"Bright" tracks

[dasdoing]

maybe you meant "plucking"?

corrected

I would have preferred higher DR for this type of large ensemble music. It's all too loud.

it is indeed a very "pop-music" production

 

[markanini]

One does wonder what speakers/EQ target curve were used to mix and master it.

Probably made for small bookshelf speakers or boom boxes. I've heard a lot of top 40 music that's better mixed and mastered than this.

 

[pavuol]

relatively or rather (? ) bright, lots of cymbal energy in forte parts:
(quite interesting album though)

Mercury Rev - The Funny Bird (1998)

 

[dasdoing]

relatively or rather (? ) bright, lots of cymbal energy in forte parts:
(quite interesting album though)

Mercury Rev - The Funny Bird (1998)

not too bright, but cymbals too loud

 

[Peterinvan]

Post some nice examples of tracks with elevated/"exaggerated" trebles. Some that you feel sound too bright on a neutral speakers/headphones and can become "problematic/annoying" on those with treble emphasis. Material sometimes referred to in reviews like "already bright tracks".

For testing female vocal sibilance I play
Sweet Jane (Cowboy Junkies).

 

[malone-m]

One of the most absurdly shrill and hollow metal recordings. It's problematic even in the neutral speakers, totally unusable in the more forward tuned ones.

 

[Mart68]

Boston's eponymous/debut album.
When it was new (ahem a long time ago) -- we had a black cat called The Bear.
The Bear used to like to sit with me and listen to music. She was not very particular... except... if I put on Boston, she would go elsewhere for the duration.

It was truly an ear-gouger, at least on vinyl. Columbia, in those days, put out a number of pop/rock records that were pretty screechy.

I know this post is some years back but just seen it.

I've owned that album on vinyl since the early 80s and on CD since - I don't know when, ten years at least. It's always sounded good to me on literally hundreds of different combinations of equipment and rooms (I've moved house a lot!) on both formats.

Also seen it criticised for other sonic reasons than brightness. For me it's one of those albums I never use to test the sound of a system since it still sounds good even on a pig's ear of a set-up.

Interesting that there should be such a discrepancy of opinion.

Edit - your cat probably objected to the schmaltz of 'More Than A Feeling.'