CDs you shouldn't buy!

[gopunk]

http://www.fatchucks.com/corruptcds/index.html

i dunno if this has been posted before, but this is a useful page. don't buy these cd's!

 

[pulse8]

NOOO!!! Not George Carlin!

I don't wanna believe! I don't wanna believe!

 

[tweakmm]

NO!
I hope the RIAA gets reamed by the courts for doing that.....

 

[gopunk]

CDs you shouldn't buy if you're in the Americas:

Reported Corrupt CDs in the Americas
¤ 2-Pac: Until the End of Time (Universal/Interscope)
¤ 311: From Chaos (BMG/Volcano/Pavement)
¤ Aerosmith: Just Push Play (Sony/Columbia)
¤ Aerosmith: Young Lust (Sony/Columbia)
¤ Afroman: Good Times (Universal)
¤ America: A Tribute to Heroes (Unknown)
¤ Tori Amos: Strange Little Girls (WEA/Atlantic)
¤ Atlantis: Soundtrack (Universal/Disney)
¤ The Avalanches: Since I Left You (WEA/London/Sire)
¤ Back to Mine: Everything But The Girl (Ultra)
¤ Backstreet Boys: Greatest Hits (BMG/Jive/Silvertone)
¤ Band of Brothers: Soundtrack (Sony)
¤ Barenaked Ladies: Maroon (Sony)
¤ Bilal: 1st Born Second (Universal/Interscope)
¤ Billy Bragg and Wilco: Mermaid Avenue, Volume 2 (WEA/Elektra)
¤ Sarah Brightman: Classics (EMD/Angel)
¤ Bush: Golden State (WEA/Atlantic)
¤ George Carlin: You Are All Diseased (WEA/Atlantic)
¤ David Chastin: Riffology: Wicked Riffs (MP3.com)
¤ Collective Soul: 7 Year Itch (WEA/Atlantic)
¤ Cradle of Filth: Midian (Koch Records)
¤ Crazy Town: Gift of Game (Sony/Columbia)
¤ Creed: Weathered (BMG)
¤ John Denver: Best of John Denver Live (Sony/Columbia)
¤ Destiny's Child: Survivor (Sony/Columbia)
¤ Doors: The Best of the Doors (2 CD Set) (Magada)
¤ Drowning Pool: Bodies (BMG)
¤ Drowning Pool: Sinner (BMG)
¤ Len Doolin: Once in a Lifetime (Sunbird Records)
¤ Eagles: Box Set (1972-1999 Selected Works) (WEA/Elektra)
¤ Fear Factory: Digimortal (Unknown)
¤ Final Fantasy: Soundtrack (Sony)
¤ Free Stylers: Pressure Point (Urban Theory)
¤ Garbage: Beautiful Garbage (Universal/Interscope)
¤ Gorillaz: Gorillaz (EMD/Virgin)
¤ Hall and Oates: Greatest Hits Live (BMG/RCA)
¤ Enrique Iglesias: Escape (Universal/Interscope)
¤ Jewel: This Way (WEA/Atlantic)
¤ Judas Priest: Stained Glass (Sony/Legacy)
¤ Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros: Global A Go-Go (Hellcat/Epitaph)
¤ Toby Keith: Pull My Chain (Universal/Verve)
¤ Stephen King: Dreamcatcher (Unknown)
¤ Diana Krall: The Look of Love (Universal/Verve)
¤ K.D. Lang: Invincible Summer (WEA/Warner Brothers)
¤ Amanda Lear: Queen of Chinatown (Import) (BMG)
¤ Limp Bizkit: Significant Other (Universal/Interscope)
¤ Little T and One Track Mike: Fome is Dape (WEA/Atlantic)
¤ Live on Letterman (Unknown)
¤ Marilyn Manson: Holy Wood (Unknown)
¤ Tim McGraw: Greatest Hits (WEA/Atlantic/Curb Records)
¤ Moby: Play (DVD) (BMG/V2)
¤ N'Sync: Celebrity (BMG/RCA)
¤ No Doubt: Rock Steady (Universal/Interscope)
¤ Lindsay Pagano: Love and Faith and Inspiration (WEA/Warner Brothers)
¤ Pantera: Reinventing The Steel (Unknown)
¤ Pink: Mizzundastood (Arista)
¤ Pink Floyd: Echoes (EMD/Capitol)
¤ Queen: Greatest Hits 3 (Universal/Hollywood)
¤ Leann Rimes: You Light Up My Life (Curb Records)
¤ Alejandro Sanz: Unplugged (WEA/Latina)
¤ Seal: Human Being (WEA/Warner Bros)
¤ Shaggy: Hotshot (Universal/MCA)
¤ Sopranos: Sopranos 2 soundtrack (Sony/Columbia)
¤ Britney Spears: Britney (BMG/Jive/Silvertone)
¤ Sting: All This Time (Unknown)
¤ George Strait: The Road Less Traveled (Universal/MCA)
¤ SUM 41: All Killer No Filler (Universal/Island)
¤ Travis: The Invisible Band (Epic)
¤ Tricky: Blowback (Universal/Hollywood)
¤ Usher: 8701 (BMG/Arista)
¤ Various Artists: 50 Classics for the Quiet Times (Q/Atlantic)
¤ Various Artists: A Very Special Christmas 5 (Unknown)
¤ Various Artists: Concert for New York City (Sony/Columbia)
¤ Various Artists: Totally Dance (Unknown)
¤ Warren G: Return of the Regulator (Universal)
¤ Randy Waldman: Unreel (Uknown)
¤ West Life: World of Our Own (Virgin)
¤ Pete Yorn: Music for the Morning After (Sony/Columbia)
¤ Rob Zombie: Sinister Urge (Universal/Geffen)

