| Artist |
The War On Drugs |
| Album Title: |
Slave Ambient |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Indie |
| Format |
Vinyl (2) 45 RPM |
| Released |
08/16/2011 |
| Label |
Secretly Canadian Records |
| Catalog No |
SC190 |
| Bar Code No |
6 56605 01901 7 |
| Packaging |
LP Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| Slave Ambient (Disc 1) |
| A1.
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Best Night (5:31)
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| A2.
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Brothers (4:29)
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| A3.
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I Was There (3:49)
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| B1.
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Your Love Is Calling My Name (6:01)
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| B2.
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The Animator (2:17)
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| B3.
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Come To The City (4:30)
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| Slave Ambient (Disc 2) |
| A1.
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Come For It (0:28)
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| A2.
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It's Your Destiny (4:49)
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| A3.
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City Reprise #12 (3:06)
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| B1.
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Baby Missiles (3:33)
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| B2.
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Original Slave (3:09)
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| B3.
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Black Water Falls (5:10)
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| Date Acquired |
09/23/2014 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
The Band At A Gig |
| Purchase Price |
25.00 |
Web Links |
All Music Guide Entry:
Discogs Entry: |
Notes |
This is double 45 RPM LP release I bought from the band at a First Avenue gig.
Copyright (c) – Secretly Canadian
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Secretly Canadian
Recorded At – Uniform Recording
Recorded At – Echo Mountain Recording
Mastered At – Salt Mastering
Published By – Seaformation Music
Design – Daniel Murphy
Engineer [Additional Engineering] – Dave Hartley, John Congleton, Michael Johnson
Mastered By – Paul Gold
Photography By – A. Granduciel
Producer – Adam Granduciel, Jeff Zeigler
Recorded By – A. Granduciel, Jeff Zeigler, John Ashley
Words By, Music By – Adam Granduciel, Hartley (tracks: A2, B3), Zanghi (tracks: A2), Bennett (tracks: A2, C2)
Includes a download card for a free high-quality digital version.
Each record is in a printed inner sleeve.
©&℗ 2011 Secretly Canadian
Recorded 2008-2011 at Uniform Studio (Philly), Echo Mountain (Asheville, NC), AG's joint in Philly.
All words and music by Adam Granduciel/Seaformation Music (ASCAP) except Brothers (Granduciel/Hartley/Zanghi/Bennett), Come To The City (Granduciel/Hartley), It's Your Destiny (Granduciel/Bennett)
Photography:
Cover - Zaragoza, Spain, Drugs Tour, July 2009
Inside - Livingston, MT. Violators Tour, October 2009
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 656605019017
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): SC190LP A
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): SC190LP B Salt
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout): SC190LP C
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout): SC190LP D Salt
Rights Society: ASCAP
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foobar2000 1.3.17 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Analyzed: The War On Drugs / Slave Ambient 2x 45 RPM LP RIP
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -0.96 dB -15.15 dB 5:31 01 - Best Night
DR12 -0.00 dB -13.71 dB 4:27 02 - Brothers
DR12 -1.24 dB -15.04 dB 3:49 03 - I Was There
DR12 -0.11 dB -14.00 dB 6:01 04 - Your Love Is Calling My Name
DR9 -8.93 dB -21.87 dB 2:17 05 - The Animator
DR12 -0.77 dB -14.32 dB 4:26 06 - Come To The City
DR11 -4.42 dB -18.76 dB 0:28 07 - Come For It
DR12 -1.28 dB -15.85 dB 4:48 08 - It's Your Destiny
DR10 -4.99 dB -17.22 dB 3:06 09 - City Reprise #12
DR11 -0.00 dB -13.11 dB 3:33 10 - Baby Missiles
DR10 -2.11 dB -14.91 dB 3:09 11 - Original Slave
DR13 -0.68 dB -15.55 dB 5:07 12 - Black Water Falls
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR11
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2926 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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