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Post by tivertonqueen on Jan 14, 2024 9:05:25 GMT
Released today January 14 1991. The 1st single 'Innuendo' from the album 'Innuendo'. One of my favorite singles by the band, but does anyone know if the explosive version is available on download...?
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Post by pg on Jan 14, 2024 22:20:50 GMT
4 seconds of added noise? I don't know.
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Jan 14, 2024 22:53:57 GMT
why has this thread been created in the live section?
relocating now.
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Post by leroybrown on Jan 15, 2024 1:19:32 GMT
4 seconds of added noise? I don't know. I’ll second that. I’ve asked myself quite a few time ‘what on earth are they attempting to do’ to the finale of the masterpiece. At first listen I wondered if my CD had been poorly mastered. More recently I’ve wondered if they are trying to replicate the sense of thunder that would close In the Lap of the Gods. That mix is not worth listening to and adds nothing to anyone’s Queen collection, unfortunately. Sad because at the time Queen were releasing a breathtaking album with a series of singles and a couple interesting B-sides. Incidentally the 2xLP vinyl had a minor resequence of tracks which I feel really improves the flow of the album.
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Jan 15, 2024 1:23:13 GMT
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Post by macduff77 on Jan 15, 2024 1:23:13 GMT
I do like the 2LP track re-order, but still trips me up after each listen. Still wonder why they did that.
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Post by donovan on Jan 15, 2024 4:12:58 GMT
IN my top 3 favourite Queen albums, but is frustrating for me sonically. The mix feels very quiet. Is it just me? (Admittedly I don't have an ear nor the experience to properly verbalize such things.)
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Jan 15, 2024 6:32:22 GMT
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Post by macduff77 on Jan 15, 2024 6:32:22 GMT
Yup, always felt the same. One of the quieter CDs in my collection. The 2011 Remaster sounds much better, sonically. IN my top 3 favourite Queen albums, but is frustrating for me sonically. The mix feels very quiet. Is it just me? (Admittedly I don't have an ear nor the experience to properly verbalize such things.)
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Post by leroybrown on Jan 15, 2024 8:27:48 GMT
Yup, always felt the same. One of the quieter CDs in my collection. The 2011 Remaster sounds much better, sonically. IN my top 3 favourite Queen albums, but is frustrating for me sonically. The mix feels very quiet. Is it just me? (Admittedly I don't have an ear nor the experience to properly verbalize such things.) Glad both of you raised those points. Yes the original CD sounded dampened in parts. Particularly on the title track. I know there are differing opinions on the 2011 remaster. Personally I felt it held up better dynamically.
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Post by Dimitris on Jan 15, 2024 13:15:22 GMT
4 seconds of added noise? I don't know. I’ll second that. I’ve asked myself quite a few time ‘what on earth are they attempting to do’ to the finale of the masterpiece. At first listen I wondered if my CD had been poorly mastered. More recently I’ve wondered if they are trying to replicate the sense of thunder that would close In the Lap of the Gods. That mix is not worth listening to and adds nothing to anyone’s Queen collection, unfortunately. Sad because at the time Queen were releasing a breathtaking album with a series of singles and a couple interesting B-sides. Incidentally the 2xLP vinyl had a minor resequence of tracks which I feel really improves the flow of the album. Queen like many other artists were trying to find the "newly ways" of digital recording and mastering. For me the singles both of The Miracle and Innuendo albums sounds better in mono. I prefered their sound back then in GHII flix. (Brian May said that they wanted a dense sound, also in BTTL he and the sound engineer experimented on different ways of digital recording). The 2011 has some improvements, but not how this album could sound. In the lap of the Gods explosion, I believe it was a sample, the real sound of an atomic bomb explosion.
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Post by mercurialfreddie on Jan 15, 2024 13:19:34 GMT
I’ll second that. I’ve asked myself quite a few time ‘what on earth are they attempting to do’ to the finale of the masterpiece. At first listen I wondered if my CD had been poorly mastered. More recently I’ve wondered if they are trying to replicate the sense of thunder that would close In the Lap of the Gods. That mix is not worth listening to and adds nothing to anyone’s Queen collection, unfortunately. Sad because at the time Queen were releasing a breathtaking album with a series of singles and a couple interesting B-sides. Incidentally the 2xLP vinyl had a minor resequence of tracks which I feel really improves the flow of the album. Queen like many other artists were trying to find the "newly ways" of digital recording and mastering. For me the singles both of The Miracle and Innuendo albums sounds better in mono. I prefered their sound back then in GHII flix. (Brian May said that they wanted a dense sound, also in BTTL he and the sound engineer experimented on different ways of digital recording). The 2011 has some improvements, but not how this album could sound. In the lap of the Gods explosion, I believe it was a sample, the real sound of an atomic bomb explosion. leroybrown and @dimitris When I first listened to that version the sound of atomic explosion and the blast being carried through the atmosphere came to mind.
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Post by gooddrills on Jan 15, 2024 19:21:21 GMT
I’m no expert on post recording mixing, but a question for those with knowledge. I also agree the production/mixing of the album leaves a lot to be desired. It’s really lacking, which is such a shame as it’s a fantastic album. Could the sound on Innuendo be further improved to do the music justice?
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Post by mercurialfreddie on Jan 15, 2024 21:25:12 GMT
I’m no expert on post recording mixing, but a question for those with knowledge. I also agree the production/mixing of the album leaves a lot to be desired. It’s really lacking, which is such a shame as it’s a fantastic album. Could the sound on Innuendo be further improved to do the music justice? I reckon that if they can show us a version of Miracle with real drums and fuller sound they can go back to the master tracks for each individual instrument and mix the album once again / produce it once again. I hope that if they decide to do that they will do a better job than with Mr Bad Guy. Don't get me wrong, some tracks benefited from change but some sound better in their original 84' versions.
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Post by gooddrills on Jan 16, 2024 4:32:22 GMT
The live takes from The Miracle sessions really left me wanting more, I would love to hear some live run through from the Innuendo sessions. A fuller sound is exactly what Innuendo needs. I agree on your Mr Bad Guy comments, the results were quite mixed. Some of it sounded great, some not so great. I really didn’t like what they did with Barcelona, they lost a lot of what had already been achieved. It was really lacking
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