 

[tweakmm]

well... my friend has 311- from chaos, and it ripped fine onto my comp(after I bought it from him)....
same with the gorillaz, I've backed that CD up fine

 

[MajesticMoose]

what's different about a computer cd player that makes it distinguishable? is there such thing as a digital audio in that you could record it from a stereo with?

m00se

 

[gopunk]

what's different about a computer cd player that makes it distinguishable? is there such thing as a digital audio in that you could record it from a stereo with?

i'm sure there are stereos that have a digital out...

computer cd players just operate differently, a lot of them are more strict about corrupt data. so they purposely corrupt the data to screw up the computer drive. there's other stuff they do too.

 

[Pepsi90919]

why did you need to post that list when you could just click the link?

 

[mithrandir2001]

Philips is fighting fire with fire. They say that the copy protection schemes alter the CD Red Book standard and thus are not real CDs. Labels that release these crippled albums may not be able to call them "compact discs" and will be forced to use warning labels on the case.

 

[QuaiBoy]

<< well... my friend has 311- from chaos, and it ripped fine onto my comp(after I bought it from him)....
same with the gorillaz, I've backed that CD up fine >>



I have also ripped the From Chaos CD to my machine without issue. Kicks ass.
I've also ripped:
¤ Barenaked Ladies: Maroon (Sony)
¤ Bush: Golden State (WEA/Atlantic)
¤ George Carlin: You Are All Diseased (WEA/Atlantic)
¤ Crazy Town: Gift of Game (Sony/Columbia)
¤ Creed: Weathered (BMG) - Ripped this one last week
¤ Doors: The Best of the Doors (2 CD Set) (Magada)
¤ Drowning Pool: Sinner (BMG)
¤ Eagles: Box Set (1972-1999 Selected Works) (WEA/Elektra) - this kicks ass

And a bunch of others from the list.

-Evan-

 

[gopunk]

i think a lot of people are able to rip them because not all the drives have trouble reading corrupted cds. just a theory...

and if enough people want me to remove the list, i can do that...

 

[Linflas]

My understanding of what they are doing is taking advantage of the error correction algorithms built into audio CD players. The bad bit is interpolated over and in theory no audible change is discernable. Since PC CD's read the data stream without the error correction an artifact is introduced producing the pops and clicks. I hope the RIAA is reamed for this garbage. Personally I will not buy another audio CD until this is stopped.

 

[LuckyTaxi]

<< NO!
I hope the RIAA gets reamed by the courts for doing that..... >>

 

[punkrawket]

meh... don't own any of those cds

 

[loup garou]

I have several of those cds and they've all been ripped and copied with no problem. I wouldn't take that list at face value.

 

[LuDaCriS66]

What is this "buying CDs" you speak of?

 

[Skel]

<< What is this "buying CDs" you speak of? >>



I've heard of this.. I'm told they even have places you can do this..

 

[vi edit]

I added my complaints to the list.

RE: Pantera - Reinventing the Steel.

 

[Spikesoldier]

I have never bought an audio CD in my entire life.

Gorillaz ownz j00

 

[yakko]

I have Tricky - Blowback and Garbage - Beautiful and they both ripped fine.

 

[Nefrodite]

so do you just use eac to get around this?

 

[BigToque]

I've coppied a few of these CD's with copy protection w/ no problem at all. Just use EAC.

 

[K6 3]

Yup, EAC does the trick, I've used it too rip several of the cd's on that list too.

 

[randomlinh]

i have maroon.. seems to rip just fine (also EAC.... gunna give cdex a try)

 

[Zenmervolt]

<< Philips is fighting fire with fire. They say that the copy protection schemes alter the CD Red Book standard and thus are not real CDs. Labels that release these crippled albums may not be able to call them "compact discs" and will be forced to use warning labels on the case. >>

Simple, yet effective way of protecting the reputation of the CD. Gotta love the Brits. Always liked Philips, they make some nice stuff.

ZV