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Title: The "loudness war" strikes again
Review: I've had it of describing what the "loudness war" is. Just Google the expression between quotes and you'll get tens of thousands of results to peruse. So I'm just going to say that this release features the worst type of "loudness war" mastering, when the audio volume is pushed beyond the CD format specification limits and "clipping" (loss of parts of the audio) occurs. These comments refer to the mono releases (Snapper's "jewel case", Repertoire's and all the Japanese releases) - the stereo (Snapper's digipack) release is mastered within the CD's dynamic range, but the mix is very annoying, with vocals on one channel and instruments on the other.
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