| Artist |
The War On Drugs |
| Album Title: |
Slave Ambient |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Indie |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
08/16/2011 |
| Label |
Secretly Canadian Records |
| Catalog No |
SC190 |
| Bar Code No |
6 56605 01902 4 |
| Packaging |
Cardboard Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Best Night (5:31)
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| 2.
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Brothers (4:29)
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| 3.
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I Was There (3:49)
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| 4.
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Your Love Is Calling My Name (6:01)
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| 5.
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The Animator (2:17)
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| 6.
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Come To The City (4:30)
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| 7.
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Come For It (0:28)
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| 8.
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It's Your Destiny (4:49)
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| 9.
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City Reprise #12 (3:06)
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| 10.
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Baby Missiles (3:33)
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| 11.
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Original Slave (3:09)
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| 12.
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Black Water Falls (5:10)
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| Date Acquired |
10/26/2013 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Amazon |
| Purchase Price |
13.06 |
Web Links |
All Music Guide Entry:
Discogs Entry: |
Notes |
Packaged in a tri-fold cardboard sleeve.
Recorded 2008-2011 at Uniform Studio (Philly), Echo Mountain (Asheville, NC), AG's Joinyt in Philly.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Secretly Canadian
Copyright (c) – Secretly Canadian
Manufactured By – Bellwether Manufacturing
Recorded At – Uniform Recording
Recorded At – Echo Mountain Recording
Mastered At – Salt Mastering
Credits
Design – Daniel Murphy
Engineer [Additional] – Dave Hartley, John Congleton, Michael Johnson
Mastered By – Paul Gold
Mixed By – Brian McTear (tracks: 10)
Photography By – A.Granduciel
Producer – Adam Granduciel, Jeff Zeigler
Recorded By – A. Granduciel, Jeff Zeigler, John Ashley
Words By, Music By – Adam Granduciel (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7, 9 to 12)
Packaged in a tri-fold cardboard sleeve.
Recorded 2008-2011 at Uniform Studio (Philly), Echo Mountain (Asheville, NC), AG's Joinyt in Philly.
All rights reserved.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 656605019024
Matrix / Runout: SCD190DLX WWW.BELLWETHERMFG.COM 01
Other (Mastering SID Code): IFPI
Other (Mould SID Code): IFP
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foobar2000 1.2.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2014-01-21 10:55:10
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Analyzed: The War on Drugs / Slave Ambient
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR8 -0.33 dB -9.41 dB 5:31 01 - Best Night
DR6 -0.34 dB -7.59 dB 4:29 02 - Brothers
DR7 -0.33 dB -9.01 dB 3:50 03 - I Was There
DR6 -0.33 dB -8.10 dB 6:01 04 - Your Love Is Calling My Name
DR9 -3.57 dB -15.85 dB 2:17 05 - The Animator
DR7 -0.34 dB -8.62 dB 4:31 06 - Come to the City
DR10 -0.37 dB -13.27 dB 0:28 07 - Come for It
DR8 -0.33 dB -10.13 dB 4:49 08 - It's Your Destiny
DR9 -0.38 dB -11.33 dB 3:06 09 - City Reprise #12
DR6 -0.33 dB -7.77 dB 3:34 10 - Baby Missiles
DR7 -0.35 dB -8.87 dB 3:12 11 - Original Slave
DR8 -0.34 dB -9.87 dB 5:10 12 - Black Water Falls
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR8
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 949 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Ned Raggett
On their third album, the War on Drugs essentially continue to stake out their own particular patch of ground in 21st century rock & roll with an indie bent, nodding in equal parts toward older traditions and newer ones with a difference of two decades in between them, captured right down to the cover art, which is pretty much a companion piece to the art on their second album Future Weather. On the one hand, there's still a sense of world-weary wisdom and lost Americana as such at work from the start, as the extended breakdown toward the end of "Best Night" demonstrates, all silvery guitar jamming and sparkling piano following from Adam Granduciel's reedy singing. At the same time the diffuse qualities of feedback, psychedelic glaze, and textural experimentation via everything that fed into what became shoegaze (not to mention shoegaze itself) remain key, audible in the opening chimes of "Brothers" and "It's Your Destiny"'s spaced-out and exultant flow, perhaps most notably on the short instrumentals "Original Slave" and "Come for It." If the basic balance remains unchanged, the result has been a sound just enough of the War on Drugs' own as a result, which gets stronger and even more droned out and powerful as the album continues. More than once they find just the right way to make it all click into something even more distinct, like the higher-pitched croon on "I Was There" slipping out over a gentle chug underpinned by darker feedback shadings or the Motorik-as-classic-rock-anthem "Come to the City," which practically begs a massive arena/light show performance (little surprise the later instrumental "City Reprise #12" takes that feeling and runs with it even more triumphantly). "Your Love Is Calling My Name" is the album's clearest barnburner, with a brisk, sharp pace and Granduciel riding-the-freeway-referencing lyrics with an appropriate easygoing elan, all while feeling warm and enveloping around the edges (and especially on the great instrumental break leading back into a wonderful, focused guitar part).
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