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From the guitarist of Dutch '70s prog rock group Focus, this is a very fine instrumental rock/jazz/fusion album! 
The first tune is an upbeat, though not too rowdy electric guitar piece with a vague blues influence, 
fairly simple though pleasing rhythm with Jan doing an impressive electric lead. Next, is a mellow, beautiful, 
haunting acoustic prog rock piece featuring piano and Jan doing a lead that never really takes center stage. 
This is one of the finest tunes on the album. The third tune starts with some sound effects, 
going into drums that set an offhand beat that draws you into what eventually becomes a tasty fusion tune with fine electric guitarwork from Jan! 
The next tune shows how well fusion and instrumental prog rock can fit so well together, if when not getting too rowdy. 
They save the rowdy tune for song number 5 on the album....pure fusion, with Jan's most impressive most rocking solo on the album...another album highlight! 
And the sixth and final tune is a melodic cross of jazz and rock....a bit mellow, but a fine way to end the album. 
Four additional tunes were added at the end of this disc. They were all live selections, nice tunes, fine additions to the disc, 
but too many drum solos and overall could not really add to the worth of what was basically a really nice, though mostly not too rowdy fusion disc. 
Of all of Jan's solo albums that I've heard, this is a favorite. Over all, once you hear this disc, you WILL WANT to hear it again....and maybe again after that!

Artist...............: Jan Akkerman
Album................: Can't Stand Noise
Genre................: Jazz
Style................: Fusion
Source...............: CD-Original
Year.................: 1994
Label................: ® 1994 EMI Music Holland BV
Catalog..............: # 7243 8324992 3
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy v1.0b3 (Secure T&C) & Accurate Rip & Plextor PX-650US
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.3.0 20130526
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 45 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: VorbisComment + Discogs

   1. Jan Akkerman - Pietons                                  [08:00]
   2. Jan Akkerman - Everything Must Change                   [06:28]
   3. Jan Akkerman - Back To The Factory                      [07:53]
   4. Jan Akkerman - Journey                                  [04:29]
   5. Jan Akkerman - Heavy Treasure                           [08:57]
   6. Jan Akkerman - Just Because                             [05:38]
   7. Jan Akkerman - Crackers                                 [09:37]
   8. Jan Akkerman - Burgers Blues (Intro)                    [03:17]
   9. Jan Akkerman - Prima Donna                              [05:18]
  10. Jan Akkerman - Sketches Of Pleasure                     [11:10]

AR....: All tracks accurately ripped (confidence 3)
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Playing Time.........: 01:10:54
Total Size...........: 318,87 MB in FLAC 
                       715,73 MB in WAV