℗ 1969 Atco Records
| Released | July 14, 2014 |
| Duration | 37m 39s |
| Record Label | Rhino Atlantic |
| Genre | R&B (Boogie and Blues Piano) |
Babylon [Mono]
Dr. John
Available in MQA and 192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Babylon
Dr. John |
5:22 | |||
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1.2
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Glowin'
Dr. John |
5:36 | |||
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1.3
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Black Widow Spider
Dr. John |
4:58 | |||
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1.4
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Barefoot Lady (Single)
Dr. John |
3:07 | |||
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1.5
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Twilight Zone
Dr. John |
8:12 | |||
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1.6
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The Patriotic Flag-Waver
Dr. John |
4:49 | |||
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1.7
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The Lonesome Guitar Stangler
Dr. John |
5:35 |
Babylon is the second album by New Orleans R&B artist Dr. John. In his autobiography, Under A Hoodoo Moon, Dr. John describes the origins of the album in detail:
"Our second album was cut in late 1968—the year of the Tet offensive, and of the assassinations of Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. It was a heavy time for me: Not only was the Vietnam War raging in all its insanity, but, as a semi-outlaw, I was being pursued by various kinds of heat across L.A. In its lyrics and music, this album reflects these chaotic days. At times hard-driving, at other times following a deliberately spacy, disorienting groove, Babylon was the band's attempt to say something about the times—and to do it with a few unusual musical time signatures. The lead song, "Babylon", sets the tone. To a 3/4 and 10/4 groove, it lays out my own sick-ass view of the world then—namely, that I felt our number was up. We were trying to get into something...with visions of the end of the world—as if Hieronymus Bosch had cut an album."
- Dr. John
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Rhino Atlantic Studio Masters
Tracks 1-7 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-7 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.45 -4.44 to -2.52 | -19.53 -20.46 to -18.72 | -16.71 -17.50 to -16.00 | 10 9 to 12 | |
| 1 | Babylon | -2.52 | -18.90 | -16.0 | 10 |
| 2 | Glowin' | -3.63 | -18.72 | -16.2 | 9 |
| 3 | Black Widow Spider | -4.14 | -19.70 | -16.6 | 10 |
| 4 | Barefoot Lady (Single) | -2.91 | -20.33 | -17.5 | 12 |
| 5 | Twilight Zone | -2.58 | -19.15 | -16.3 | 10 |
| 6 | The Patriotic Flag-Waver | -3.90 | -19.47 | -17.2 | 11 |
| 7 | The Lonesome Guitar Stangler | -4.44 | -20.46 | -17.2 | 11 |