℗ 2024 A Certain Ratio under exclusive license to Mute Artists
Released | April 19, 2024 |
Duration | 36m 32s |
Record Label | Mute |
Genre | Alternative |
It All Comes Down to This
A Certain Ratio
Available in MQA and 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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All Comes Down to This
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2:32 | |||
1.2
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Keep it Real
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2:45 | |||
1.3
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We All Need
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5:03 | |||
1.4
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Surfer Ticket
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3:20 | |||
1.5
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Bitten by a Lizard
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4:22 | |||
1.6
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God Knows
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3:50 | |||
1.7
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Out from Under
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3:26 | |||
1.8
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Estate Kings
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4:16 | |||
1.9
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Where you Coming From
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3:34 | |||
1.10
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Dorothy Says EXPLICIT
A Certain Ratio |
3:24 |
It All Comes Down to This, for now at least, is the sound of the current incarnation of A Certain Ratio. Indeed, in many senses, it is the purest distillation of their essential sound ever committed to tape. Their thirteenth studio album, it is the first time ever they have recorded strictly as the core trio of principle band members – multi-instrumentalists Jez Kerr, Martin Moscrop and Donald Johnson.
The essential difference between It All Comes Down to This and its immediate predecessors is that for this recording process, the band turned to the doyen of contemporary underground rock producers, Dan Carey (Black Midi, Kae Tempest, Black Country New Road).
If there is a residual darkness in the album’s sonic aesthetic, then it pervades the subject matter, too.
As a snapshot of where A Certain Ratio stand in 2024, It All Comes Down to This is a towering testament to their staying power. For a band whose path has intersected with the lives of Joy Division, The Fall, Talking Heads, Madonna and Grace Jones, to now be immersed in their most creative and prolific period since the early 1980s, after 45 years together, puts the great majority of their contemporaries to shame. But then again, when you have always been preoccupied with laying the groundwork for your next steps, you’re unlikely ever to derive much satisfaction from standing still.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Mute Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.02 -0.02 to -0.01 | -10.42 -11.69 to -9.30 | -7.56 -8.70 to -6.10 | 7 6 to 8 | |
1 | All Comes Down to This | -0.01 | -9.30 | -6.1 | 6 |
2 | Keep it Real | -0.01 | -10.05 | -6.9 | 6 |
3 | We All Need | -0.01 | -9.97 | -7.5 | 6 |
4 | Surfer Ticket | -0.02 | -9.45 | -7.6 | 6 |
5 | Bitten by a Lizard | -0.02 | -11.55 | -8.7 | 7 |
6 | God Knows | -0.02 | -10.75 | -8.2 | 7 |
7 | Out from Under | -0.01 | -11.26 | -7.7 | 8 |
8 | Estate Kings | -0.02 | -11.69 | -8.5 | 7 |
9 | Where you Coming From | -0.01 | -10.32 | -7.2 | 6 |
10 | Dorothy Says | -0.02 | -9.89 | -7.2 | 6 |