Search - Wedding Present :: Sea Monsters

Great album, Poor remastering

hamletactor | SF, CA | 03/07/2003

(3 out of 5 stars)

"The remastering weakened the album in several ways. The percussion is too bright. The bass became stronger than necessary. The vocals are not loud enough. Basically, the whole album sounds like you're only listening to the drums. I want my music!! It really soured my enjoyment of the Wedding Present. Whoever produced this reissue I'm gonna say not so nice things about. Don't buy this. Buy a used copy of the original issue. *sigh*"

What was that, Gedge?

Boxodreams | district of columbia | 06/20/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"You wake up from a big buzz and another breakup and wind up on the couch playing "Seamonsters" and drinking beer. You look at the jewel case, Christ, the thing is sixteen years old. Where the hell have I been? The drummer socks it and sounds really good. Guitars are all squall and feedback and both lock in wicked rhythm. David, pardon me, though, sounds like he's worn out with the years himself. It was either a trick, like Michael Stipe singing a lot of stuff that wasn't lyrics back in the early days of REM, or maybe an embarrassment about a voice that isn't very good, or maybe producer Steve Albini just wanting to emphasize the industrial pummel of the instruments, but David, Gedge I mean, at best sounds like an adjunct musical instrument and at worst like a croaking mumbler. I've revered the damn thing as long as anyone else on here, so please don't criticize me, and in retrospect it is really, incredibly good, but our ringleader should have spoken up singing for posterity. What was he hiding his angsty love lyrics for?"