Anyone hear Robert Plant's new release, Carry Fire?
I really like the music but the engineering sounds really strange to me. Anyone else feel the same? Perhaps it is just my system but I really don't like the engineering by Tim Oliver.
supposedly he produced it himself, but it reminds me of a daniel lanois record--sorta veiled, gauzy and "atmospheric". i thought it sounded good, though the songs aren't as distinctive as his "raising sand" and his voice has clearly lost the upper register.
As I understand it they used multiple tracks for the vocals. I wonder if that's what is contributing to the poor mix. Not sure what they did on the instrumentals but as I stated, I really like the music but certainly don't care for how it was laid down.
I own the lp. I understand what you're saying about the engineering. Overall, I don't think it's a bad sounding record..it's not devoid of all sense of space or depth. I agree with MF on the rating of 8/8. I do think I like his last lp slightly better.
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