Comments on: Review: Deluxe Editions from Everything But The Girl http://theseconddisc.com/2012/06/18/review-deluxe-editions-from-everything-but-the-girl/ Expanded and Remastered Music News Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:23:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ken http://theseconddisc.com/2012/06/18/review-deluxe-editions-from-everything-but-the-girl/#comment-14254 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:44:15 +0000 http://theseconddisc.com/?p=14955#comment-14254 Quite a lot of attention online for these reissues. I hope it paves the way for expanded versions of the remaining albums.

]]> By: Evan http://theseconddisc.com/2012/06/18/review-deluxe-editions-from-everything-but-the-girl/#comment-14244 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:28:33 +0000 http://theseconddisc.com/?p=14955#comment-14244 The mastering of these releases leave a lot to be desired, to my ears. The music has been made as “loud” as possible, meaning they’ve compressed the dynamic range. They’ve also mastered it much brighter than the originals were, so there’s a harshness to the vocals. As a result, the music, which had a nice smooth sound in its original release, is harder to listen to if you’ve got a sensitive audio system. Perhaps they’ve tried to make their earlier music sound a little like their later music, which is punchier to say the least.

A question of opinion, for sure. But the mastering does NOT sound like the originals.

]]> By: kevin http://theseconddisc.com/2012/06/18/review-deluxe-editions-from-everything-but-the-girl/#comment-14229 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 04:14:30 +0000 http://theseconddisc.com/?p=14955#comment-14229 Nice reviews of 4 great reissues! One small correction – they actually mention in the liner notes for Idlewild that the version of Apron Strings on the bonus disc is actually an alternate unreleased mix of the film version. If you compare it to the soundtrack you will hear right away that they are quite different – giving us three distinct versions of the great song.

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