Faith No More Angel Dust 2008 Remaster Comparison

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Video comparing the original 1992 release of Angel Dust to the new 2008 Mobile Fidelity Remaster.

Best to listen with headphones.

As the video shows theres not a great difference between the two.

Most of the tracks on the remaster seem to be at a higher pitch and play faster than the original release.

There has been some cleaning up with high frequencies and hiss being smoothed out. Drums also seem heavier and cleaner.

The question however, is was this remaster a waste of time or not?

Comments please!

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• dust
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[Velvetaeroplane1]

I can hear the difference. I think there is either little changes or changes in pitch. like you said. I like the original though more cuz of the feel... you know

[zombiegirl71]

JIZZLOBBER IS MUCH BETTER. I CAN REALLY HEAR THE DIFFERENCE, ESPECIALLY IN JIM'S GUITAR. just another 2 cents worth of my opinion.

[zombiegirl71]

Not really worth it..No one is gonna notice it, unless you study it or are a big-time angel dust fan, i noticed it pretty quick. Got both albums now, good news is i learned what a difference an audio mixer plugin makes for playback an a PC. Thanks, i would of never used one if i didn't have to compare the two album.

[zombiegirl71]

my favorate album of all time, ;i can hear the difference, or i should say i FEEL the difference and it is awesome.

[zombiegirl71]

Thank You been wanting to hear this!!

[SicStoneknot]

...I don't hear a difference!

[JonnyDTank]

Oh and just one thing else, Angel Dust doesn't only need a remaster, I needs a remix. I've always found it to be too drum heavy and too dry sounding with no beef or balls to the guitar. Same with KFAD. Was really excited bout Trey Spruance being their new guitarist after his amazing playing and sound on the Mr Bungle debut CD, but I found the whole sound of KFAD to be weak, dry and not heavy enough.

[JonnyDTank]

annoyingly out of tune. Bands sometimes slightly slow down or speed up a song to change the dynamic (either making them heavier or lighter). A horrible example of this is The Bends by Radiohead. The entire album is about half a fret too sharp, apart from Street Spirit, which is about same pitch as the slowed down ones on Angel Dust. So no song on the album is in correct concert pitch. Arrrgg. I think I will get the Angel Dust remaster now I know about this correction. :)

[JonnyDTank]

Speaking as a guitarist, I love Angel Dust, but it is frustrating to try to play along to on the guitar because of the face that during the mastering and sequencing stage, certain songs (Caffeine, Midlife Crisis, Smaller & Smaller etc) have been slightly slowed down to make them sound heavier. They read at a pitch somewhere between E and E-flat (about half a fret). Therefore it is impossible to play along to the entire album in one go because some are at normal tuning and others are....see above

[shrinken]

The remaster just sounds a Semi-tone higher than the original either that or the remaster is how it should really sound and when the original was recorded on anologue it went out of focus or something.