Pearl Jam - Ten (Legacy Edition)
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Reissues are dicey business. On the one hand, you have a couple labels that like to reissue CDs only months after their original release with a few new tracks, serving largely to irritate the fans who bought the original release. (I've been burned by this on more than one occasion.) On the other hand, you have multiplatinum classics reissued years later, taking advantage ofmodern technology to improve on their sound.
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I find these remasters a bit tiresome, especially if they are over compressed and take part in the loudness wars. I really wish the consumer would start demanding music with a full dynamic range. Maybe it can be blamed on all those crappy little earbuds.
Sorry...didn't mean to rant. Never-the-less, props to Pearl Jam for stiking with it after the demise of Mother Love Bone and Andrew Wood.
I mostly agree with you--the real value of the CD is in the bonus tracks and the retouched mixes, rather than the remastered original disc. I think I read somewhere the loudness war can really be blamed more on the fact that bars, clubs, and the like are becoming more common listening places and that they need the volume to compete with the dull roar of crowd chatter.
It also reminds me of one of the Porcupine Tree CDs I have... it has a liner note to the effect of "This CD has been mastered at a lower volume than most, to preserve dynamic range. Please learn to use your volume knob."
Usually those dance clubs have plenty of power albeit dirty power to drive their music louder. For sure, the loudness war is perciptated by the perception that louder is better. A few years ago I was listening to Ozzy, I had one of the old CDs and one of the new remastered CDs. I accidently bought the wrong remaster forgetting that I already had it. Anyway, I decided to test the remaster. I played both. When I played the remaster it did sound better at first, so I thought. After listening and comparing I relized that it was just louder and sounded worse. I don't play the remaster anymore. I just turn the old one up. I did do this test on some relatively good equipment.
I'm into Porcupine Tree too. We are a rare breed. I still need to learn more about them and listen to more of their music. I'm looking forward to the exploration. Crazy good musicians.
A nice piece you wrote.