BTW this title is mastered a little 'hot', some clipping. I wish SW would not use Jon Astley for mastering. I do agree with the SH forums, his work isn't the best. By no means bad, do not get me wrong, just more compression than needed.
DVD/DTS Poll Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson - Thick As A Brick 2 [DTS/DD DVD+CD]
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BTW this title is mastered a little 'hot', some clipping. I wish SW would not use Jon Astley for mastering. I do agree with the SH forums, his work isn't the best. By no means bad, do not get me wrong, just more compression than needed.
I happened across a cheap copy of this at a local used CD/LP store this past weekend. I'd never heard the album before--some catchy tunes here ("Banker Bets, Banker Wins" is a standout for me) and Ian's voice is in surprisingly good form. The 5.1 mix is up to the high standard of SW's other Tull remixes, with lots of double-tracked vocals and organ isolated in the rear speakers. Unfortunately, I find the center-channel vocals to be overly-dry and somewhat detached from the music. I agree with the comments about the mastering as well--the louder sections with a heavy drum presence get to be pretty fatiguing at high volume. Overall, it's either a high "7" or a low "8" for me.
Never voted on this. I gave it an 8. The best IA sol album IMHO
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Peter Mew mastered.
That's very interesting. This one doesn't sound anything like the sonic disaster that is TAAB prior to the issuing of replacement discs with Wilson's flat mastering.
Niek
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After a long time I put it on again. A solid Jethro tull/ Ian anderson album. The 5.1 mix is great work by Steven Wilson. Worthy of a 10
