Verdict: For home theater or serious headphones (Sennheiser HD 800, Audeze LCD-4), the 2015 24-bit FLAC is BEST. For vintage systems (Naim, Linn), the 1985 FLAC is no slouch.
Note: We do not endorse piracy. The album is available legitimately in FLAC from: Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm -1985- 2015- -FLAC- BEST
Beware of bootleg “24/192” FLACs from torrent sites. The original master is 24/48 (digital multitrack). Any 192kHz file is upsampled fake. Verdict: For home theater or serious headphones (Sennheiser
Why does the file format matter here? Slave To The Rhythm is an audiophile's nightmare and dream combined. The complexity of the production creates "artifacts" in compressed audio. Beware of bootleg “24/192” FLACs from torrent sites