"the power of failing" is a great record, but there are times when the lack of production value and recording quality is a distraction from the quality of the song writing. for instance, i love the smashing pumpkins and have for years, but on their early albums (i.e. "gish" and "pisces") the guitar tones on certain songs were so horrible and muddy that it made me pay less attention to how good the song was, and more to how ass the guitar sound was. likewise on "the power of failing", when i hear drum mics overloading, i want to shoot the guy who mixed it, and in that state of mind, i'm not really paying attention to the songs inherent qualities. there's a marked difference between "bare bones" and unprofessionality. another example, a good quality professional sounding bare bones recording would be "diary". the guitars and drums are both engineered to sound very dry (lack of mixdown effects would be the reason for that, although you can detect a hint of reverb on will's snare when he's hitting hard), but nonetheless the entire mix is one that makes the songs stand out. anyways, i hope you people can understand what i'm getting at.
laters, mike ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 9:13 PM Subject: [sdre-l]: re: all this noise > "hey kids. i agree with brian when he said, "I think that power of failing is > > the greatest indie rock album ever recorded." Although the recording, > itself, is some what shitty. i think it adds to the very depressing, yet > amazing, lyrics." > margaret > > I agree completely with that statement. I feel that stripped down and/or bad > recording quality can a lot of times be a help to the overall feel of an > album. "the power of failing" is a perfect example: The very fact that it > is so bare bones gives it a much more human quality in my opinion. The > production is very modest and in this case, for me, modesty translates into > sincerity if that makes any sense. > > -ryan. >
