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Title: A perfect example of the Loudness War
Review: This could have been a great album but the mastering is unbelievably bad.The drummer could have a set of rolled up carpets and a stick as a drum kit; you wouldn't be able to tell, as all the drums are a dull thud, and cymbal work is almost inaudible. It's a muddy wall of sound.If they turned the compression up any higher you would just be left with a constant 2 KHz sine wave.I suspect the earlier Coldplay albums dont suffer from this problem as much, but based on my experience this is one worth avoiding.
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