Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company (SuperDisc)

Ray Charles | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 2, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Monster Music
• ASIN: B000BPFBVW
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,072 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #16 in Music > Blues > Piano Blues
  • #66 in Music > R&B > Classic R&B

Track Listings

1. Here We Go Again with Norah Jones

2. Sweet Potato Pie with James Taylor

3. You Don’t Know Me with Diana Krall

4. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word with Elton John

5. Fever with Natalie Cole

6. Do I Ever Cross your Mind? With Bonnie Raitt

7. It Was A Very Good Year with Willie Nelson

8. Hey Girl with Michael McDonald

9. Sinner’s Prayer with B.B. King

10. Heaven Help Us All with Gladys Knight

11. Over The Rainbow with Johnny Mathis

12. Crazy Love with Van Morrison

13. Unchain My Heart with Take 6

14. MaryAnn with Poncho Sanchez

Editorial Reviews

From the Artist

More About Monster Superdiscs

SuperDisc plays music in High Defnition Surround™ (HDS™) and works with any DVD player. Every SuperDisc recording has been carefully remixed and remastered to bring out the best performance possible from today’s home theater and car stereo systems. You’ll hear more clarity, punch, dynamics and vocal presence than the regular CD. SuperDisc also includes high definition digital music files. Encoded directly from the master recordings at the highest resolution possible these digital music files will sound better than if you "ripped" the music from the CD yourself.

Monster Music Delivers A Surround Experience Even When You Don't Have A Surround Sound System.
Also included on your SuperDisc are digital music files specially encoded in Dolby® Headphone surround. This new technology makes it possible to get a virtual surround sound experience from ANY pair of headphones on any portable music player, including Apple® iPod®.

THX™ Certified
Audio quality, multiple surround mixes—even the digital music files have been THX certifed for high-quality sound.

What Else is on the Disc?
• Home Theater Performance Tips: Get the best performance possible.
• THX Optimizer: Easy calibration for your system.

Tech Notes
• Superdiscs are not DVD Audio discs, they are compatible with any DVD player.
• Surround audio encoded in Dolby Digital(448kbps) and DTS 96/24 (1.5Mbps)
• Digital Music Files: WMA (192Kbps), AAC (320Kbps),

Product Description

Genius Loves Company is great in stereo but it’s incredible in surround sound, the music opens up and the dynamic among the artists is more transparent, more alive. You hear Billy Preston’s Hammond B3 in its own channel. There is an eighty-piece orchestra, a gospel choir and a horn section. In surround sound you can hear each instrument. Because there is more space in a surround field, you can hear the trumpet and the trombone separately-with each instrument occupying its own space in stereo it’s all pressed together. In surround sound it’s larger-than-life. Genius Loves Company won eight Grammy Awards, joining the rarefied company of Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Santana’s Superstition. It is the first winner of the "Best Surround Mix" Grammy, and it’s easy to understand why. In surround Sound you hear more character and passion. It allows you to explore the relationships between the artists. You really feel like you are in the company of Ray Charles. This SuperDisc also includes the original stereo recording for your CD player.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars RAY CHARLES-GENIUS LOVES COMPANY., May 11, 2011

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DEN - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company (SuperDisc) (Audio CD)

Genius Loves Company Ray Charles-Genius Loves Company was a present for a friend. As I already had this album it was a great way to know exactly what I was giving and that it was going to be enjoyed.
It has so many greatly loved artists on it that it was a sure thing!
I love this album with greats such as Van Morrison.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It was like listening to Mr. Charles for the first time, February 12, 2010

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Landon G. Jaggers "lanjagg" (Oklahoma City, OK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company (SuperDisc) (Audio CD)

I can't overstate how incredible this disc sounds. The separation of the instruments on the various surround speakers if flawless. I could listen to this album every day. The immersive surround experience really makes you feel like you are on stage. I never really thought I would be able to hear the difference between high-res audio and normal cd-quality audio but I most certainly can with this disc. Any foreign artifacts in the signal are literally undetectable. The clarity is outstanding. For anyone who appreciates music, this item is a must-have for your collection. And the great thing is, you don't need a special player to make it work!

P.S. I bought this for MUCH cheaper on the actual Monster website

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very nice ....but..., December 19, 2006

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B. Brown - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company (SuperDisc) (Audio CD)

I already have this item as a sacd and it sounds great, I got it to see what was changed as I have a Pioneer Elite receiver and DVD player that can handle everything this disc has. On my home unit there was not much differant from the SACD but there was a little better sound from the SUPERDISC. But the SUPERDISC sounds great on my car, I play the DVD in the car and it sounds great, I can't play SACD's in the car. The 2 additional tracks are no reason to get this disc.