℗ 2016 GroundUP Music
| Released | October 14, 2016 |
| Duration | 39m 43s |
| Record Label | GroundUp Music |
| Catalogue No. | 00602557143065 |
| Genre | Pop (Singer/Songwriter) |
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1.1
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Dream Away
Maz |
6:01 | |||
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1.2
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Picture
Maz |
3:54 | |||
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1.3
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Bombs into Wine
Maz |
5:12 | |||
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1.4
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Dying Star
Maz |
4:05 | |||
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1.5
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The Rain in June (feat. Shaun Martin)
Maz; Shaun Martin |
3:51 | |||
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1.6
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Replica
Maz |
6:01 | |||
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1.7
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These Words
Maz |
4:55 | |||
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1.8
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Arizona
Maz |
5:44 |
Snarky Puppy trumpeter and composer Mike "Maz" Maher leads his own 13-piece band on Idealist, featuring Maher himself on vocals. He has been singing and writing songs since he was a teenager and never lost his passion for it, spurring a debut EP from his incarnation as Maz in 2012. This is his full-length follow-up, loaded with original and personal songs.
"My goal for this album was quite simple: to write great songs ... I’ve become increasingly enamoured with the great singer-songwriters of the last century. Writing a great song is no easy task! The discipline is a very fragile combination of technique and inspiration. Over the last four years I spent a lot of time studying the songs of my heroes, practicing writing lyrics and experimenting with song forms ... in the end these songs are good reflections of the things I think about. They’re personal. I don’t mind including my sociopolitical point of view in my songs. In fact, those topics inspire me to write. So they’re in there ..."
- Mike "Maz" Maher
88.2 kHz / 24-bit PCM – GroundUp Music Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.30 -0.30 to -0.30 | -12.09 -12.94 to -10.84 | -9.94 -11.00 to -8.00 | 7 6 to 8 | |
| 1 | Dream Away | -0.30 | -11.64 | -10.4 | 6 |
| 2 | Picture | -0.30 | -12.82 | -10.8 | 7 |
| 3 | Bombs into Wine | -0.30 | -11.39 | -8.5 | 6 |
| 4 | Dying Star | -0.30 | -10.84 | -8.0 | 6 |
| 5 | The Rain in June (feat. Shaun Martin) | -0.30 | -12.21 | -10.3 | 8 |
| 6 | Replica | -0.30 | -12.06 | -9.7 | 7 |
| 7 | These Words | -0.30 | -12.84 | -11.0 | 8 |
| 8 | Arizona | -0.30 | -12.94 | -10.8 | 8 |