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Originally Posted by dubman
it does strike me that this album, as improved as it on the last one, is a bit of a U2 moment for them, so some tracks have this unecessary polish and work on them that could have benefitted from.. less of it.
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I can't speak to the "u2 moment" you mention, since imho, everything U2 has done since "Zooropa" has been a replay of their past, and a watered down version, at that ("all that you can't leave behind"= snoooozefest. Who's with me?!)
But i think the extra layers and effects on OWB give it more of a live feel than AHDO and anything else in their cannon. I remember reading an interview (in EQ? Keyboard? i forget) around the AHDO era, where KArl mentioned that Rick spent hours moving the percussion a fraction off-beat to make it sound as if performed live. But sadly, the result was a very sterile, mechanical sounding LP. With OWB, they have these little voice snippets that remind you that there are humans behind the beats. And there's a "space" in most of the tracks, raw guitar, a bit of experimentalism that we probably haven't heard since STITI. Maybe using Abbey Road studios and their recent soundtrack work gave them an appreciation for a lil studio ambience that certainly doesn't come through on BF and AHDO.
Holden
p.s to Negative1: yes, Micronauts remix of Bruce Lee is realy good actually. I love how it starts with a noisy mess, goes quiet, and then becomes this stomping electro animal. It actually seems ahead of its times. Fits right in with the minimal techno of 07!