i think disintegration is the only remaster that sounds obnoxiously brickwalled
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 December 2022 16:24 (one year ago) link
and if i’m not looking at a waveform in audacity or whatever, i’d say the wish remaster goes in the opposite direction…. there’s a lot of clarity and dimension to the instrumentals that i didn’t get with the previous cd
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 December 2022 16:35 (one year ago) link
I'd like some Cure downmixes
https://www.reddit.com/r/talkingheads/comments/38u89x/talking_heads_discography_51_downmix/
― | (Latham Green), Thursday, 1 December 2022 17:47 (one year ago) link
I thought the first four deluxe Cure reissues sounded pretty good and they amped up the compression after that, but I never A/B'd any of them. Pornography always sounded kind of "close," though, didn't it?
The only bonus disc I found thoroughly worthwhile was for the debut -- the Curiosity compilation had made it seem like there must be loads of really interesting unreleased stuff, but that really seemed to be the cream of the cassette collection. So many of these demos just sound so staid; I'm not sure what enthusiasts hear in them.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Thursday, 1 December 2022 17:58 (one year ago) link
Anyway, re:Wish, can I just say the Higher Mix of "High" is maybe a top 10 Cure track for me. Outdoes the album/single version completely, which to make room for the jangle has the keyboard arpeggios mixed far too low :(
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, July 30, 2022 9:43 AM (four months ago) bookmarkflaglink
just got to the higher mix on the third disc and holy shit otm
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 December 2022 21:32 (one year ago) link
Those of us who bought the CD single have been enjoying that mix for the past 30 years ^_^
― castanuts (DJP), Thursday, 1 December 2022 21:35 (one year ago) link
Indeed! :-D
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 December 2022 21:41 (one year ago) link
"High" is easily my favorite Cure single and the Higher mix is sunlight glinting on an icicle.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 December 2022 22:03 (one year ago) link
mis-use of compression is such a waste of technology
― | (Latham Green), Friday, 2 December 2022 02:41 (one year ago) link
Those of us who bought the CD single have been enjoying that mix for the past 30 years ^_^― castanuts (DJP), Friday, 2 December 2022 8:35 AM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― castanuts (DJP), Friday, 2 December 2022 8:35 AM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Yup!
― raven, Friday, 2 December 2022 04:25 (one year ago) link
Yep. High single with those B sides was crazy value for money
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 2 December 2022 19:22 (one year ago) link
I was listening to it this morning and thought the same thing! I hadn't heard it probably for 25 years. Can't say that about the remixes for "FTEOTDGS", "Doing The Unstuck" and "A Letter To Elise" though. They kind of suck the life out of the originals. The remix for "Friday" is ok.
― LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 2 December 2022 19:31 (one year ago) link
Drums/perc and the bassline on Higher Mix are straight "A Japanese Dream".
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 2 December 2022 19:32 (one year ago) link
I still think it's a crime that "Doing The Unstuck" wasn't released as a single after "Friday I'm in Love". I"m sure it would've gotten more airplay than "Elise" and it would've sounded so good on the radio! They were at their commercial peak and the record company only released 3 singles. Both albums before that had four. Makes no sense to me.
― LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 2 December 2022 19:33 (one year ago) link
I find "A Letter to Elise" rote, so otm
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 December 2022 19:36 (one year ago) link
"A Letter to Elise" is single quality, one of the best songs on this album and I think it was the right move. A fourth single should have been released like others have said.
― Bee OK, Friday, 2 December 2022 19:59 (one year ago) link
The reissue cemented my back-in-the-day opinion that “Apart” is a beast of a song and it made me happy to read Robert rediscovering it during the remastering process
― castanuts (DJP), Friday, 2 December 2022 20:51 (one year ago) link
Love the instrumental demo from of To Wish Impossible Things - never really one of my faves. Has all these extra guitar parts which they would ultimately replace with vocals and that somewhat cheesy viola
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 2 December 2022 21:27 (one year ago) link
I still think it's a crime that "Doing The Unstuck" wasn't released as a single
Robert is still mad (per the tweetalong the other day) that the record company went for Elise when he wanted Unstuck
― more crankable (sic), Saturday, 3 December 2022 00:42 (one year ago) link
I WANTED ‘DOING THE UNSTUCK’ AS THE THIRD SINGLE FROM THE ALBUM, BUT WAS IGNORED BY THE GREAT POWERS… BAH! #TIMSTWITTERLISTENINGPARTY #WISHLISTENINGPARTY— The Cure (@thecure) November 25, 2022
― more crankable (sic), Saturday, 3 December 2022 00:54 (one year ago) link
it's def the more crankable jam
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Saturday, 3 December 2022 01:49 (one year ago) link
He’s right to be mad!
― more crankable (sic), Saturday, 3 December 2022 02:05 (one year ago) link
DOO DOO DOO DOODOOOOO— The Cure (@thecure) November 26, 2022
― more crankable (sic), Saturday, 3 December 2022 02:06 (one year ago) link
Wow didn't even know that! Sucks Robert couldn't put his foot down, when he was making them so much money. "Elise" could've been a great fourth final single, à la "Pictures Of You".
― LeRooLeRoo, Saturday, 3 December 2022 14:53 (one year ago) link
Elise *was* the single
― Mark G, Saturday, 3 December 2022 18:03 (one year ago) link
Elise was not the fourth final single
― more crankable (sic), Saturday, 3 December 2022 18:52 (one year ago) link
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Saturday, 3 December 2022 20:05 (one year ago) link
I completely agree. I've been rediscovering it myself these past few days and I like it better than back in the day. Very moving.
― LeRooLeRoo, Saturday, 3 December 2022 20:14 (one year ago) link
Ha x-post
― LeRooLeRoo, Saturday, 3 December 2022 20:15 (one year ago) link
I just got this bad boy in the mail.
Happy Happy Joy Joy
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 00:18 (one year ago) link
Still haven't received the vinyl or the cassette / cd bundle I had to order from two separate vendors. Hope they show up soon.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 00:32 (one year ago) link
Wish 3CD set is currently $4 on Amazon at the moment. Mistake?
― Bee OK, Friday, 23 December 2022 05:27 (one year ago) link
Don't see it. Gone?
― Mark G, Friday, 23 December 2022 10:34 (one year ago) link
Yeah, it's gone, now back up to $21. I knew it was a mistake.
― Bee OK, Friday, 23 December 2022 18:23 (one year ago) link
Mystified why AMG has never bumped Wish from a 2.5 to something even slightly higher. The next three are all 3s.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Thursday, 4 August 2022 22:32 (ten months ago) bookmarkflaglink
Aha, only just now realised they changed it to 4 in November (with new review).
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 9 June 2023 03:41 (ten months ago) link
Forgot to bump this thread instead -- following Show last year, Paris is coming back:
https://store.rhino.com/en/rhino-store/artists/the-cure/paris-cd/603497825103.html
(Presumably WMS next up, so the question is whether that or the new album actually comes out first.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 February 2024 21:44 (two months ago) link