Jamie Cullum - Catching Tales (2005)
Jamie Cullum - Catching Tales (2005)
EAC | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) - 447 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 165 MB | Covers Included | 01:00:23
Genre: Vocal Jazz | Label: UCJ | Catalog: 9873432
EAC | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) - 447 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 165 MB | Covers Included | 01:00:23
Genre: Vocal Jazz | Label: UCJ | Catalog: 9873432
British pianist/vocalist Jamie Cullum's previous effort, Twentysomething, was an uncomplicated mix of piano-driven melodic pop with a jazzy twist and some reworked jazz standards. 2005's Catching Tales follows a similar format but falls short of its predecessor's simple approach by muddying up the production with dated electronic flourishes. Which isn't to say it's a bad album. On the contrary, despite some ill-advised attempts at would-be-hip DJ-style tracks, Catching Tales features more of Cullum's superb songwriting. Essentially a singer/songwriter in the tradition of such icons as Billy Joel and Randy Newman, Cullum is at his best when performing simple melodic songs with some jazz harmony that make the most of his burnished croon and verbal wit. To these ends, the beautifully melancholy "London Skies" brings to mind Joe Jackson covering a Radiohead song. Similarly, the romantic and folky "Photograph" reveals the often sardonically snotty Cullum to be a top-notch balladeer. It's also at these soft rock moments, when he isn't attempting to gun down the jazz canon, that Cullum's improvisation sounds the best. Also impressive is his mid-tempo swing-cum-soul track "Nothing I Do," which marries Harry Connick, Jr.'s neo-croon to Stevie Wonder's R&B harmonies. If Cullum's only attempt at contemporary hipness was his inspired cover version of the Doves' "Catch the Sun," the album would be a rousing success. Unfortunately though, Cullum's expansive vision finds him collaborating with Dan the Automator on the leadoff track, "Get Your Way." What may have been an attempt to try something new ultimately sounds more like early-'90s hip-hop jazz à la Digable Planets replete with scratchy vinyl record sound and canned beat. Also disappointing is his reworking of the Harry Warren classic "I Only Have Eyes for You," which, while an attempt at a Massive Attack-style trip-hop track, sounds more like U2's equally atrocious 1990 Cole Porter redo "Night and Day." However, when Cullum sticks to his piano and a good melody Catching Tales actually bests Twentysomething and easily shakes the "new-jazz" tag he has been working against.
Jamie Cullum - Catching Tales (2005)
Track List:
01. Get Your Way (4:01)
02. London Skies (3:42)
03. Photograph (5:46)
04. I Only Have Eyes for You (3:58)
05. Nothing I Do (5:02)
06. Mind Trick (4:04)
07. 21st Century Kid (4:00)
08. I'm Glad There Is You (4:09)
09. Oh God (3:38)
10. Catch the Sun (3:46)
11. 7 Days to Change Your Life (5:36)
12. Our Day Will Come (3:55)
13. Back to the Ground (4:37)
14. My Yard (4:09)
Personnel:
Jamie Cullum - Guitar, Piano,Vocals, Organ (Hammond)
Ian Thomas Band - Percussion, Drums
Geoff Gascoyne - Bass
Terri Walker - Voices
Ben Cullum - Bass
Isabella Cannell - Vocals
Mark Emms - Vocals
Alan Barnes - Sax (Alto)
EAC extraction logfile from 18. July 2007, 10:40 for CD
Jamie Cullum / Catching Tales
Used drive : _NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure with NO C2, accurate stream, disable cache
Read offset correction : 48
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Used output format : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\flac.exe (User Defined Encoder)
192 kBit/s
Additional command line options : -8 -A tukey(0.25) -A gauss(0.1875) -b 4096 -V -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" %s –sector-align
Other options :
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Installed external ASPI interface
Track 1
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\01 - Get Your Way.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00
Peak level 99.4 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 166B6CA7
Copy CRC 166B6CA7
Copy OK
Track 2
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\02 - London Skies.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:00.42
Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 1BE14A28
Copy CRC 1BE14A28
Copy OK
Track 3
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\03 - Photograph.wav
Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC DCB2C416
Copy CRC DCB2C416
Copy OK
Track 4
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\04 - I Only Have Eyes for You.wav
Peak level 99.8 %
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 77BA309E
Copy CRC 77BA309E
Copy OK
Track 5
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\05 - Nothing I Do.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:00.45
Peak level 99.9 %
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC B8DDE38D
Copy CRC B8DDE38D
Copy OK
Track 6
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\06 - Mind Trick.wav
Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 103BC53E
Copy CRC 103BC53E
Copy OK
Track 7
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\07 - 21st Century Kid.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:00.22
