The Weeknd's Trilogy On CD

2012-10-03 by anarchistfish | 31 Comments
Canadian R&B artist The Weeknd will release his trilogy of 2011 mixtapes, House of Balloons, Thursday and Echoes of Silence physically. It is reported to contain remastered versions of the originals as well as three new songs, and will be released in November.

The cover art and a music video for "Rolling Stone" (off Thursday) have also been released.

http://pitchfork-cdn.s3.amazonaws.co...=transp arent

http://www.vevo.com/watch/the-weeknd/rolling-stone-explicit/USUV71201537

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Yuli
Emeritus
October 4th 2012
10767 Comments


Meh

elephantREVOLUTION
October 4th 2012
3073 Comments


cool. he should put these out on vinyl

Rev
October 4th 2012
9882 Comments


I'd love House of Balloons on vinyl

Ire
October 4th 2012
41944 Comments


hate this guy will not buy

henryChinaski
October 4th 2012
5217 Comments


cool

breakingthefragile
October 4th 2012
3104 Comments


Nice. I've been wanting to get a physical copy of Echoes of Silence. And yeah, I totally agree that he should release these on vinyl.

nnnope
October 4th 2012
418 Comments


sick of his voice

Deviant.
Staff Reviewer
October 4th 2012
32325 Comments


Remastered? That's pointless

lucasjcockcroft
October 4th 2012
3721 Comments


Yeah, the remastering is pointless but it'll be cool to get all 3 in one

Sauce
October 4th 2012
930 Comments


video was very...minimalistic?

breakingthefragile
October 4th 2012
3104 Comments


Yeah, remastered, wtf, how? These tracks are only a year old.

SiliconFields
October 4th 2012
201 Comments


I don't want them remastered. Originals are fine, cover art is boring.

Tonger
October 4th 2012
50 Comments


Remastered? That's pointless [1]

paxman
October 4th 2012
4084 Comments


Will get

kingsoby1
Emeritus
October 4th 2012
4970 Comments


he probably remastered them so he doesn't have to pay any royalties to jeremy rose?

i would buy these on vinyl, but i have no desire to own cds anymore.

taylormemer
October 4th 2012
4964 Comments


"Yeah, remastered, wtf, how? These tracks are only a year old."

Remastering doesn't strictly imply a record's age. For example, Death Magnetic should be remastered; it's only a few years old. Yes, many old records get remastered, but that's because generally speaking, older material needs to be optimised for CD from the original format, like tape, which has different characteristics that may not translate effectively.

One can remaster anything. New or old. I'd say that there isn't a great deal of difference here, unless he desired them to actually sound different in which case, the term remastering has validity.

"he probably remastered them so he doesn't have to pay any royalties to jeremy rose?"

How does remastering shift the responsibility of accreditation? Curious.

dimsim3478
October 4th 2012
8987 Comments


I'm not sure what The Weeknd defines as "remastering" but there was a new (and official) version of "Wicked Games" floating around that some people labelled as "remastered"...

InFiction
October 4th 2012
3996 Comments


I'd love House of Balloons on vinyl [2]

jjwitt
October 4th 2012
37 Comments


I think this version of Rolling Stone is different. It's subtle but his voice is smoother and edited differently in places. and the electronic sounds at the beginning and end are less harsh. Sounds better imo

TheJunkhead
October 4th 2012
52 Comments


This guy's voice is painful to listen to

MMX
October 4th 2012
5021 Comments


Gonna be using this instead of the actual artwork
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maumpnIeXj1ql91h0o1_r1_1280.jpg

anarchistfish
October 4th 2012
30648 Comments


will post what I did on the HoB thread

really wanna know
a) is this a box set containing 3 CDs with individual cases, one for each mixtape with the original

artworks
b) if not, why not?
c) is this gonna contain one CD with 30 songs? cos that would be shit
d) why is he remastering them? they're great as they are
e) how are the new songs gonna fit in with this 3x9track thing that worked so well
f) when the fuck is it actually being released cos I've seen 3 different release dates

happy it's coming out at all though, I was starting to have my doubts

Gonna be using this instead of the actual artwork
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maumpnIeXj1ql91h0o1_r1_1280.jpg

that's awesome

bloc
October 5th 2012
70880 Comments


Yeah the remastering is unnecessary; the originals sound fine. I would actually buy this if I could.

On a side note, this guy went to my high school.

SiliconFields
October 5th 2012
201 Comments


This better be cheap. It'd be stupid for them to charge a lot when you can get it digital for free.

anarchistfish
October 5th 2012
30648 Comments


On a side note, this guy went to my high school.

are you canadian?

david bowie went to my brother's (and almost my) secondary school, which is pretty cool

bloc
October 5th 2012
70880 Comments


Yeah, I live in Toronto

anarchistfish
October 5th 2012
30648 Comments


cool

so many canadians on this site

808muzik
October 10th 2012
1153 Comments


God dammit no vinyl.

controlled
October 23rd 2012
660 Comments


why has no one posted the news for the official wicked games video?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAOxCqSxRD0

anyway, sheds some light onto how the new album should sound - louder. it's a much more profound version of the song i'd say.

elephantREVOLUTION
October 23rd 2012
3073 Comments


^lol, totally wasn't expecting that

controlled
October 24th 2012
660 Comments


abel, making simplicity a virtue once again.

song is slightly above the original



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