Chickenfoot - Chickenfoot Iii -2011- -eac-flac-

Fire up your preferred player (Foobar2000, JRiver, Roon) and feed it the EAC-FLAC of this album through a DAC. Compare it to the Spotify version.

You might wonder why the specific "EAC-FLAC" tag is important for this release. Chickenfoot - Chickenfoot III -2011- -EAC-FLAC-

REM GENRE “Hard Rock”
REM DATE 2011
PERFORMER “Chickenfoot”
TITLE “Chickenfoot III”
FILE “Chickenfoot - Chickenfoot III.flac” WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE “Last Temptation”
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
...

If you are sourcing this album (via legal back-ups of your own CD, of course), look for these clues in the log file: Fire up your preferred player (Foobar2000, JRiver, Roon)

[AccurateRip ID: 0012a4a5-00afca33-9c0e2e0b] found.
Track  1 [ CRC 1a2b3c4d ] accurately ripped
Track  2 [ CRC 5e6f7g8h ] accurately ripped
...
All tracks accurately ripped.
No errors occurred.
End of status report

A log with "No errors" and "Accurately ripped" for all 10 tracks is the holy grail. It means your digital copy of Chickenfoot III sounds exactly like the day it was pressed. If you are sourcing this album (via legal

Despite the title Chickenfoot III, this is actually the band’s second studio album. The joke fits the band’s tongue-in-cheek personality, but the music is serious business.

While the debut was a "let's jam and have fun" affair, III introduces a darker, bluesier, and more cohesive sound. The production is thicker, the riffs are crunchier, and the chemistry between the members is undeniable. It sounds like a band, not just a supergroup project.

Key Tracks to Test Your Audio Gear: