foobar2000 1.3.6 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2015-02-03 02:17:00
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Analyzed: Gang of Four / Mall
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -1.04 dB -16.64 dB 5:29 01-Cadillac
DR12 -3.67 dB -17.69 dB 3:34 02-Motel
DR14 -0.88 dB -16.36 dB 3:58 03-Satellite
DR14 -1.64 dB -18.32 dB 5:01 04-F.M.U.S.A.
DR13 -2.03 dB -16.65 dB 4:02 05-Don't Fix What Ain't Broke
DR13 -3.86 dB -20.95 dB 0:54 06-Impossible
DR12 -3.87 dB -17.21 dB 3:36 07-Money Talks
DR13 -3.11 dB -18.98 dB 4:05 08-Soul Rebel
DR15 -3.96 dB -22.91 dB 0:43 09-Hiromi & Stan Talk
DR10 -4.32 dB -17.17 dB 3:45 10-Colour from the Tube
DR13 -1.72 dB -16.31 dB 3:42 11-Hey Yeah
DR14 -2.48 dB -19.37 dB 4:01 12-Everybody Wants to Come
DR14 0.00 dB -17.56 dB 6:08 13-World Falls Apart
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Review by Jason Ankeny
Seven years after Gang of Four's breakup, founding members Jon King and Andy Gill reteamed for Mall, a minor return to form that improves on 1983's abysmal Hard but fails to recapture the ferocity of the band's most stunning work. Slickly produced, with a heavy emphasis on synthesizers and ersatz funk rhythms, the lyrical focus returns the group to the political arena: as suggested by the title, Mall is laced with the usual examinations of consumerism and the economy, while the sample-heavy "F.M.U.S.A." is an essay on the Vietnam War. An odd cover of Bob Marley's "Soul Rebel" rounds out the set.