(Country) [LP] [24/96] Barbara Fairchild - This Is Me - 1978, FLAC (tracks)

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Analyzed: Barbara Fairchild / This Is Me
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR14      -2.47 dB   -19.89 dB      2:46 01-This Is Me
DR15      -2.57 dB   -25.21 dB      3:18 02-Good Time Days
DR14      -2.61 dB   -19.83 dB      2:42 03-It's Just a Matter of Time (Till I'm in Your Heart Again)
DR14      -2.47 dB   -20.60 dB      3:18 04-It's Sad to Go to the Funeral (Of a Good Love That Has Died)
DR15      -2.00 dB   -21.36 dB      3:34 05-Life's Ocean
DR14      -0.83 dB   -19.73 dB      2:51 06-You
DR15      -0.85 dB   -19.29 dB      2:26 07-Midnight Man
DR13      -2.12 dB   -19.96 dB      3:26 08-Our Love's Not Dead (It's Just Buried Alive)
DR15      -0.17 dB   -20.15 dB      2:56 09-Be a Friend of Mine
DR14      -1.34 dB   -19.49 dB      3:57 10-People of the World (I Love You)
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Number of tracks:  10
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate:        96000 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           2811 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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This is Me was Barbara Fairchild's last album for Columbia before she was cut loose to pursue an elusive comeback hit on a variety of labels. The album has a pair of odd breakup songs that make use of death imagery: "Our Love's Not Dead (It's Just Buried Alive)," and "It's Sad to Go to the Funeral (Of a Good Love That Has Died)." The latter barely registered on the country charts, and was Fairchild's final Columbia hit. It's too bad the album wasn't a success, since Fairchild wrote most of the songs with her husband, Randy Reinhard, and clearly meant for it to be a personal statement. Her vocal performances are more soulful and womanly than they were on her early hits, many of which cast her in a naive, girlish role, but none of the songs can complete with "Baby Doll" or "Teddy Bear" in terms of memorability or emotional impact. The tone of the album varies widely from the aforementioned morbid cuts, to the well-intentioned but trite "People of the World (I Love You)," and it isn't surprising that -- despite Fairchild's admirable ambitions -- This is Me failed to sustain Columbia's interest.