YellowDwarf
Dismember
I figure that this is the best forum for this question, because I think it was the mixes and not the masters that I'm asking about.
In Bowie's last 2 studio albums, The Next Day and ★, there was a particular "sound" or "vibe" that encompassed both albums and I'm not sure how they did it. I remember listening to The Next Day for the first time, and my wife commented that "all the songs sound the same". Now she didn't mean the obvious, she was referring to the "sound" that Bowie and Visconti achieved. Every song, whether it was a rock song or a ballad or the jazzy numbers on ★ has that same smooth sound to it.
I've searched the web and haven't come up with much, only that they worked on a vocal delay together that is on most songs.
Unfortunately, I don't have the words to describe what I'm referring to here but I think that some of the more experienced folks here would be able to chime in if they've heard either of the albums on CD in their studios.
[edit]Of course, in writing this I thought up a better search term and found "vinyl mastering" which may account for what I'm hearing.[/edit]
Thanks,
Timbo
In Bowie's last 2 studio albums, The Next Day and ★, there was a particular "sound" or "vibe" that encompassed both albums and I'm not sure how they did it. I remember listening to The Next Day for the first time, and my wife commented that "all the songs sound the same". Now she didn't mean the obvious, she was referring to the "sound" that Bowie and Visconti achieved. Every song, whether it was a rock song or a ballad or the jazzy numbers on ★ has that same smooth sound to it.
I've searched the web and haven't come up with much, only that they worked on a vocal delay together that is on most songs.
Unfortunately, I don't have the words to describe what I'm referring to here but I think that some of the more experienced folks here would be able to chime in if they've heard either of the albums on CD in their studios.
[edit]Of course, in writing this I thought up a better search term and found "vinyl mastering" which may account for what I'm hearing.[/edit]
Thanks,
Timbo
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