Boy George Tense Nervous Headache (2 UHQCD)

The follow-up album to his solo debut "Sold" was produced by Bobby Z, the drummer of "Prince" backing band "The Revolution". "Tense Nervous Headache" from 1988 successfully combines 80's synth-pop with Georges' reggae and soul roots. A concert of his album promo tour was recorded for a Japanese TV special, as the flamboyant artist found many fans there; so it only stands to reason that his albums are finally available as a first-class Japan import on UHQCD.
UHQCD stands for Ultimate High Quality Compact Disc and is a joint development of the Japanese CD replication company Memory-Tech and the Audio Quality CD Company from Hong Kong. Unlike conventional CDs, UHQCDs are not pressed from polycarbonate, but are cast from a photopolymer and cured with UV light. To protect the softer photopolymer from scratching, another layer of high-purity polycarbonate is applied. The combination results in a significantly reduced reflection of the laser light inside the CD and an unrivalled precise edge transition between pits and lands of the CD. UHQCDs are 100% compatible with normal CD players. Musically, the result is a sound that is strongly reminiscent of analogue master tapes.
The discs offered by Universal Japan are additionally encoded with MQA (Master Quality Authenticated). If you output the digital signal from the digital output of your CD player or the previously ripped data stream of your music server to a corresponding MQA-DA converter, you can generate a 24-bit signal with up to 352 Khz sampling frequency from the CD data.
While the first UHQCD series of Universal Music Japan used the DSD data of previous SHM-SACD releases, albums that had not previously been released as SHM-SACD are now also being released with increasing popularity. Typically, the master tapes of the Universal Archive are converted to DSD and then post-processed with the appropriate MQA encoder. Thus, the UHQCDs are ideal for music lovers who want to get as close as possible to the sound of the recording, but do not have an SACD player.

Selections:

Disc 1
1. Don't Cry
2. You Are My Heroin
3. Boku No Jinsei
4. Girl With Combination Skin
5. Whisper
6. Something Strange Called Love
7. I Love You
8. Kipsy
9. Mama Never Knew
10. If Love Fails
11. American Boys
12. Happy Family
13. Leave In Love
14. A Boy Called Alice
Disc 2
1. Don't Take My Mind on a Trip (US Club Remix)
2. You Found Another Guy
3. Weather They Like It or Not
4. I'm Not Sleeping Anymore
5. Rise
6. Big Dark Man (Waiting)
7. Girlfriend08
8. Close 28 (High Energy Mix)
9. Don't Take My Mind on a Trip
10. No Close 28 (Full Version)