Sherwood Posted November 11, 2009 Report Posted November 11, 2009 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.
GPH Posted November 12, 2009 Report Posted November 12, 2009 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.
Duggeh Posted November 12, 2009 Report Posted November 12, 2009 Hank Shizzoe - Low Budget I come back to it again of an intermittent gap. But fucking hell this is an awesome CD.
postjack Posted November 12, 2009 Report Posted November 12, 2009 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.
jinp6301 Posted November 12, 2009 Report Posted November 12, 2009 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
Dusty Chalk Posted November 12, 2009 Report Posted November 12, 2009 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.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.)
boomana Posted November 12, 2009 Report Posted November 12, 2009 (edited) 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, 2009 by boomana
MoonShine Posted November 12, 2009 Report Posted November 12, 2009 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.
jinp6301 Posted November 12, 2009 Report Posted November 12, 2009 The fact that the singer is kind of a nutjob doesnt help either
Sherwood Posted November 12, 2009 Report Posted November 12, 2009 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.
Hopstretch Posted November 12, 2009 Report Posted November 12, 2009 Pink Floyd -- Animals, Meddle, DSOTM. You know what they look like. Vinyl rips.
Genetic Posted November 12, 2009 Report Posted November 12, 2009 Yaron Herman Trio: Muse And just got the tickets too... Amicalement
Hopstretch Posted November 13, 2009 Report Posted November 13, 2009 Yazoo -- Upstairs At Eric's Alleged vinyl. So good if you like this kind of thing. C'est dans la bo
Dusty Chalk Posted November 13, 2009 Report Posted November 13, 2009 "Outside, you can see the difference; Inside, you can feel the difference..."
Hopstretch Posted November 13, 2009 Report Posted November 13, 2009 Depeche Mode -- Speak And Spell Natural regression.
The Monkey Posted November 13, 2009 Report Posted November 13, 2009 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.
thrice Posted November 13, 2009 Report Posted November 13, 2009 I know some of you like Grizzly Bear. They did an interview/performance on NPR's Sound Opinions show: iTunes Link
jinp6301 Posted November 13, 2009 Report Posted November 13, 2009 Also did a performance for pitchforktv Pitchfork: TV
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