HiRez Poll Morissette, Alanis - JAGGED LITTLE PILL [Blu-Ray Audio (Dolby Atmos)]

[jimfisheye]

Heard this all over the radio at the time. The drum loop fueled cut/paste production was awkward sounding. At least on the "radio tracks". Listened to this on a lark just to see how it might sound on a full system and hear if anything interesting was done with the mix...

Was not expecting a genuine and interesting 12 channel mix! Expected lazy and boring. Was floored by an active interesting mix! There are a few tracks here with real performance in the backing music (along with the looped stuff). It's still singer focused with music as secondary support. The looped "demo" sounding stuff still sounds awkward. The mix is really good though with a surprising amount of attention to detail and activity.

 

[ar surround]

The looped "demo" sounding stuff still sounds awkward.

Nice review, Jim. Although I often feel blessed that I don’t have as keen of an ear as you, (and simply rely on you as a ‘consultant, when needed. lol) I never noticed the drum looping, probably because Alanis’ singing is usually over-the-top.

 

[jimfisheye]

All I can say is looped drum chunks and click track perfect timing really grabs my attention. Mechanical sounding stuff like that can have a powerful "man wrestles machine to the ground" vibe when it works. Treating music as secondary background for a vocalist has a certain vibe to begin with that's off putting to me. Obviously looped stuff starts to feel like a placeholder.
The vocals and song craft is way out ahead of the demo-ish background and it stands out. The mix work here is more in line with Alanis' talents.