Steve Strauss - Just Like Love (2005)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 64:08 minutes | Scans NOT included | 3,88 GB
or DSD64 2.0 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Scans NOT included | 1,74 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Scans NOT included | 753 MB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround sound | Stockfisch Records # SFR 357.4036.2
His unique vocal delivery simultaneously fascinates and polarizes - neutrality is not an option. Steve Strauss with his laid-back style of guitar playing (a quality further developed by fellow Stockfisch musicians like Chris Jones) is none other than - a poet. You can feel this when he sings of the golden era of youth spent in the shadow of the Argyle Bridge when war was only real “in far-off countries”. You can feel this when in “Angel” - in the beginning meant to be a comment on life in New York, which after September 11th reached an even deeper level of meaning - he sings of emptiness, loneliness, homelessness.
With “Powderhouse Road“, Steve Strauss proved himself to be a singer/songwriter of remarkable depth of feeling and sensitivity. This is also true of just like love. The songs of Steve Strauss are, once again, not exactly easy to approach. Maybe some elements of his art can be attributed to his job as a social worker in Vestal, NY. Bitter-sweet melancholy, but also a trace of cynicism gets hold of the listener at the same time.
In just like love Strauss creates a mixture of traditional tunes and touchingly naive lyrics (“Sunday Best”) and critical views of society (as in his cover version of the Springsteen classic “Youngstown”). While even in “Jerusalem” (“Powderhouse Road”) he sounded a bit like T.S. Eliot’s poem "The Journey of the Magi”, the title track “Just Like Love” and the cryptic “The Dirt” are introspective musings, and Steve’s play reaches a dreamlike intensity.
Tracklist:
01. Just Like Love
02. Angel
03. Youngstown
04. Old Crow
05. Dead Man’s Handle
06. Jennie Mae
07. Brother Mule
08. Sunday Best
09. The Dirt
10. Lord Franklin
11. Closer
12. The Dog And The Dancing Girl
13. A Western
foobar2000 2.24 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Analyzed: Steve Strauss / JUST LIKE LOVE
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -2.21 dB -21.16 dB 4:49 01-just like love
DR13 -4.00 dB -22.31 dB 5:59 02-angel
DR14 -3.34 dB -20.93 dB 5:04 03-youngstown
DR12 -3.90 dB -21.88 dB 5:32 04-old crow
DR15 -3.70 dB -22.71 dB 5:58 05-dead man´s handle
DR13 -4.30 dB -21.01 dB 3:52 06-jennie mae
DR12 -3.80 dB -21.40 dB 4:56 07-brother mule
DR12 -3.51 dB -22.10 dB 3:42 08-sunday best
DR13 -3.76 dB -21.46 dB 4:21 09-the dirt
DR12 -3.87 dB -22.85 dB 4:12 10-lord franklin
DR14 -2.05 dB -21.73 dB 4:12 11-closer
DR12 -3.81 dB -21.87 dB 4:54 12-the dog and the dancing girl
DR13 -2.37 dB -21.00 dB 6:36 13-a western
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Number of tracks: 13
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 6
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 16934 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Steve Strauss / JUST LIKE LOVE
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -4.09 dB -17.17 dB 4:49 01-just like love
DR9 -4.06 dB -15.79 dB 5:59 02-angel
DR12 -1.93 dB -16.08 dB 5:04 03-youngstown
DR10 -3.93 dB -16.48 dB 5:32 04-old crow
DR10 -3.91 dB -16.81 dB 5:58 05-dead man´s handle
DR9 -3.55 dB -15.27 dB 3:52 06-jennie mae
DR9 -3.78 dB -15.83 dB 4:56 07-brother mule
DR9 -4.66 dB -16.47 dB 3:42 08-sunday best
DR10 -4.19 dB -16.59 dB 4:21 09-the dirt
DR10 -4.47 dB -16.86 dB 4:12 10-lord franklin
DR11 -3.55 dB -16.58 dB 4:12 11-closer
DR9 -4.33 dB -16.69 dB 4:54 12-the dog and the dancing girl
DR9 -3.81 dB -15.67 dB 6:36 13-a western
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Number of tracks: 13
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Steve Strauss / JUST LIKE LOVE
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -2.21 dB -21.16 dB 4:49 01-just like love
DR13 -4.00 dB -22.31 dB 5:59 02-angel
DR14 -3.34 dB -20.93 dB 5:04 03-youngstown
DR12 -3.90 dB -21.88 dB 5:32 04-old crow
DR15 -3.70 dB -22.71 dB 5:58 05-dead man´s handle
DR13 -4.30 dB -21.01 dB 3:52 06-jennie mae
DR12 -3.80 dB -21.40 dB 4:56 07-brother mule
DR12 -3.51 dB -22.10 dB 3:42 08-sunday best
DR13 -3.76 dB -21.46 dB 4:21 09-the dirt
DR12 -3.87 dB -22.85 dB 4:12 10-lord franklin
DR14 -2.05 dB -21.73 dB 4:12 11-closer
DR12 -3.81 dB -21.87 dB 4:54 12-the dog and the dancing girl
DR13 -2.37 dB -21.00 dB 6:36 13-a western
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Number of tracks: 13
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 6
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 16934 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Steve Strauss / JUST LIKE LOVE
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -4.09 dB -17.17 dB 4:49 01-just like love
DR9 -4.06 dB -15.79 dB 5:59 02-angel
DR12 -1.93 dB -16.08 dB 5:04 03-youngstown
DR10 -3.93 dB -16.48 dB 5:32 04-old crow
DR10 -3.91 dB -16.81 dB 5:58 05-dead man´s handle
DR9 -3.55 dB -15.27 dB 3:52 06-jennie mae
DR9 -3.78 dB -15.83 dB 4:56 07-brother mule
DR9 -4.66 dB -16.47 dB 3:42 08-sunday best
DR10 -4.19 dB -16.59 dB 4:21 09-the dirt
DR10 -4.47 dB -16.86 dB 4:12 10-lord franklin
DR11 -3.55 dB -16.58 dB 4:12 11-closer
DR9 -4.33 dB -16.69 dB 4:54 12-the dog and the dancing girl
DR9 -3.81 dB -15.67 dB 6:36 13-a western
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Number of tracks: 13
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Uncompressed SACD ISO size > 3,73 GB
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