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The Music Thread Strikes Back

For those who hate the original


 
@Paddingtonwolf sorry for being a needy bastard if you've already seen it. Meant to post it the last time it came up. Just wondered if you'd still rank it as the worst album if it had been recorded/produced like this
 
I’m going to listen later hopefully. The production was dire but also I genuinely don’t know where James and Lars were going with the writing on that one so that’s going to be a big issue to surmount.
 
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Well I have made it through to Invisible Kid without vomiting so that's an improvement.
 
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Right. Starting to write some form of review.

Without a shadow of doubt a better production hugely helps the piece. So nice to hear it without two soggy asparagi being slapped against a shoebox masquerading as a drum sound. Also the guitars sound a million times better on this version. Way more in your face, and you can actually hear some good riffs in there. I even found myself tapping a foot or gently banging a head to tracks outside the first two, and that has absolutely never happened before.

I still think the writing is overall weak because James basically was so fucked up from therapy at the time, Lars was just being even more of a cunt than usual, and Kirk might as well have not turned up for this solo free zone. Torben Ulrich in Some Kind of Monster sums it up perfectly - "the first two tracks are good, but then you lost me". I think that still stands.

The fact I am getting so far through the album this time though tells you what a good job this team have done in making it more listenable. Perhaps they would like to do Justice with a fucking bass track that you can actually hear? Next project fuckers - get to it.

I still think it is the weakest Metallica album, and by a long way. But this work actually makes me want to listen to it whereas the original version gets nowhere fucking near my CD player or car radio or any other format where my ears have to be subjected to it.

Tracks like the Unnamed Feeling are loads fucking better. So they become okay rather than execrable. Even Purify is okay.

I think I have to give credit to Hetfield a bit. There are some cracking riffs hiding in it that the abomination of production and recording in the original scare you from even wanting to try and discover. So the writing isn't the abject disaster I always thought. By making it more accessible I can see that now, and that's quite cool. I blame Lars hugely for the original being an utter shitefest.

I think if this version was the actual one released it still would be in last place but quite a bit closer to Load which I have always struggled with too. For some reason many Metallica freaks can't fathom Im the old skool Metallica fan that actually really likes Reload so read into that what you will.

The writing was better on Death Magnetic. The solos were back. Still think Rubin did a fairly shit production job there though.

All in all an impressive effort. Hasn't saved it, that's too far, but it has made me not want to fling the CD at the heads of people I hate.
 
Langers said:
Liege and Lief by Fairport Convention.

It's a stunning work of art. I don't think any other album can mix folk with rock and well as this does.
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Talking of Fairport Convention, wife and I just booked tickets to Cropredy Festival - Nile Rodgers/CHIC, Toyah and 10cc are the big acts this year - never been to this (or any) festival before!
 
Thought Cropredy was a folk festival? Obviously branching out to a more eclectic line up.
 
Jabbawolf said:
Talking of Fairport Convention, wife and I just booked tickets to Cropredy Festival - Nile Rodgers/CHIC, Toyah and 10cc are the big acts this year - never been to this (or any) festival before!
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The Young 'Uns are there too - they're tremendous - saw them at Shrewsbury a couple of years ago.

Not been to Cropredy before but by all accounts it's incredibly friendly and has a great atmosphere.
 
Ben folds is touring again for those who are fans. Tickets on sale today I think?
 
Kenny said:
Got mine yesterday. Going to see him in November up in York
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You don't half travel a lot for your gigs/theatre trips mate. Do you stay over/visit the area?Or go where like-minded friends/family are?
I-m back off to London to see underworld in 3 weeks, but that's a one off show.
 
Doing an overnight stay and exploring York either side of the gig.
 
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