Best albums of 2019... so far
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darrenyeats
pfm Member
Agreed - thanks.
jackbarron
Chelsea, London
Kiwanuka is an excellent album. Dave Simpson in The Guardian calls it "One of the greatest albums of the decade." https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...view-one-of-the-greatest-albums-of-the-decade
Jack
I.D.C.
pfm Member
Tickets on sale for the Barrowland this week need to see this guy before he starts playing arenas.
gavreid
Pretty Words...
I'm just on my first run through on cd - it sounds pretty compressed, shame the production values don't match the quality of the music.
I.D.C.
pfm Member
Funny I thought production was not bad though some songs have a bit of Motown sound slightly distorted if that make sense. Mine is a vinyl copy I like it.
jackbarron
Chelsea, London
I've only listened to it on Amazon Music, where it is tagged as being Ultra HD. It sounds okay, but has a particular kind of production. The aforementioned Motown flavour is close.
Jack
gavreid
Pretty Words...
I explored a little further and nearly all the tracks are only measuring either 5 or 6 in the JRiver dynamic range (peak) measurement - normally this would give around 10 for an average CD track...
Sounds pretty compressed on my set up. Another case of the music industry churning out another sonically compromised album. It is times like this I wonder why the hell I care so much about audio reproduction and spend considerable amounts of hard earned cash on hi fi kit, when the end listening experience is tosh.
Peter McDermott
pfm Member
Michael Halsall - Oneness. He's a Manchester jazz musician. Well worth a listen. I think it was released this year though the material was written and recorded a number of years ago but not released by Halsall.
Bon Iver - I,I A really good record.
Agree re comments on Big Thief - UFOF and now they've released another record (Two Hands). I've got it on CD , only had it a couple of days but it sounds very promising.
Bon Iver - I,I A really good record.
Agree re comments on Big Thief - UFOF and now they've released another record (Two Hands). I've got it on CD , only had it a couple of days but it sounds very promising.
kjb
Proof reading not always a strength
A couple of records over recent years have sounded dire on streaming or CD but ace on vinyl - D'Angelo's Black Messiah being a case in point. It will be interesting to hear this on vinyl to see if the mastering is different.
Alex S
carbon based lifeform
I see there’s a one disc and a two disc version. Do you know if they’re any different sound wise?
gavreid
Pretty Words...
I don't I'm afraid - I have the signed one-disc from amazon, it's to be avoided. In fact, Love & Hate on cd was nothing special either.
gassor
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So far Billy Eilish is a stand out this year, FKA Twigs is also impressive. But I listen to these more often; Michael Kiwanuka, JS Ondara, Cass McCombs and the Teskey Bros.
Still missing the brooding blues of Tony Joe White with the wonderful sound reproduction.
Still missing the brooding blues of Tony Joe White with the wonderful sound reproduction.
Alex S
carbon based lifeform
Sure, it’s recorded in a certain way but I’ve been streaming Qobuz and Tidal high res versions and the compression is pretty nasty. Doesn’t kill it but great evidence that mastering is far more important than sample rate, MQA or whatever.
You don’t have access to a digital version to compare to the vinyl do you? I prefer records in general unless a single CD is eight sides of vinyl but new stuff is usually warped and twice the price.
I.D.C.
pfm Member
Should be able to stream it in the car to have a listen sound system in the car is not bad. I'm sure Q said it was recorded in analogue. I would need to read it again given Q to a mate but will have a look.