Peak level 99.8 %
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC C9F17928
Copy CRC C9F17928
Copy OK
Track 8
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\08 - I'm Glad There Is You.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:00.33
Peak level 97.2 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 1869F787
Copy CRC 1869F787
Copy OK
Track 9
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\09 - Oh God.wav
Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 0AB1B423
Copy CRC 0AB1B423
Copy OK
Track 10
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\10 - Catch the Sun.wav
Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC D58C5EB3
Copy CRC D58C5EB3
Copy OK
Track 11
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\11 - 7 Days to Change Your Life.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:00.45
Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 8039F84A
Copy CRC 8039F84A
Copy OK
Track 12
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\12 - Our Day Will Come.wav
Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 80DBE2E7
Copy CRC 80DBE2E7
Copy OK
Track 13
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\13 - Back to the Ground.wav
Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 36B6887C
Copy CRC 36B6887C
Copy OK
Track 14
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\14 - My Yard.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:00.86
Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC BDA2FD3A
Copy CRC BDA2FD3A
Copy OK
No errors occured
End of status report
Jamie Cullum / Catching Tales
Used drive : _NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure with NO C2, accurate stream, disable cache
Read offset correction : 48
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Used output format : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\flac.exe (User Defined Encoder)
192 kBit/s
Additional command line options : -8 -A tukey(0.25) -A gauss(0.1875) -b 4096 -V -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" %s –sector-align
Other options :
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Installed external ASPI interface
Track 1
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\01 - Get Your Way.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00
Peak level 99.4 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 166B6CA7
Copy CRC 166B6CA7
Copy OK
Track 2
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\02 - London Skies.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:00.42
Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 1BE14A28
Copy CRC 1BE14A28
Copy OK
Track 3
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\03 - Photograph.wav
Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC DCB2C416
Copy CRC DCB2C416
Copy OK
Track 4
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\04 - I Only Have Eyes for You.wav
Peak level 99.8 %
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 77BA309E
Copy CRC 77BA309E
Copy OK
Track 5
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\05 - Nothing I Do.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:00.45
Peak level 99.9 %
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC B8DDE38D
Copy CRC B8DDE38D
Copy OK
Track 6
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\06 - Mind Trick.wav
Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 103BC53E
Copy CRC 103BC53E
Copy OK
Track 7
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\07 - 21st Century Kid.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:00.22
Peak level 99.8 %
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC C9F17928
Copy CRC C9F17928
Copy OK
Track 8
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\08 - I'm Glad There Is You.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:00.33
Peak level 97.2 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 1869F787
Copy CRC 1869F787
Copy OK
Track 9
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\09 - Oh God.wav
Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 0AB1B423
Copy CRC 0AB1B423
Copy OK
Track 10
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\10 - Catch the Sun.wav
Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC D58C5EB3
Copy CRC D58C5EB3
Copy OK
Track 11
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\11 - 7 Days to Change Your Life.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:00.45
Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 8039F84A
Copy CRC 8039F84A
Copy OK
Track 12
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\12 - Our Day Will Come.wav
Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 80DBE2E7
Copy CRC 80DBE2E7
Copy OK
Track 13
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\13 - Back to the Ground.wav
Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 36B6887C
Copy CRC 36B6887C
Copy OK
Track 14
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\jam\14 - My Yard.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:00.86
Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC BDA2FD3A
Copy CRC BDA2FD3A
Copy OK
No errors occured
End of status report
Thanks to the Original ripper (unknown)!
Download:
Download: