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Thea - the elusive
They should have released digital previews THE DAY of the first show. To promote more ticket sales for the fall to ride the wave of youtube videos and fan photos that came. It's PR 1:1

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
Goldfrapp please correct before release:
Yes. Although I might be a second off.TINGGGGG.Very weird flat sounding glassy/tinny sound there.

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
(Joey: scroll back up to see how Alvar sounds on the album, and how loud and even it sounds in the leak: it makes the song VERY flat sounding).

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
So? I deleted them THE DAY ONE PERSON, YOU, asked for it.They were TEN LINES of lyrics. Marked as spoilers. Yet I STILL deleted them for you, send you an apology, and yet you still jump on my back. Get off my back. And take your knives back home for…

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
The "Clay" Appreciation Thread
I hope they fix the tick at 2:14 that is def. not supposed to be there.

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
Joey is right. Leaks happen. It's the day and age of the internet and digitalisation of everything. But these leaks were not leaked in lesser quality: they were deliberately changed by the leaker to sound different from the source material.

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
It's funny to see you turn around. You were more of an electric Frapp fan before you heard it and when you heard it was mostly acoustic with loads of strings I remember you freaking out LOL.

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
Re-equalised causing too much high end noise (sharp s-ses that were de-essed in mastering), loud oversampled parts due to agressive Dynamic (Re-) Compression. Upsampling. Some exciters thrown in to cause a fuller sound by adding frequencies that are…

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
If it's that bad, then I really can't wait to hear the originals. You'll fall in love. The leak sounds appalling to say the least.

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
Everybody spoiled loads of stuff after the shows including lyrics and song details, even when a few songs leaked (and not the entire album). Spoilers are here. Don't like them? Take a walk off a cliff. Say hi to the rocks below for me.

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
What part of SWALLOW was too hard for you dear? I can help you a bit but it won't be pleasant. It will be more like stuffing it back forcefully.

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
I know. You always get as much as possible for your collection.I'm still gutted after hearing the leak in full how bad it sounds compared to the actual end product.

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
Lolli: why not swallow some more words? I know you can drink my blood but apparently, no, definitelym asking for leaks is ok for you. F*ck your double standard b*tch.

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
Trust me Alan: they have been compressed to death and Drew is the video version of the song and not the album version. So this leak is compiled, reprocessed, remastered, botched mastering, dynamic compression set so high it plays back loud on all le…

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
I kind of want my box NOW. LOL.

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
It can happen anywhere: at mastering studios at the earliest, then at manufacturing. Usually at distribution to the press via physical unwatermarked copies. And at the latest during distrubition of the final product.

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
It is. But it's not the final cat. There is a 320 file in there of Drew with the bird ending. That is NOT the album version. And the YT/Stream has 192kbps AAC audio. The leak is 320. Which means a VIDEO version was transcoded to 320 from 192. T…

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
I'm beginning to think the final was remastered to a "bigger sound" as suggested earlier.It's either that or somebody took the effort to do some serious Dynamic Compression throughout ten tracks.Hmmm. *scratches head* Will wait u…

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
DREW
Yes they went for real instrument save a very rare occasional synth here and there to support the bigger sound style of the album.

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
'controlled leak' ...very hard to do when you get to my age ;-) LOL hahahahahahahahaha!!! :D

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
How do you feel today?
Or lube.

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
DREW
I just don't understand how one particular seller on eBay reposts the same promo CD of "Drew" every single day. How can one person have so many copies of it??!?!?!? hmmmm well said jo_ey The Radio Edit of Drew is bad though. It s…

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
Flaming horror, bloody Norah
Resilience

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
This album has a lot of dynamics in it. Quieter parts, louder parts, meticulously executed to create a flow.Compressing it like this gets rid of that. I highly doubt that is something Goldfrapp would do. They even perform it accordingly.

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
Sartori: the stream sounds breathtaking even though it's not cd quality so it is not unmastered.Also: turning watermarked files into any other file and normalizing it will not remove the watermark. Not even remotely.

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
The leak has either been tempered with or they decided to go for a last minute (over)compressed sound which I find hard to believe. On your left: The waveform from the official (!) Alvar press preview. It sounds perfect in it's build-up and s…

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
I love a man with a super big gulp.

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
By the way: STILL no return of the lyrics function in iOS on iPad. Grrrrrr!

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
Not at all. It's just for comparison.

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink
(leak talk in this thread)
(Its weird tho: they did release a new Mavericks today or yesterday...)

Comment by Stranger July 2013 permalink

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