A mate mentioned that he was listening to the new Alice in Chains stuff and said that, incredulously, it’s “the best they’ve ever done” Now, while I’m very musically fair and will give anything a couple of listens before I bin it, I thought “how can that be?!” – What about Grind and … well, everything else A.I.C have ever done?!
Mr. William DuVall
Unlike most office workers, I have a “Logitech Z-5500 THX-Certified 505-Watt 5.1 Digital Surround Sound Speaker System”
attached to my pc, and yes, that is a 10″ sub woofer attached and under my desk, I’m not even close to pleased to see you… I like my music and listen to it all day – I’ve actually never considered that people don’t like my taste (I do have two different pairs of Sennheiser headphones just in-case the tension is running high!)
Well – I have had (This review copy) of Black Gives Way To Blue
on for most of the day and I have to say – Alice in Chains have amazed me. The recreation with new front man WILLIAM DUVALL has been a success – There was much talk in the camp “will he fill Layne’s boots” …I don’t think it was a case of filling them, nobody ever could really.. But the guy is magic, he’s awesome on stage, sounds brilliant… I’m 2:05 into Acid Bubble and loving it – some differences, but hell, he’s not Layne. I’ve photographed the “new” AIC twice now, once at Sonisphere and once at Scala in London (Where I managed a mention on the AIC blog – see if you can work out where!)
Mr. Jerry Cantrell
They are amazing. The recreation is superb. Click this link and buy the album – don’t think, just do it. Black Gives Way To Blue | Alice in Chains
This album doesn’t get stars – it gets listened to, over and over again and gets bought by me on Vinyl and CD – Jerry’s guitar solo from 2:10 in “Private Hell [Explicit]
” ….so so good
Sime
My favourite is Dirt, think it always will be, i shall give the new album a listen.
To the author…listening to a stereo cd on surround speakers doesn’t make the cd surround. It’s still mixed for two speakers, all you’re doing is listening to two channels of audio through 5 speakers, and are likely actually omitting parts of the mix through phase cancellation. However, if the surround setup has a ‘stereo’ mode and your speakers are set up EXACTLY the way they should be, then it should still work out…
Thanks anonymous – I’m 34 and have been a musician for twenty years, pretty Ok with how sound works – but appreciate your feedback…. (??) Do you like the album?
The album is solid, much better than I expected it to be. I still recommend listening to stereo mixes through stereo speakers though, you are undoubtedly phase cancelling chunks of audio by listening to stereo mixes through surround speakers. I’m not just talking out of my ass, I’m on the tail end of a degree in sound recording technology, and deal with these issues daily…
…I don’t follow you, Anon, I listen to ALL stereo mixes in stereo. Two Ch… I just mentioned the speakers I had here at my desk, at work. At home I listen via B&W 703′s…(Just two of them) There is no issue here for you to deal with, but again, I appreciate your input.
Sime
you referenced your surround speakers in the article which insinuated that’s what you were using to listen to the album. why reference them if you’re not using them to listen to the album you’re reviewing? to show off the fact that you have them? if you weren’t suggesting you listened to the album over surround speakers, then the information about the surround speakers was irrelevant to the review and should’ve been omitted. if you were simply putting that information in the article to show off how avid a music fan you are, then you are a tool. lots of people have surround speakers. either way, the speakers have nothing to do with the album. the fact that you put that information in the review led me to believe you were using them to listen to the album you were reviewing, which prompted me to point out that listening to stereo mixes on surround is not the most practical way to go about it. understand now?
Yeah – guess it could have been confusing. I only use two channels for music. (fyi – it’s an amazon link… amazon named it, it’s there so people click it, buy stuff and I get money for nothing…)
understand now?…