Spin The Black Circle - The Pearl Jam Thread

hlaveta said:
There's so much I'm enjoying about this album, but the production just diminishes that enjoyment so much. Ugh.
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I'm glad you said this, because I really wanted to like this one. It rocks, it's exactly what I want in a PJ record, but I just couldn't get into it because of how it sounds. Seems badly compressed. Unfortunate, because I quite liked Gigaton and a part of that is because it sounds fantastic (my biggest knock against that one is that it is a bit too long by a couple mellower tracks).

People with the vinyl, does it sound better on vinyl than the digital?
 
Turbo said:
I'm glad you said this, because I really wanted to like this one. It rocks, it's exactly what I want in a PJ record, but I just couldn't get into it because of how it sounds. Seems badly compressed. Unfortunate, because I quite liked Gigaton and a part of that is because it sounds fantastic (my biggest knock against that one is that it is a bit too long by a couple mellower tracks).

People with the vinyl, does it sound better on vinyl than the digital?
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Discogs seems to have a general consensus of awful sounding vinyl as well. The more I listen to the album the more infuriated I get. I'm really enjoying the songs and would love to hear them without feeling like my ears are being beaten mercilessly.
 
hlaveta said:
Discogs seems to have a general consensus of awful sounding vinyl as well. The more I listen to the album the more infuriated I get. I'm really enjoying the songs and would love to hear them without feeling like my ears are being beaten mercilessly.
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They did so well with the pressing and mastering of the last one... this is so disappointing. It's an incredibly tiring listen. Even the mellower tracks seem off.
 
After readding some favourable reviews first i´m rather dissapointed. I agree on the production being terrible but after the fisrt listen i also don´t think there are many memorable songs on this. it´s a record i´ll keep in my new records spotify rotation but i don´t think i need it on vinyl and probably i would not pull out much.
 
Definitely agree with the vinyl criticisms. They dropped the ball especially for something that cost close to $50 for a single LP.

However, Wreckage is slowly becoming a top 10 track for me. Something about a feel-good sounding PJ song that does it for me.
 
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