Album Rating: 4.6
the point being
if an album sounds like ass, maybe it could use a remaster
it's not charming if the details in the recording are obscured because the person handling the mastering did a piss poor job
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Album Rating: 4.0
Also the horrible production job/value on NWA's Straight Outta Compton is the furthest thing from charming
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Album Rating: 4.6
"it just means that many people today won't hear those songs that same way people did in the 1960s/70s/80s"
there's like three different mixes of Ziggy and all of them have hardly any difference between them
copies of all three mixes are widely available
i fail to see what the point is here
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Album Rating: 4.5
"If it's from an era, it's okay for it to sound outdated"
As in 1970s music isn't supposed to sound modern, so giving it modern production isn't a good idea in my opinion
It's supposed to sound like it's from the 70s
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Album Rating: 4.6
listen to Black Tie White Noise and tell me it's charming
Nile Rodgers is the worst thing that ever happened to Bowie
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Album Rating: 4.5
What most remasters really are are a marketing tool to remind people that the albums exist and that they should buy them
Except for in extreme cases
I guess in extreme cases its okay
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Album Rating: 4.6
"As in 1970s music isn't supposed to sound modern, so giving it modern production isn't a good idea in my opinion"
that isn't the point with remasters. it's supposed to breathe new life into the album, maybe actually make it sound better. it doesn't make it sound "modern" - that would go against the purpose of remastering the thing
"It's supposed to sound like it's from the 70s"
no it isn't, that's like saying Embryonic is supposed to sound like it's from the 00s when it's in the red for 80 minutes straight
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Album Rating: 5.0
"Also the horrible production job/value on NWA's Straight Outta Compton is the furthest thing from charming"
We need 'Straight Outta Compton: The Metro Boomin remixes' yeah.
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Album Rating: 4.5
I just don't agree unless the remaster is for an extreme case of truly terrible mastering
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Album Rating: 4.6
listen to the last three Flaming Lips albums
all of them have horrible production/mastering
like if TVC used his trademark "lol brickwalling" complaints with those, it'd be true
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Album Rating: 4.5
"listen to the last three Flaming Lips albums
all of them have horrible production/mastering"
I wouldn't be interested in checking them if they had the best mastering honestly
Regardless, I said remastering in extreme cases is okay, but no 70s Bowie album is an extreme case
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Album Rating: 4.0
"I just don't agree unless the remaster is for an extreme case of truly terrible mastering"
https://media.giphy.com/media/YNKqheaiGhKF2/giphy.gif
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Album Rating: 5.0
I'm confused, what's with this debate about mastering?
mastering =/= mixing
mastering doesn't exactly change the song. the master tape is already high quality, but when put onto vinyl/cassette/cd they will all have different levels of quality, but the song is still the same.
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Album Rating: 4.6
"mastering doesn't exactly change the song."
yes it does?
http://pitchfork.com/features/article/9894-the-dark-art-of-mastering-music/
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Album Rating: 5.0
The article is really not saying much. But I'll admit that my knowledge of mastering is not exactly vast.
What I meant by 'mastering doesn't exactly change the song' is that it's still mixed the same - guitar is still as loud, vocals have the same effects, etc. Mastering just warps the whole thing - it makes the song louder, it plays with frequencies, it compresses the whole thing BUT "at the center of it all" is the original raw mix, which remains unchanged.
At least that's my understanding of things, I don't know...
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Album Rating: 4.5
Lady stardust sang his songs of darkness and disgrace and he was all riiiiiight
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Album Rating: 4.6
oh how I sighed when they asked if I knew his name
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Album Rating: 4.5
cant think of a better time to go a big bowie spree than the end of 2016
what a fucking crazy year
rip
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Album Rating: 4.5
Such a fun and well-composed album, and it has a lovely atmosphere on top of that. The bass lines on here rule btw.
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Album Rating: 4.5
I hadn't heard any Bowie aside from random films and the radio, then decided to check out his back catalogue a few months after Blackstar came out, and couldn't get enough. He's my most played new artist of 2016 according to Last.fm
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