Vicki, how does this album sound? I have a dig. copy of it, obtained less than ethically, and it is absolutely terrible. Muffled dynamics, flabby bass, yuck. It's so bad that I held off on buying the real deal, for fear that it would be basically the same.

Discipline - Unfolded Like Staircase

Transatlantic - The Whirlwind

It has all the faults of its two predecessors (overlong epics, weird transitions between song sections, part of songs that feel like jams, cheesy lyrics), but also all the qualities (great musicianship, great interaction between players, awesome "prog" moments, uplifting music). Overall, I like the album, it's a thousand miles better than the last three Dream Theater albums and it should please Transatlantic fans.

Hank Shizzoe - Low Budget

I come back to it again of an intermittent gap. But fucking hell this is an awesome CD.

Joaqu

BC-13 vinyl

when i was younger, and this album was always winning "greatest album of all time" recognition, i always used to scoff. I loved the Beatles, but didn't understand why this was better then Sgt. Pepper, or White Album, or Abbey Road. I get it know. I could listen to just "She Said, She Said" and "For No One" over and over and over and never get sick of them for the rest of my life.

Its eerie how many of this songs could have been written at various points in rock history and fit in perfectly.

Vicki, how does this album sound? I have a dig. copy of it, obtained less than ethically, and it is absolutely terrible. Muffled dynamics, flabby bass, yuck. It's so bad that I held off on buying the real deal, for fear that it would be basically the same.

It's not you. It really does suck

Cream - Disraeli Gears (MFSL Mono)

Transatlantic - The Whirlwind

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It has all the faults of its two predecessors (overlong epics, weird transitions between song sections, part of songs that feel like jams, cheesy lyrics), but also all the qualities (great musicianship, great interaction between players, awesome "prog" moments, uplifting music). Overall, I like the album, it's a thousand miles better than the last three Dream Theater albums and it should please Transatlantic fans.

Thanks for that short description, I had stopped keeping track of Transatlantic, but now I'll at least give them a listen.

(I did like the most recent Dream Theater album, however.)

Vicki, how does this album sound? I have a dig. copy of it, obtained less than ethically, and it is absolutely terrible. Muffled dynamics, flabby bass, yuck. It's so bad that I held off on buying the real deal, for fear that it would be basically the same.

It's not you. It really does suck

It's not great, which is sad because I like the musicianship. I recently bought a mound of cds, and this is the one I won't be listening to much at all, or ever, again.

Edited November 12, 200916 yr by boomana

I imagine some Muse fans are disappointed with this being toned down a few notches from their previous work but I absolutely love it. Recording quality is also much improved over their other stuff (not hard to do) but still not great.

The fact that the singer is kind of a nutjob doesnt help either

It's not you. It really does suck

It's not great, which is sad because I like the musicianship.

Yeah, the actual musicianship and the music itself is top notch. I get the impression that they went for the traditional "crowd around an old microphone" bluegrass recording approach, but I'm disappointed with the result. Luckily, there's plenty more Chris Thile that's well recorded.

Selections from these two:

Pink Floyd -- Animals, Meddle, DSOTM.

You know what they look like.

Vinyl rips.

Yaron Herman Trio: Muse

And just got the tickets too...

Amicalement

Yazoo -- Upstairs At Eric's

Alleged vinyl. So good if you like this kind of thing.

C'est dans la bo

"Outside, you can see the difference;

Inside, you can feel the difference..."

Depeche Mode -- Speak And Spell

Natural regression.

Jebus, I forgot to tell you, 'stretch: the Dave Gahan (or his wife, technically) has an apartment(s) in my building!

EDIT: and you aren't screwing around with the 80s vinyl tonight. I have the Yaz(oo) vinyl somewhere at my parents' place.

blue box

let it be

revolver

Mozart Symphony 41

I know some of you like Grizzly Bear. They did an interview/performance on NPR's Sound Opinions show: iTunes Link

Also did a performance for pitchforktv Pitchfork: TV