By 2000, digital recording was standard, but Chapman refused to over-compress. This album is airy. The title track features a pulsing acoustic riff that, in lossy formats, generates a "swishy" artifact on the high-hat cymbals. The EAC-FLAC rip eliminates that; the cymbals remain crisp without the pre-echo common in early 2000s CDs. Less Than Strangers is a masterclass in vocal layering that only lossless reveals.

The phrase "Tracy Chapman - 6 Albums -EAC-FLAC-" likely refers to a digital music collection created using Exact Audio Copy (EAC) to "rip" original CDs into the Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)

A commercial resurgence that yielded the global hit "Give Me One Reason." This album is a masterclass in blues and soul. The bass lines and drum grooves on this record benefit immensely from lossless compression, providing a warmth and punch that compressed audio flattens.

Because FLAC is lossless, these files require more storage but offer the best possible sound quality.