I like Leonard Cohen and bought this based on stellar reviews, but I found nothing special here. The performances are solid but uninspired. Warnes has a nice voice and a couple of the songs are artistically compelling but others just fall flat for me.
The recording is just meh. It's not bad, but not great either. It is not dynamically compressed which is a nice surprise. Some people complain about having to turn up the volume, but that's a good thing - they're probably used to listening to overly compressed recordings. The sound quality varies from song to song but has an unnatural edge to it, generally just a touch harsh in the upper mids / lower treble. The lower bass on most tracks sounds a bit hollow and spectrum analysis shows everything below 40 Hz is attenuated to near zero. Sounds like it was engineered or remastered to sound good on car radios or cheap stereos.
I like Leonard Cohen and bought this based on stellar reviews, but I found nothing special here. The performances are solid but uninspired. Warnes has a nice voice and a couple of the songs are artistically compelling but others just fall flat for me. The recording is just meh. It's not bad, but not great either. It is not dynamically compressed which is a nice surprise. Some people complain about having to turn up the volume, but that's a good thing - they're probably used to listening to overly compressed recordings. The sound quality varies from song to song but has an unnatural edge to it, generally just a touch harsh in the upper mids / lower treble. The lower bass on most tracks sounds a bit hollow and spectrum analysis shows everything below 40 Hz is attenuated to near zero. Sounds like it was engineered or remastered to sound good on car radios or cheap stereos.