PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me - 12 Me-Jane (Private Remaster)

A new 'Private Remaster'...

What a good album... Brutal, aggressive, abrasive are some words... but damn, it was mastered so quietly!

Yeah, dynamic range is a nice thing but the levels this album was originally mastered meant I rarely listened to it, especially when out and about because I couldn't get my iPod loud enough to drown out the whir and hubbub of the buses I'm usually on!

So here it is. It is anything but brickwalled. I HATE digital clipping, it's ruined so many albums I love... again, the opposite problem to what I was saying about the original "Rid Of Me" CD, but the same after-effect, music that I love but rarely want to listen to.

I had a careful look over the waveforms, decided what levels to work with and used as minimal compression possible to get the levels to a more suitable point. I can't hear any problems with digital clipping and I've already replaced the original CD with this one on my iPod!

Enjoy! And remember, buy the original, support your favourite bands and musicians!

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Music

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• PJ
• Harvey
• Polly
• Jean
• Rob
• Ellis
• Robert
• Steve
• Vaughan
• Albini

[mysoultheunderground]

hey, you should try remastering 10,000 days.

[zararity]

@mysoultheunderground Hell no! I would never mess with Tool, what you hear is pretty much exactly what Tool want you to hear... The only ones I'd consider mucking with, cautiously would be "Undertow" and "Opiate"... :)

[mysoultheunderground]

@zararity I can respect that. :) However, the clipping on 10,000 days is woeful but I guess that can't be fixed now.

[zararity]

@mysoultheunderground Ahh now I understand what you mean! Yep, once an album is clipped there's little to virtually nothing you can do to fix them, which is a damned shame. I rarely listen to "10000 Days" so I hadn't realised it was clipped to hell... On the other hand, you've got me listening to "Undertow" again, which is a good thing lol

[violetgypsie]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE what you have done with this album!

[zararity]

@violetgypsie Thank you so much for all the positive comments violetgypsie... every time I see a comment on these tracks I just go back and relisten to that album! Love it :)

[Ludibry]

Thanks so much for this! This is just what I needed. Is there a possibility you could post download links for the whole album? I need a good remastered version for my car. Thanks :)

[super1114]

I like when she tweeks a classic but it makes me miss the aggresive vocals of 90's pj

[zararity]

@IClots1 I know PJ wasn't overly happy with "Rid Of Me"... but I think song wise it's my favourite PJ album, it's a near masterpiece!

[IClots1]

Me Jane has to be my favourate song by her but so many other great songs on rid of me that will leave you spinning from the ceiling