[review] -> _new_order_remasters_and_bonus_discs_

[negative1]

well so far, i have 'power corruption and lies', and 'low-life'..

i'll post my favorite 'power corruption and lies' first..

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New order- power corruption and lies (remaster)
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well, its here at last...

for me, the pinnacle of their career, and their best album.
nothing has quite come close to the level they were at when
this album came out..

tracklisting:
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1 Age of Consent 5:13
2 We All Stand 5:13
3 The Villiage 4:36
4 5 8 6 7:30
5 Your Silent Face 5:58
6 Ultraviolence 4:51
7 Ecstasy 4:25
8 Leave Me Alone 4:40


Power, Corruption & Lies – bonus disc

1. Blue Monday 7:32
2. The Beach 07:22
3. Confusion 08:15
4. Thieves Like Us 6:38
5. Lonesome Tonight 5:13
6. Murder 3:57
7. Thieves Like Us (Instrumental) 6:59
8. Confusion (Alt Version) 07:36


so lets talk about specifics:
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1) the album is not overly loud, or 'over mastered', i'm
still comparing all the individual tracks... but so far
they look really good

2) the soft parts are clear, with no noise or artifacts
that i've noticed..

i'm listening through altec-lansing speakers, and also through
headphones

3) the loud parts are not distorted

4) tracks are complete and not missing parts


the bonus disc:
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1) Unfortunately , the bonus disc starts off badly with
'blue monday' still missing the intro beats

2) the sound quality for 'blue monday' is very good however, i'll compare
it with the 'substance' version, and also with the '24 hour
party people version)

however, note that the mastering for the bonus tracks is on the 'loud' side, and it looks like there might be a little bit of overcropping..

3) the rest of the tracks sound fine also, and are not overly
loud, and do not have their levels maxed out...

4) the last track on the disc is listed as 'confusion (alt version)',
when in fact it is confusion (instrumental)....

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overall, the main album is excellent, and
definitely worth getting...

the bonus disc is average, but the sound quality is very good.. of course they could have put more tracks on there as it is about 60min+ in total

New Order have never sounded better !!!!!

This is a very good job, and after all these
years, to finally get a great copy of it is
very special to me.

a lot more to come..
especially the graphical sound comparisons..

later
-1

'how does it feel'