So...what albums do you think bands should re record?

I'll throw a couple out there...

Alexisonfire - "Alexisonfire". I love this album, but I think they sound a lot different now and I think if they redid this album, it would sound 10x better than the one now.

Boys Night Out - "Make Yourself Sick". Just like the reason above, both just sound old and a little raw.

Maybe the rawness is what defines it? Besides, I've never listened to either band, but they both seem like they kind of suck (though I could be wrong).


Personally, I think the Chili peppers really need to release a remastered version of Californication and By The Way. The compression on both of those albums is so god-awful, that I can never blast it without it getting all staticky and shitty.

rerecord or remaster?

remaster:
radiohead - kid a
thrice - the illusion of safety
versus the mirror - home
saosin - ttn

rerecord:

hot cross - cryonics
blink-182 - chesire cat
nofx - punk in drublic
brand new - your favorite weapon

Any black flag / minor threat shit.

oh and YFW doesn't need to be touched. ever. it's gold.

You serious?

I do agree that it'd be cool to have an Illusion of Safety that at least had updated vocals.

And Ricky, Minor Threat's music could never really be 'recorded' to accurately reflect their awesomeness in the first place, so methinks they're a lost cause.

yeah kid a is rough around the edges. it's part of it's charm, but it'd be interesting to see what they'd do if they revisited it.

are we going by current band lineups or band lineups when the album was recorded?

mineral - the power of failing

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Notorious BIG - Ready To Die
Nas - Illmatic

I emphatically disagree with that statement. I strongly feel that songs like Everything In Its Right Place, Kid A, Idioteque, and Morning Bell wouldn't be the same if they re-recorded it.

I could see them re-recording stuff like The National Anthem though.

Definitely agree with the Illusion of Safety and Your Fav Weapon. I also thought that Second Stage Turbine Blade should have been remastered... then I found out it was.

Thursday - A City by the Light Divided

And I definitely agree with the Alexisonfire S/T, I'd so lvoe to hear that in great quality.

can someone hook me up with remastered SSTB?

oh and so it wont be a wasted post,
de-loused in the commatorium.

love that album. their newer stuff is tougher for me to get into

Care to elaborate? Just 'cause, you know, that's my FAVORITE ALBUM OF ALL TIME AND ITS PERFECT AS IT ISSSSSSS

Seriously though, why do you feel that way?

yeah its in my top 5,
i would just be interested to see how they would do it now,
plus omar producing it this time around.

I second this request- but not so much the idea of a remaster de-loused.

Honestly, I feel like Omar's anal production methods are part of what's messing up their newer albums.

I thought they just reissued it with a b-side...

is the remastered the one with the bonus songs? if it is, i can up it at 320.

well if they remastered deloused, then we would be able to see the complete effects of his productions and compare and actually decide what caused the messing up of newer albums.

...and sparta and TMV should stop playing grabass and reform ATDI.

I'm pretty sure The Mars Volta don't even really need the two members of Sparta. They could just hire two random dudes if they wanted to 'reform' ATDI.

I don't know, all of the tracks would sound really experimental for ATDI. They need old jim to hold them down a bit.

I'm surprised this hasn't been said but

Underoath- The Changing Of Times(with Spencer)

It wouldn't be as good as Dallas but Spencer use to have to do all those songs so it would be cool to hear.

I really dislike Dallas Taylor's voice for some reason. It sounds like a cat getting stabbed in the urethra.

Furthermore, the dude has absolutely no range whatsoever. He can't sing, he can't vary his screams. All he can do is that one note yelp of his, interspersed with some spoken word.

Second Stage Turbine wasn't remastered, as monty said i believe it was just rereleased. wish it had been remastered.

From First to Last's album. oh wait.

on a serious note, taking back sunday - tell all your friends. this is like, the worst production job on a cd i can remember.

rerecord: Waxwing - One For The Ride
remaster/rerelease: These Arms Are Snakes - This Was Meant To Hurt You

its really strange you said that, because i listened to that cd today on the train for the first time in so fucking long, and i was thinking about how poor the mixes are. it was even recorded so shitty that whenever the vocal tracks are active, theres a very high pitched tone. you can hear where the cuts in the track were made, seeing as the tone cuts in and out.

as for cds i want remastered, theres way too many to list.

Blindside - The Great Depression

I know most people hate this album anyway, but I'm sure that if it didn't have such god-awful mixing the album would have been at least somewhat better received.

yeah it's a damn shame, it's a wicked cd. i love how when i listen to it in the car i can hear this insane high pitch tone when it goes from chorus to quiet verse to loud emotional ending

Word on Californication and By the Way. Those albums sound like shit recording wise. Alhough, I'm not much into the Peps anymore, so it doesn't bother me as much.

What really needs to remastered/remixed/reproduced altogether is Thursday - A City By the Light Divided
God, that album would sound about ten times better if it weren't so muddy.

Though I think that album is dogshit to begin with, I do agree that when your band's only real saving grace is the vocalist, making him sound like he's underwater for every vocal take probably isn't the best idea.

In a sense, I agree with you in this sentiment. I mean, the drums were ridiculously low in the mix on Amputecture. In parts of songs where you have vocals, crazy solos, and several other things going on in the song, the drums are sitting in the background, seemingly inaudible.


Did you just call Geoff Rickley Thursday's saving grace? Most people would argue the opposite, that Geoff is fucking terrible and that the band's musical abilities are what keeps them interested. Then, there are those who can stand neither.

Plus, what the fuck was the point of John Frusciante in guesting on guitars if he's going to make them exactly the same if Omar had just done them himself? I mean, I guess I understand Omar's need to 'distance' himself from the music, but at least Flea's bass playing on De-loused gave it a unique flavor. I just feel that if you're going to guide a very prolific player into making it sound exactly as you want it to, why not just do it yourself?


I actually can't stand Geoff anymore myself, but I thought that the general consensus was that Thursday would have just been another band lost in the crossfire without his undeniably unique voice.

I guess its like Billy Corgan with the Smashing Pumpkins. Plenty of people probably hate him and his shiny head, but it can't be denied that without him the Smashing Pumpkins wouldn't be what they are.


Anyway, for the sake of keeping this thread on topic, other albums that could definitely use remastering are Incubus's Morning View and A Crow Left Of The Murder. The whole stripped down sound really doesn't suit them, and I think their move to a thicker, more epic style of production on Light Grenades really made them sound a heck of a lot better.

i couldnt agree more with that. i thought that album was really good but it would be kind of cool to hear it new

another to add- st anger. they should just rerecord it to something totally different and make it not suck

The Oh, Sleeper album.

Yah! I confirmed that already.
Def one I would like to see remastered. If not, rerecorded then remastered.

I second the ATDI reunion btw.

have you listened to Mineral - The Power of Failing. Most of the songs were Demos or pulled off their 7"s and the recording quality is so awful it sounds like they used a radioshack mic to record each instrument including voice.
I thought that high pitch in the background of tell all your friends was just my computer screwing up when I ripped it to my computer. And when I lost the real cd I just burned the ripped files on to a CD.


they pretty much aren't because he was such a studio nazi that when people left for the day he would stay behind and rerecord and possibly rewrite the other band mates' parts
chrome dome was so hard core.

I would love to see "Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness" by the Smashing Pumpkins remastered. I love the album, but for some reason the mixing/mastering/whatever bothers me.

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