all of it, and turns even some of the more questionably arranged songs, such as "Send Me Some Lovin'," into mini-masterpieces. A couple of tracks off of this album, "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" and "Nothing Can Change This Love," were part of Cooke's live repertoire at the time and have, indeed, found a separate life on various compilations, but the rest was unavailable for over 45 years, until Sony/BMG re-released most of Cooke's RCA library. The best of that rest -- which is most of it -- shows him still rising to the peak of his powers, his voice wrapping itself around lyrics and melodies that might seem too familiar ("Cry Me a River," etc.) and bland, and making them much more significant and powerful than they seemingly have a right to be. The strings are overworked at times, but where they are held back, as on "Little Girl," their presence only adds to the impact of the track -- and elsewhere, Cooke quietly overpowers them. Modern listeners should bear in mind that, as a soul album, this is a fairly laid-back record -- those expecting anything like the exuberance of Otis Redding, or Clyde McPhatter or Ben E. King, may be disappointed at first; Cooke does work up a sweat on various parts and phrases, but a lot of what is here, by virtue of the label's wishes for a crossover record, is what might be terms "cool" soul -- smooth and sometimes bluesy, in a low-key way, quietly emotive on numbers such as "These Foolish Things," with the hot moments in special abundance on numbers like "Chains of Love" and "Send Me Some Lovin'." But even in these cool, restrained settings, Cooke's was still one of the finest voices of his century, and worth taking in for every breath and nuance.
Контейнер: FLAC (*.flac)
Тип рипа: tracks
Разрядность: 24/192
Количество каналов: 2.0
Лог проверки качества
foobar2000 1.3.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2017-05-01 18:54:22
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Analyzed: Sam Cooke / Mr. Soul
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 -1.85 dB -12.18 dB 2:27 01-I Wish You Love
DR9 -0.42 dB -11.94 dB 2:29 02-Willow Weep For Me
DR10 0.00 dB -12.73 dB 2:52 03-Chains Of Love
DR10 0.00 dB -13.28 dB 3:27 04-Smoke Rings
DR10 -0.64 dB -13.37 dB 3:32 05-All The Way
DR9 -0.19 dB -12.49 dB 2:41 06-Send Me Some Lovin'
DR8 -0.78 dB -12.13 dB 2:49 07-Cry Me A River
DR8 -0.67 dB -12.64 dB 3:19 08-Driftin' Blues
DR9 -0.93 dB -11.89 dB 3:18 09-For Sentimental Reasons
DR9 -0.78 dB -12.78 dB 2:40 10-Nothing Can Change This Love
DR9 0.00 dB -12.00 dB 2:37 11-Little Girl
DR9 -1.63 dB -12.75 dB 4:01 12-These Foolish Things
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR9
Samplerate: 192000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 5384 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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