Foolin' Around and Your Kind of Lover (in particular) really stand out as improved over the originals. These tracks - and others - have benefited from the updated drum sounds. Aside from that, the whole production sounds clearer and it breathes better, with more space between the instruments (I am running the original on my turntable and the new version on CD in order to compare, and switching between them both).
I'll write more later....
Day dop · Member since
I'm currently on My Love Is Dangerous. It sounds like Freddie is singing it in the same room now, as opposed to singing it in the next room with lots of echo.
Again, an improvement.
Day dop · Member since
Hearing the new version makes you realise how woolly the bass sounds on the original.
jondickens1 · Member since
The whole album sounds so much fresher! The drums are crisp, as is the bass. Currently on Mr Bad Guy itself. The instrumentation is so much more prominent. Man made paradise is also a major improvement. Freddie's vocals are so clear on the whole album, if, I'm afraid to say, a little too processed in places. My only disappointment is I was born to love you. I used to love the harmonies, but they're more buried in the new mix.
Day dop · Member since
I prefer the new version of I Was Born To Love You. It's better now you can hear the cymbals IMO.
Day dop · Member since
This'll certainly be the version of Mr Bad Guy that I'll be playing in future.
dysan · Member since
It's all down to taste really innit. I'm glad you are enjoying it *thumbs up gif*
Negative Creep · Member since
Maybe comparing between the 2 versions back to back, the remix sounds nicer than the original but how many people are that familiar with the album to listen to the new mix fresh and genuinely think it suddenly sounds amazing? Really? It still sounds dated, and sounds kinda thin.
MrFunster · Member since
Really great to hear all this positive feedback.
dysan · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Negative Creep wrote:[/b]
Maybe comparing between the 2 versions back to back, the remix sounds nicer than the original but how many people are that familiar with the album to listen to the new mix fresh and genuinely think it suddenly sounds amazing? Really? It still sounds dated, and sounds kinda thin.[/QUOTE]
I agreed - and this is why I don't really feel qualified to compare. The only track I REALLY know well from this batch had some weird mixing decisions - some made it sound better and more open (generally a freshen up), but then some (reducing the BVs) left me a little deflated.
cmi · Member since
I think the lowest point of the original mix is the thin sound and low volume of acoustic drums. It seriously affects on the overal perception of songs.
This problem was greatly solved in the new revision.
aristide1 · Member since
It seems there is less reverb, which is great because Mack really exaggerated with reverb, not only on Mr Bad Guy but on all his Queen albums. Here is the original then the remix.
aristide1 · Member since
The same collage.
Day dop · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Negative Creep wrote:[/b]
Maybe comparing between the 2 versions back to back, the remix sounds nicer than the original but how many people are that familiar with the album to listen to the new mix fresh and genuinely think it suddenly sounds amazing? Really? It still sounds dated, and sounds kinda thin.[/QUOTE]
Even with the updates, surely you didn't expect an album from 1985 to sound like an album from 2019, did you? The updated version of Bowie's Never Let Me Down album sounded less dated than the original, but despite new instrumentation and production, it still didn't sound like an album from 2018, nor would I expect an album written 30 odd years ago to sound like something recently written and released. The style is still of the time, regardless.
This new version of Mr Bad Guy doesn't sound like an album from 2019, but it's a nicer sounding version than the original, and for me, that's all that matters.
What are you listening to it on? It doesn't sound thin on my set up.
runner_70 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]aristide1 wrote:[/b]
It seems there is less reverb, which is great because Mack really exaggerated with reverb, not only on Mr Bad Guy but on all his Queen albums. Here is the original then the remix.
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The original sounds way way better sorry to say. I like the reverb on the drums on the original. The remix sounds just flat. Maybe I love the 80'S productions too much...
