Best Ever Albums

Re: Re-Mixed Albums. Do you ever prefer them to the original?

carpents — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 06:46:41 GMT

Author: carpents

Posted: 10/26/2018 10:46

Stover75 wrote:

I like this album:

Mixed Up by The Cure

It's not a remixed album but an album of remixed songs.

I like that, too, but that's not what I would consider a remixed album, they made something entirely new.

Like this one, which I also like:

The Grey Album by Danger Mouse

Re: Re-Mixed Albums. Do you ever prefer them to the original?

CharlieBarley — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 20:11:36 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 10/26/2018 00:11

I like this album:

Mixed Up by The Cure

It's not a remixed album but an album of remixed songs.

Re: Re-Mixed Albums. Do you ever prefer them to the original?

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 15:26:51 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/24/2018 19:26

ELO had a best-of of re-mixed songs in 2012.
Typically, Mr Blue Sky lost its spark in the process

Re: Re-Mixed Albums. Do you ever prefer them to the original?

gloriousgoo — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 21:30:44 GMT

Author: gloriousgoo

Posted: 10/24/2018 01:30

There's certainly been some individual remixes that I vastly prefer to the original. It never ceases to amaze me what DJs were able to do before EDM became the dominant force in dance music. I remember hearing an incredible mix of Holy Ghost by the Bar Kays mixed with Everything in its Right Place that absolutely floored me. That being said, I don't think a whole remixed album could really be pulled off.

The closest thing that comes to mind is the adaptation of Damaged by Black Flag that resulted in Rise Above by the Dirty Projectors, but that's more of a weird cover than a remix.

Re: Re-Mixed Albums. Do you ever prefer them to the original?

carpents — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 21:27:08 GMT

Author: carpents

Posted: 10/24/2018 01:27

Romanelli wrote:

No. Never.

I'm with Romanelli.

Just heard the remixed Some Great Reward by Depeche Mode: What a sack of excrement. That's pretty much been my reaction to every remix I've ever listened to.

Re: Re-Mixed Albums. Do you ever prefer them to the original

nocturnaldelight — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 09:08:00 GMT

Author: nocturnaldelight

Posted: 10/23/2018 13:08

rkm wrote:

I’m currently comparing Pearl Jam’s “Ten” with “Ten (Redux)”, re-mixed by Brendan O’Brien.

I prefer the original mix to the "Ten Redux" edition. "Ten Redux" sounds cleaner and brings more attention to the guitars but the rather quiet sound of the original "Ten" recording with more focus on the vocals still has it's special charm.

Re: Re-Mixed Albums. Do you ever prefer them to the original?

Graeme2 — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 16:57:41 GMT

Author: Graeme2

Posted: 10/22/2018 20:57

AAL2014 wrote:

That Sgt Pepper remix is tits.

My mate never stops telling me this. I need to buy the cd though. Don't want to listen online.

Re: Re-Mixed Albums. Do you ever prefer them to the original?

AAL2014 — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 12:25:21 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 10/22/2018 16:25

That Sgt Pepper remix is tits.

Re: Re-Mixed Albums. Do you ever prefer them to the original?

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 08:43:28 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/22/2018 12:43

This is the only one I can think of that comes close (along with the other 12" remixes of their next two albums), but remixing was just part of what they did, so it was expected and anticipated rather than a novelty or sth similar

Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters by Tortoise

Re: Re-Mixed Albums. Do you ever prefer them to the original?

craola — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 01:49:17 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 10/22/2018 05:49

this is so foreign to me. i'm aware of the rdhd / tkol rmxs and bjork's telegram, which some people swear by, but past that, i didn't realize this was a thing.

my gut reaction is that i wouldn't really want anything to do with such a thing, but... having thunk it o'er, it's an intriguing idea. if the remix was done super well, like to the point that the songs are nearly unrecognizable, i could dig it.

my favorite holly herndon track is a remix she did of one of her own tracks, reinventing it to the point it's really something else entirely, so it's doable.

hm... i haven't really contributed anything with this comment. please throw a rec'r'two my way.

eta: apparently philip glass remixed is a thing, so that's something i have to hear.

eta2: the philip glass rework album is pretty awesome. i couldn't find it in our db (didn't look very hard), but if one of you adds it, lemme know?

Re: Re-Mixed Albums. Do you ever prefer them to the original?

indieshins — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 01:12:32 GMT

Author: indieshins

Posted: 10/22/2018 05:12

I'd tend to go for the original. That is, after all, the way the artist intended it. Occasionally, however, a remix might be far superior, as I've heard is the case with Rush's Vapor Trails. I've never experienced a superior remix, though.

If you have no experience of the original, it might be different. I know that I grew up with the 2009 stereo mixes of The Beatles albums, and hearing them in mono, and in the new Giles Martin mixes, was really something. The stereo mixes up until recently have been really odd for those albums, but I never noticed until I heard the other versions. They were THE versions for me.

Re: Re-Mixed Albums. Do you ever prefer them to the original?

rkm — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 23:36:57 GMT

Author: rkm

Posted: 10/22/2018 03:36

Even if an album sounds better the second time around, there’s a great deal of cognitive dissonance to get past. Maybe, if you have no experience of the original it could work... like seeing the movie before reading the book.

Re: Re-Mixed Albums. Do you ever prefer them to the original?

Romanelli — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 22:01:06 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 10/22/2018 02:01

No. Never.

Re-Mixed Albums. Do you ever prefer them to the original?

rkm — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 20:58:22 GMT

Author: rkm

Posted: 10/22/2018 00:58

I’m not talking about re-masters. I’m talking about albums that have been re-mixed from the multitrack masters.

I’m currently comparing Pearl Jam’s “Ten” with “Ten (Redux)”, re-mixed by Brendan O’Brien.

Ten by Pearl Jam