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Phenomenal article. There's two other considerations he didn't mention. First is the label's error of mastering for the radio. Labels know better than to master for radio if the band isn't a radio band. They know a new Rush lp won't be on the radio very much at all, so they don't master it with that consideration. That's a mistaken assumption by the article's author in my estimation. Secondly, I think that "heavy" wasn't the only factor, but "raw." Rawness is something they were aiming for because Rush is known as a polished band as of late (think synth) and this was Rush's first keyboardless album since the first one. So they mastered accordingly.
I'd like this guy to look at the production differences between KX's "Please Come Home... Mr. Bulbous" and "Manic Moonlight."
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Feels like I'm fiddling while Rome is burning down.
Think I'll lay my fiddle down, take a rifle from the ground!
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