They have murdered "Tears for Fears" ... digitally!

[TheBatsEar]

Check this out:

Tears For Fears – The Tipping Point – Review (LP , CD, Qobuz, Tidal, Amazon, Atmos, Binaural, Bluray Audio)

Tears For Fears is back, after Everybody Loves a Happy Ending released in 2004, The Tipping Point is the 7th studio album. The album features 10 tracks, and the limited deluxe edition includes 3 bo…

magicvinyldigital.net

ALL the existing digital formats are screwed! The compression, the clipping!

Quoting my buddy Danny:
"The sound engineers should be shot.
Out of a cannon.
Into the sun."

LP (DR10):

HiRez (DR5):

BluRay is ok:

DEMO: Tears For Fears - "No Small Thing" - Low-DR CD vs. Higher-DR Steven Wilson 5.1 Downmix to 2.0 (and the obvious importance of audio production quality)

A blog for audiophiles about more objective topics. Measurements of audio gear. Reasonable, realistic, no snakeoil assessment of sound, and equipment.

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[Deleted member 23424]

I was interested right up until the last word of the title.

 

[TheBatsEar]

I was interested right up until the last word of the title.

Rude!

 

[Deleted member 23424]

Rude!
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Sorry, wasn't acting on my best behaviour.

 

[Mart68]

The question is 'On what day did God create Tears For Fears and could he not have rested on that day also?'

 

[Deleted member 23424]

The question is 'On what day did God create Tears For Fears and could he not have rested on that day also?

Are you saying that Tears are the thing we can do without?

 

[Mart68]

Are you saying that Tears are the thing we can do without?

Come on, I'm talking to you, come on.

 

[Razorhelm]

Bloody hell, no wonder people always say vinyl sounds better, it hasn't been butchered!

 

[Mart68]

Bloody hell, no wonder people always say vinyl sounds better, it hasn't been butchered!

It has, just in a different way.

 

[acbarn]

Sadly, that’s par for the course for almost anything destined for the pop charts.

 

[TheBatsEar]

It has, just in a different way.

I find that unconvincing and vague.

 

[NiagaraPete]

I have to agree. But have a listen to the Apple Music Atmos verion mixed by Steven Wilson. It's wonderful.

 

[TheBatsEar]

All ears are awaiting the BluRay release, there should be a stereo track in there somewhere, maybe it has at last the same dynamic as the one on LP.

I wonder if the band is aware.

 

[tomtoo]

I love this voting possibilitys.

 

[fordiebianco]

Just heard the album for the first time. It's not 'Sowing the Seeds' or 'The big chair', but it doesn't deserve to be butchered.

 

[NiagaraPete]

The Bluerays were sold out long ago. They only did 2,000 copies.

 

[TheBatsEar]

The Bluerays were sold out long ago. They only did 2,000 copies.

There is one on Ebay, current bid is 101€, still 4 days to go.

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

Piracy, it seems, is my only option.

 

[NiagaraPete]

Piracy, it seems, is my only option

I haven't found it yet.

 

[TheBatsEar]

Nor have i. A question of time, no doubt.

 

[digitalfrost]

This is really sad. If they only butchered the CD, okay we're used to it. But selling this as "highres" is a joke.