Gloria Estefan - The Essential 2006 only1joe FLAC-EAC
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The 2006 release of The Essential Gloria Estefan satisfied a long unmet need for a career-spanning English-language retrospective, one that includes the singer's popular hits with Miami Sound Machine in the mid-'80s as well as her subsequent solo recordings. For years, Estefan fans had few best-of choices to choose from -- the Spanish-language Exitos de Gloria Estefan (1990), the two-volume Greatest Hits series (1992, 2001), and the latter-day Amor y Suerte: Exitos Romanticos collection (2004) -- with no alternatives, not even budget-line knockoffs. The long-overdue release of The Essential Gloria Estefan thankfully resolved this gripe, for it includes the highlights from all aspects of Estefan's varied output, spread generously across two jam-packed discs. (Well, it does exclude her bounty of Spanish-language recordings, the highlights of which can be found on Oye Mi Canto: Los Exitos, an excellent single-disc retrospective released simultaneously. But at least there are some key inclusions here from the excellent Mi Tierra album from 1993 -- a full-length that deserves to be heard in full. Pretty much all the Miami Sound Machine hits are here, beginning with "Dr. Beat," as are all of Estefan's initial solo smashes from Cuts Both Ways (1989) and Into the Light (1991). Some of these songs are featured in their single versions, notably "Bad Boy," "1-2-3," and "Live for Loving You," which is a good call in those cases, because these versions were the ones that became radio hits. There is also a lot of Estefan's post-prime material here, taken from albums like Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me (1994), Destiny (1996), and Gloria! (1998); and there are a few songs previously found only on compilations, most notably the beautiful "I See Your Smile." But the emphasis overall is on Estefan's more popular, earlier material, and rightfully so. The sequencing may be an issue for some, as it splits her songs between a "fast" and "slow" disc -- that is, a disc of dance-pop and one of ballads. It's an appropriate decision, for Estefan's music always did veer back and forth from one extreme to the other. However, the decision to sequence the discs non-chronologically is more troublesome, especially for those who would prefer the Miami Sound Machine material front-loaded in favor of the less well-known latter-day solo recordings. These minor matters aside, The Essential Gloria Estefan is without question the one-stop English-language retrospective that her catalog had been lacking for years. A more succinct single-disc collection (for instance, the Miami Sound Machine-heavy Greatest Hits) may be more suitable for the less committed, but anyone looking for the full package need not look further. That is, unless you want her Spanish-language hits, too, in which case there's the likewise full-package Oye Mi Canto: Los Exitos.
All Music Review by Jason Birchmeier
CD Track Listings
[01] Dr. Beat
[02] Rhythm Is Gonna Get You
[03] Heaven's What I Feel
[04] Everlasting Love
[05] You'll Be Mine (Party Time) [Rosabel's Fiesta Edit]
[06] Get On Your Feet
[07] Go Away [Radio Edit]
[08] Don't Let This Moment End [Radio Edit]
[09] No Me Dejes De Querer
[10] Bad Boy
[11] 1-2-3
[12] Oye Mi Canto (Hear My Voice)
[13] Live For Loving You
[14] Si Senor!... [Album Version]
[15] Oye [Pablo Flores English Radio Edit]
[16] Turn The Beat Around
[17] Mi Tierra
[18] Conga
[19] Doctor Pressure
Play Time - 01h:17m:23s
CD02 Track Listings
[01] Can't Stay Away From You
[02] Don't Wanna Lose You
[03] Anything For You
[04] Falling In Love (Uh-Oh) [Album Version]
[05] Words Get In The Way
[06] Cuts Both Ways
[07] Here We Are
[08] If We Were Lovers
[09] Nayib's Song (I Am Here For You)
[10] Reach
[11] Music Of My Heart - - - Gloria Estefan & NSync
[12] I See Your Smile
[13] I'm Not Giving You Up
[14] Wrapped
[15] Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
[16] Along Came You (A Song For Emily)
[17] Coming Out Of The Dark
[18] Always Tomorrow
Play Time - 01h:15m:42s
Total Music Play Time.......... 02h:33m:08s
Total File Size....................... 1.02GBs (Including FLAC + Logs, Art Covers & Text File)
Format / Info....................... FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) - EAC (Exact Audio Copy)
Encoder................................ libFLAC / EAC - 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)
Scanned Artwork................. Yes – only1joe - From CD @ 300dpi
Original CD Rip..................... Yes - only1joe
Original Uploader................. Yes - only1joe
Upload Speed....................... 300-500kB/s
Music Genre......................... Pop Latino Dance
Release Date........................ 03 October 2006
Record Company / Label..... Epic Sony Music
Artists Website(s)...............
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Estefan
http://www.azlyrics.com/e/estefan.html
http://www.gloriaestefan.com
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##NOTE## I Could not get a verified reading on the following 2 songs cd-01 track 15 & cd-02 track 18. But an accurateRip was returned for both.
To save disappointment and bandwidth download the logs first and if happy then download the flacs and other files.
Both tracks worked perfectly when listened to.
The cds were spotless clean & I tried 3 seperate rips for each cd and always got the same results.
CD-01 – I had an issue with track 15
Filename C:\FLAC\15 Oye (Pablo Flores English Remix Radio Edit).wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:00.60
Peak level 92.2 %
Extraction speed 7.3 X
Track quality 99.8 %
Test CRC 912DF5F8
Copy CRC CA8A81DB
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 25) [3FC90B42], AccurateRip returned [437092F3] (AR v2)
Copy OK
CD-02 – I had an issue with track 18
Filename C:\FLAC\18 - Gloria Estefan - Always Tomorrow.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:01.26
Peak level 97.5 %
Extraction speed 8.8 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 3809FFD7
Copy CRC 3809FFD7
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 22) [BE6EFCF2], AccurateRip returned [5B4EC3CD] (AR v2)
Copy OK
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