the loudness wars and remastering trend have ruined decades of music ..

TrevorAyer said:

the loudness wars and remastering trend have ruined decades of music ..

For some reason Gold is ridiculously loud. If I turn the volume past 2 the preamp is saturated and distorted

SanDiegoFunkDaddy said:

TrevorAyer said:

the loudness wars and remastering trend have ruined decades of music ..

For some reason Gold is ridiculously loud. If I turn the volume past 2 the preamp is saturated and distorted

it might be the loudest CD I own. Certainly from the 90s. I used to have a mix CD with Shhhh on it. When that song came on, it would wake up the neighbours.

leecaldon said:

leecaldon said:

SanDiegoFunkDaddy said:

For some reason Gold is ridiculously loud. If I turn the volume past 2 the preamp is saturated and distorted

it might be the loudest CD I own. Certainly from the 90s. I used to have a mix CD with Shhhh on it. When that song came on, it would wake up the neighbours.

To me, the officially released Cryst Ball set from the '90s is the loudest.

The Vault... OF4S is also mastered ridiculously loud.

ShellyMcG said:

leecaldon said:

it might be the loudest CD I own. Certainly from the 90s. I used to have a mix CD with Shhhh on it. When that song came on, it would wake up the neighbours.

The first time I listened to Shhhh I actually jumped . I was on the bus heading into work listening to a bit of Prince on my morning commute. That song comes on and I got such a fright. I might have even let out a "fucking hell" because the guy sitting opposite me started laughing at me. I think the song might be called "Shhhh" because that's the first thing you think of when it starts.

I think I might have damaged my son in the '90s because I played this CD so much I almost wore it out. Is that why he felt he had to try and master so many awesome Prince guitar solos years later when he started teaching himself guitar at the age of 18?!! Or was it taking him to so many Prince concerts later that he was "Princematitized"?

ShellyMcG said:

leecaldon said:

it might be the loudest CD I own. Certainly from the 90s. I used to have a mix CD with Shhhh on it. When that song came on, it would wake up the neighbours.

The first time I listened to Shhhh I actually jumped . I was on the bus heading into work listening to a bit of Prince on my morning commute. That song comes on and I got such a fright. I might have even let out a "fucking hell" because the guy sitting opposite me started laughing at me. I think the song might be called "Shhhh" because that's the first thing you think of when it starts.

Haha.

purplethunder3121 said:

revisting this, all i can think is that the 90s trend for making albums 60-70 mins was a bad one, and gold would have benefitted from being 45 mins. if it was shorter, it would be much tighter. but tbh, all the 90s albums would be sronger if shorter. if they were, people might have a diff view of princes 90s music.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

more choices, sure, but then its just musical data dumping, rather than album making, like what a lot of artists do now on spotify to make their album register as having more plays (eg drake). better IMO to release a tight album, then just release loose songs separately. much easier to do that today with streaming.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

would you have thought the same pre-spotify? (idk how old you are so maybe you didnt buy albums pre-internet era).

they say (who knows how true it is) that women are less album oriented than men actually.

but in fairness, most albums arent all great albums, theyre just collections of songs. most prince albums arent really that cohesive, theyre just good collections of songs. often, or mostly actually, cos its prince, they dont really all fit together that well.

the industry made the album the main format as they could make more money from it, but most albums would be better off taken on a song by song basis, rather than trying to judge it as a whole. its why greatest hits compilations are so good

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

ShellyMcG said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

more choices, sure, but then its just musical data dumping, rather than album making, like what a lot of artists do now on spotify to make their album register as having more plays (eg drake). better IMO to release a tight album, then just release loose songs separately. much easier to do that today with streaming.

For sure. I don't disagree with you on that point at all. Not coming from an "album background" though, I don't put much stock in the concept of "albums" in general. I'd much rather a collection of 20-30 songs than a tight, 10-12 track album. Like I said though, I know I'm definitely in the minority on that.

That's what Emancipation is for

leecaldon said:

The Gold Experience might have been the last Prince album that seemed to be "all-consuming" for me at the time. The last of the 1978-1995 run of genius IMO.

I played the hell out of this album! Had the cassette for my car, but a CD for work and home. I was in a bad relationship at the time, and having an awesome Prince album to enjoy really made that era bearable!

My only critiques aren't even actual critiques . . . just songs that I feel are missing such as Days Of Wild, Acknowledge Me, Ripopgodazippa and possibly Interactive.

Those, I just add on my playlist for this album. Hopefully an SDE contains them. I don't even mind We March!

relistening to this today, i cant help thinking its got a lot of sleazy trash and plain dumb (eg now) elements to it, along with prince trying to be edgy. i really think a lot of it is like prince writing after watching showgirls lol. e.g. pussy control, eye hate u, endorphin machine, even shhh, a lot of corny sleazy stuff on here. if it had ripgodazippa, thatd take it over the edge lol.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

relistening to this today, i cant help thinking its got a lot of sleazy trash and plain dumb (eg now) elements to it, along with prince trying to be edgy. i really think a lot of it is like prince writing after watching showgirls lol. e.g. pussy control, eye hate u, endorphin machine, even shhh, a lot of corny sleazy stuff on here. if it had ripgodazippa, thatd take it over the edge lol.

LOL - I get what you're saying (even though I love the album), but The Gold Experience was recorded way before Showgirls, and was shelved for at least a year/year and half.

The Showgirls reference is somewhat valid though, as he was originally going to do the soundtrack (don't quote me but I think it was reduced to 2 songs in the movie?).

Prince originally wanted TGE and Come to be released on the same day, and in fact wanted new to be released at the same time as contractual "Prince" stuff. WB said no to that.